A progress report

A reader (rhodielady) sent me a question that for some reason the website wouldn't let me answer directly.  How is the next novel coming along?  Well, I've got a few days left before the deadline on April 1 and I'm going through it one last time.  How long before it goes into print?  I have no idea.  It strikes me as lively but fairly dark.  Had hoped for more humor.   (I think it was the English actor Edmund Kean who said, on his death bed, "Dying is easy.  Comedy is hard.") It does tie up a number of loose ends, though, and gives Jame  something to work with going forward, plus it was nice to check in with favorite characters.  I still don't know if I'm looking at one or two more novels to finish up the series after this.  My sense is that I currently have a book and a half worth of material.  On the other hand, whatever I have tends to expand, so we'll see.