New Year, New Stories

by John Bachkosky (1/9/23)

Happy 2023!

I hope your first week in the new year has brought you a fresh sense of adventure, possibility, and whatever you need to be successful in your resolutions.

This new year is going to be an exciting one! Land of the Elements is currently being shopped to literary agents in the hopes that a publishing deal can be made in the not-to-distant future. (You can read Chapter One here)
I’m going to give this avenue a real chance, sending off queries to at least three agents a day for the month of January. I’m confident in this project—I think it’s my best writing yet—though this part of the process is rather subjective. Cross your fingers!

Additionally, I will be continuing to develop One Time, the short-story collection I revealed back during NaNoWriMo. I had originally intended to post the first story to my site, but I’m going to hold off on that for now. I want to give LotE the attention it deserves, especially while shopping it around.

But that’s not all I’ve got on my plate for writing projects this year. For those of you who follow my band—The Bards—on social media, you may have seen our announcement back in December…we’re writing another album! Starting this month, we are going to be putting together fourteen (as of now) original songs for Bards 2—the actual title will be revealed at a later date. There are lots of inspirations going into this primarily folk rock album, and we can’t wait to share it with everyone! Bards 2 is going to come with plenty of surprises and inside looks, so be sure to follow us on YouTube and Instagram. If you want to be the first to hear our new music, follow us on Spotify as well!

Here’s to a productive, exciting, and most importantly fun 2023!

JB6