Let the trumpets sound! The Lynx Who Came in From the Cold could be ready as soon as next week.

Note the weasel words though, I would hate for anyone to think I have been less than forthright.

I've made a number of changes to the manuscript based on my beta reader feedback.  Not all of the suggestions, of course, those beta readers need to know their place.  So, just 99% or so.

And now the manuscript is in the hands of my editor, who has completed proofing of about one-half of the book, and is claiming to be generally in favor of what she's found.  She'll never be truly happy though, her need to irradicate the word "that" from all printed material (and spoken speech if she should find a way) is insatiable.  In this, I also stand in the role of guardian at the gate.  No! I tell her. I will hear no more of this insanity.  Only 98.376% of 'that' occurrences need to be removed.

So, if all goes well, I'll be able to upload the manuscript soon and unleash Hyperion upon the world in all of his snark and curmudgeon-hood.  Pity poor Meagan, for she knows not what she's getting herself into.

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"Two weeks. How had her life been turned upside down in only two weeks?"