What’s Going On?

Technically we’re not in lockdown anymore, so I think Tokyo Drift is over. Whether we stay out of lockdown is another matter…

Update time, I think, as it’s been a while.

Boiling Seas 2 may still lack a title, and a cover, but the editing process is about 2/3 done. Probably more. I’m just about finished with editing ‘part 2’, which was the longest and probably most complicated bit, which leaves me with just the whole jungle trek to do. But there are big easy cuts I can make there. I just need to seed all the ideas that I came up with along the way for the overarching plot of book 3 a little earlier…

I’ve got a week’s holiday from work coming up. I’m beginning to move house during it, but I intend to use the time wisely and get a chunk more editing done. Hopefully I’ll have it ready for proofreading within a few months. A summer release went out of the window long ago, but I’m confident it’ll at least be out this year. Maybe Christmas. Maybe earlier.

In terms of other books, Ad Luna has yet to be eliminated from the SPFBO, which is a good sign. Maybe pick up a copy. It’s not a bad book.

Short stories… well, haven’t written any new ones for a while, but I’ve submitted a few around the place to see if I can find them some new homes. Right now I’m working on something longer and newer, as you may know if you read last week’s post…

In sadder news, my venerable old Kindle Keyboard appears to have given up the ghost after (I think) 15 years. I’ve managed to pull all the books off it, thankfully, but after many many restarts a factory reset is the only option left to me. So as soon as I can get it to turn on again to do that…

But I’ve also started sending out agent query letters again. Well, one so far. And it got rejected. But still. It’s progress. I’ve left it far too long as it is.