After The End

I typed The End on Hidden Scars last night. And as I posted in my FB Group immediately following, the end is really just the beginning. I said the book will be released in December.

It will.

It just so happens that more work comes after The End. There is a reason I don’t try to set release dates. I can’t predict how much work a book will need. Hidden Scars needs work. A lot. What I’ve done is lay the foundation and the frame of a house.

Now I have to go in and add all the other stuff that makes that house a home.

Basically, it means I have about a week or so of revisions/rewrites. Where I have to figure out where I want to take Loose Ends, how far deep into Dutch’s life I want you to see, how do I set up what comes next in Levi and Van’s book. Who gets to die now and whose death is postponed for later. Shit like that.

LOL I haven’t done that yet.

What I’ve done is give you Sullivan and Carter. I still have to smooth out certain things with regards to them. More background. More explanations for stuff. Make sure they’re set up right. Make sure Sullivan is sufficiently broken, the tears-worthy moments are on point, and that Carter doesn’t come across as weak or any of that.

You know the Sinners make an appearance. I have to make sure there’s a reason for that appearance and that I didn’t just make them pop up in thin air without a good explanation. I hate when that happens in books LOL

I have three of these: [ADD SEX HERE] So I have to literally go and add sex scenes in three different places in the manuscript. Not a hard thing because it’s really easy for me to add sex afterwards. For whatever reason, my sex scenes are hotter after The End.

I have threads hanging. So many loose threads. I have to go through, start to finish, and decide what I want to tie up and what I want to leave hanging for you.

I write this all to say… The End is the beginning for me.

No date yet because I don’t know how long it will take me to do all of that. Then send it to my beta readers. Then fix what they don’t like. Then send it to be edited. Then fix what the editor doesn’t like. Then send it to be proofread. Then fix what the proofreader doesn’t like.

See what I’m saying?

You’ll be the first to know when it’s ready, because even though I’m not sure what the hell is going on at the moment with that bunch of words, I can’t wait for you to read it.