Four Things

Thing one: Progress on Crass Casualty continues slowly but steadily, and I am still on track to release it as scheduled in November of this year. I estimate very roughly that if I put out an average of half a page a day every single day between now and October, I will still have a full month to do my final round of edits. If that doesn't sound like a lot, try it. To clarify, completely re-writing half a page for the tenth time doesn't count. I'm talking about half a page of brand-new material every 24 hours for the next six months. That's about twice as fast as I finished Dicing Time for Gladness, but I keep telling myself, "you already know the story, you already know the story."

I already did plenty of hair-pulling and teeth-gnashing over the sublime agony of being mid-manuscript in this previous post, so I won't retread that ground, but I did want to say thanks again for all the wonderful support I've been receiving. You know who you are.

Thing two: We're doing one more giveaway of the first book before the second book comes out. The last giveaway was such an unexpected success — a thousand people signed up — that we're doing it again, only this time we're giving away three signed copies instead of just one. After this, I'm going to throttle down on promoting Book I and ratchet up on getting Book II finished. Mixing metaphors helps me relax.

If you want to enter the giveaway, click HERE .

Thing three: My interview with H.M. Jones of Elite Indie Reads (Eir) is up. You can read it HERE . EiR is a fantastic resource; with well organized ratings and reviews in multiple sub-genres, no matter what you're into, EiR has your next book.

Thing four: I just posted my own latest rating and review here on Goodreads — the extremely enjoyable Fringe Florida: Travels Among Mud Boggers, Furries, Ufologists, Nudists, and Other Lovers of Unconventional Lifestyles by Lynn Waddell.

You can read my review HERE .

That's it for updates. And now . . . back to work!