The finish line!

YES! Wow, nothing beats this feeling.

I just finished the third draft go The Hangman’s Cross, which is more or less the version that will go out to beta readers in May. Aron’s still filling in chapter 35, which I will then need to coauthor and edit, but then it’s time to let someone else read this thing and get reactions.

“Nervous” doesn’t even begin to describe the feeling of releasing The Hangman’s Cross into even this limited audience, but neither does “excited.” This was our most problematic manuscript to date. And that’s saying something, considering I discarded 100 paged of In the House of Five Dragons and two partial drafts of Sword of Dreams. I had to do an entire extra draft of The Hangman’s Cross, but I think it’s been worth the work. I can’t speak for anyone else, but I feel like after all the blood, sweat and tears (mostly tears), we finally ended up with exactly what I wanted.

I can’t wait to show it to you all.