I admit: I'm a bad author.

So, everyone who's been following me on this publishing journey... adventure... misadventure... or what-have-you, for the Uncovering You series, knows that I'm done a pretty shitty job keeping you informed and staying on track.

I'm not going to ask you guys to forgive me, because I know I've brought it all on myself. Delays between books, infrequent blog updates, etc. are all my fault.

But, I will explain why the release of UY06, which I alluded to would happen "a few weeks" after the September 12th update (scroll down to read it), still has not.

In short, it's everything to do with setting up the transcription process.  When I said "a few weeks," I meant that it would happen that way if I were to transcribe the book myself.

But, to my surprise, I got applicants for the position.  A lot of applicants.  I had to screen them all, and eventually settled on working with a girl who's been absolutely fantastic.

And yet, it's still been a learning curve.  She had to learn my handwriting, we had to get a proper workflow going (for example, when I write longhand, I leave a ton of abbreviations which make sense only to me. I had to teach her all of them), and there was a ton of administrative stuff involved.

But the good news is that that's been settled.  She finished transcribing the entire manuscript (while I've been busy working on Uncovering You 7... we're nearing the end of the series!!) and sent it to me three days ago.  I took my time going through it and doing my own edits.  

I *just* finished them.

Now the book is off to my editor, who, unfortunately, is backlogged quite a bit.  She's also great, and is going to try her hardest to finish quickly, but remember: Uncovering You 6 is the longest book in the series by a fair margin.  So whereas she could finish the first few books in a week or so, this one is going to take longer.

(For your reference: Uncovering You 6 is just over 3x the length of UY01, UY02, and UY03.)

With all that being said... I've got a release week set.  Uncovering You 6 will come out the third week of November.  If my editor finishes in advance, it could happen earlier... but the third week of November is the absolute latest it'll come out.

And while she's working on it, I'll be busy finishing up 7.  Now that my transcriber and I have everything set, there won't be such long delays between books anymore: not for Uncovering You, nor for any series I might start afterward.

So thanks for bearing with me for this long. The conclusion I'm working towards with the series will definitely be worth it. 

(I think. I hope.  Ultimately, it's up to you to decide.)

S