WHAT I SAID PREVIOUSLY

Previously, on the old site, I gave a quick summary of what to expect in vol. 2 of The Lindensaga™:

Volume 2 of the Last Giant (Retribution) is still in the works, unfortunately. Menannon gets put through the wringer, of course. He matures quite a bit, as you no doubt have surmised. We learn a great deal about him as he comes to know himself and the part the High One has set for him to play. This book will bring his story to a pause as it sets the stage for the next two books which take up the tale of the Teluri, Lindrahier and in which our Giant plays a major supporting rôle. Actually, he plays a part in most of the rest of the series which is why we are telling his story first. His story has another book yet to appear which will bring it to a close, but that is several volumes down the pike.

That hasn't changed. The third book in the series has been completed for some time, as has the fifth. The fourth is well underway, and I will turn my attention to that one after finishing volume 2, Retribution.

After all that, well, I don't have a crystal ball, but I hope to persuade an agent to take us on. There's more to self-publishing than meets the eye.

-- Richard for J. R. Hardesty

AND SO IT BEGINS ANEW

After many months, I have at last begun Chapter 7 of The Last Giant: Retribution (Book 2 of the Lindensaga). It has been a struggle. I have had to deal with many things, chief among them the loss of the other half of my being. That particular burden will always be with me, but I am learning to bear it. And the book beckons....

As we were working on another project as well, that one progresses also. It has been easier to continue, as on this one, Jan functioned as my research assistant while I did the writing. We were researching the life and times of one Charles Edward Conrad, the founder of Kalispell, Montana. The results of our research are being published in another blog, Spotted Cap’s West. The Blackfeet (Piikuni) called Charley Spotted Cap, and  I have so titled the blog.

I will be posting here as well, but not on a regular schedule.

Menannon is alive!

—Richard, for J. R. Hardesty

SAD NEWS IN LINDEN...AND MONTANA

Having been locked out of the original blog for reasons unknown, I have been forced to create a new one. Thus, this new--and not necessarily improved--blog. The old one remains up and active, I just cannot access it as owner, so can't make changes, update it, etc. A royal pain, I assure you, but at least newcomers to the Lindensaga blog can read what has gone before there. 

UNFORTUNATELY, the first actual post is a very sad one. My wife and I have been working together on the Lindensaga for many years, but now I must forge on alone. It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that my dear wife of 34 years, Johanna Louise, passed away unexpectedly on the 2nd of April of this year.

This leaves me to finish what we started those many years ago without her contribution, which was major, as she provided the rough draft which I then edited—often with major re-writes.

However, as we talked about the world of Linden, its peoples and its history constantly—you might say we lived there in our spare time—and as she left copious notes and outlines as well as completed chapters and partial books, I will be able to complete the series at least up to volume 8 which will be the last volume of Siglin's story. "Who's Siglin?", you ask. You haven't met him yet, and he won't show up until volume 5.

At present, I have finished editing the first six chapters of the second volume in the Lindensaga, The Last Giant: Retribution and will start on chapter 7 as soon as I can, but only after I have thoroughly reviewed her notes and outline.

But I will continue, so watch this space!