(Small) Book IV Update

I've gotten my first round of feedback on Book IV, and have been hard at work on rewrites this week.

I cannot overstate how valuable good feedback is for authors, especially those of us that write novels, especially especially a series. It is so easy to get lost in the maze of your creation that you just don't see certain things. They will look super obvious in the final version, and my imposter syndrome will have a right old guffaw about it, but perspective is incredibly hard to generate yourself, even with time.

This book was very much like that, and though it needs surgery, the book will not only be better, it will probably be out sooner! Sounds counter intuitive but it's true. I don't know when, it depends on how long the rewrites take, then another round of editing, and so on.

You've been very patiently waiting, but I need just a little more. It's not vaporware, it's just a lot of work. I swear I could write another book just about the writing of this book, but a) that would get in the way of... writing this book, and b) isn't something I can really talk about until the series is done. Some of the reasons it's taken so long are quite spoilery.

I will work very very hard to have it out by the end of the year, but I know that is also the epitaph of everyone who's ever written a series. But it's in such a better place than it was even a week ago, I'm feeling optimistic. When I have an idea of the date, I will announce the title, but not just yet, sorry.

There are other announcements coming, too! Exciting stuff is afoot, I just can't talk about it. There are three months left in the year, and I intend to see it out with a bang!

Back to work!