Writing Update.

This is just a short update of Phantom's progress. I getasked, "When is Phantom going to be available?" more than any other question.So I have some information to pass along to you.
I received the critique from the editor yesterday, and asmuch as I wanted to rip into right away, I only just glanced over it. Up to the18th, my schedule is pretty full, and I know once I start in on it Iwon't want to stop. For now I am only taking notes, and I'm sure I will fire ane-mail to the editor with some questions before I tear into it.
My plan is to have it pretty much done by the end of November.Then I will hand it back over for final editing. The editor has informed me thathe is pretty much booked until after Christmas. This may set the book back fromwhat I had originally been telling everyone. I was shooting for February, but Ilike to give the editor at least a two month window. (Endlessly took two monthsand Legacy only took one month in final edits) With that out there, it may beMarch, possibly early April. It will all depend on how much of a work load hehas.
The contest rules for the Phantom proof copy will still stay the same. I will take submissions until the end of the year, and voting will take place the whole month of January. The winner will not receive the proof until I have it, and I will keep them updated of it's progress and release. 
I look forward to writing from Jason's point of view again.All this time I have been referring to him as the "stubborn jackass", but Ithink the editor describe him best with the more politically correct term "emotionalthick".
I can't give my editor enough credit and praise foreverything that he has done. You know how you look all over turning your houseupside down looking for your keys, only to have someone point at the counter toshow you they were right in front of your face. Yeah, that's how I feel when hereports back, but that's a good thing. He helps to point out the most obviousmistakes, and encourages me to look a scene in a different perspective. If it weren'tfor him, I would never see the forest for all those damn trees. 

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