You may have read in one of my “Coffee with David” blogs that I have been studying a new process of plotting and how I have been reevaluating my goals. While it can be argued that what I am about to say is “author’s prejudice,” I see a lot of potential in this dystopian tale and yet see where I have missed the mark. Reading it at open mic nights is exposing some of the flaws in the character development that I would like to fix. The plot is generally strong—but it is not strong enough. Knowing this, I am placing the novelette into the tomb—taking it out for open mic nights—until I finish my redrafting of the novel Dark Medicine.

I want to go back through the plot and strengthen up those areas I have missed. It is still early days in my work on the new version of Dark Medicine, and I am making changes to the plot method as I go, but I already see how this will improve it.

Some months from now, you will see a new blog on The Indebted. It will come back from the tomb and be rewritten stronger than before.

Thank you for reading and please visit www.davidalanlucas.com for updates to blogs, novels, and short stories that I am working on.