Colin Taber
Progress
I figured what would be great to include here along with news and events would be progress on current projects. Further down you'll find the news, event and appearance tidbits, but immediately below are my progress stats for my current active manuscripts:
Working Title
Ossard #5: Lae Ossard
Ossard #6: Lae Ossard
Ossard #7: Lae Ossard
USV#3: Loki's Rage
USV#4: Odin's Hall
USV#5: Markland Aflame
RED#1: Burning Skies
RED#2: Black Lotus
WHITE#1: Burning Skies
WHITE#2: Black Lotus
BLUE#1: Burning Skies
BLUE#2: Black Lotus
Target
120,000 words
120,000 words
120,000 words
100,000 words
100,000 words
100,000 words
50,000 words
50,000 words
50,000 words
50,000 words
50,000 words
50,000 words
Status
OUT NOW
OUT NOW
Drafting
OUT NOW
Drafting
Drafting
OUT NOW
Drafting
Drafting
Drafting
Drafting
Drafting
Currently
121,780 words
121,018 words
74,029 words
121,500 words
55,207 words
25,115 words
49,978 words
36,008 words
59,850 words
49,784 words
49,985 words
12,150 words
My Writing Process Key: Drafting, Final draft, At my editor's, At my copy editor's, OUT NOW
August 2022 Updates
General News
New books will be releasing for Ossard, USV and the Red, White and Blue series in 2022.
Ossard News
The Ossard series will be finalised in 2022 and followed by a surprise fantasy release. Ossard#5 Lae Ossard: One White Rose is available now. Ossard#6 Lae Ossard: Two Fates Grae was released July 27 2022. The series will conclude with Ossard#7: Three Fates Red on December 27th.
USV News
USV#4: Odin's Hall should see publication at the end of 2022. There will also be several USV short stories as well as USV#5 from mid 2022 through to early 2023. USV#4 and USV#5 are being written back to back, with the publication of USV#5: Markland Aflame marking the end of the initial settlement storyline (or sub-series) for the USV series.
2023 will see the relaunch of the USV project with new titles that skip ahead in the alternate timeline to rewrite history in this fascinating universe and publish those tales at a much faster rate. My main focus from late 2022 until the end of 2024 will be USV.
Red, White & Blue News
My near future science fiction series, the Red, White & Blue setting, holds three separate storylines and currently has a stalled release after Red#1 came out way back in 2017. The next novels for this series will still be released, but I can't set a definite date yet, but I do expect it to be in 2022. For more information on these fun stories check out the new Red, White & Blue page.
Upcoming Appearances
None Scheduled
Broadly speaking I'm taking a break from public apperances after more than a few hectic years.
If there is an event you would like me to attend feel free to suggest my name to the organisers so that they may make an approach. I do eventually want to get back to doing some, but at the moment my focus is writing. I am no longer available for book store signings.