Update. In List Form. For Our Mutual Convenience

Book 1 Updates

1. Book one is still out there! In the world! For just over 2 months. So far so good, though with self-publishing, it’s slow and steady for the win. Patience is a virtue. I think marketing helps too…
2. I am up to 10 ratings on Amazon and 28 on goodreads. Might seem like small potatoes to some, but I’m very thankful, especially for the “wild” reviews, AKA reviews from people I do not know, am not related to, and did not ask to ARC read!
3. THE BIGGEST NEWS: I am, as of this very minute, beginning the process of getting an audiobook made. I am supremely lucky in my circumstance, as I will be working with someone I can meet up with and collaborate with regularly in person. Kind of unheard of. Pretty amazing. Nervous and excited all over.
4. I still love this book. I hope you do too.

Book 2 Updates

1. I got revision notes from my dear friend and Alpha/Beta reader extraordinaire, and did the revision according to her feedback. I sent it back to her and she’s going to give another hard, critical look, targeting specific changes/questions/concerns. When I get it back, I’ll do a final revision and try to trim and nice clean 10k off the word count (currently 155K).
2. Once it’s spit-shined (hopefully by the end of August), I will send it to the editor for a line edit then a proofread. Hope to have the final-final end of September/early October
3. I am prepping the art pitch for my cover artist, which I hope to send out next month!
4. If all goes to plan, this will result in a publication date no earlier than December and no later than February.
5. AND If all goes well with the audiobook for book 1, we will roll right into book 2, and the audiobook for book 2 will be able to release at or around the SAME TIME as book 2. That’s wild.

Book 3 Updates:

1. Let me check…Okay, I’m at 28,000 words on the new draft of book 3. I still refer to the old draft, but only for guidance. This is being written more-or-less from scratch. So much has changed.
2. I am smack-dab in writing one of my favorite scenes. I am enjoying it thoroughly, but each sentence requires meticulous crafting. Gotta get it right. A scalpel is required to perfectly cut every phrase, every emotion, every reaction.
3. I think it would be foolhardy to make projections. I am slow, and life is full. But if I can maintain a moderate, steady pace, the draft could be done by May 2025…
4. Which is good, because I have plenty of time to think of cover art for book 3 as I haven’t visualized it at all yet.

Meanwhile I had my birthday last week and got a gift card and ordered some books. I am very excited about that too!

Just in case you didn’t know (you did know) you can get my book on: Amazon and Barnes and Noble and you can add it on goodreads

ALSO, if you wanted a hardcover and then you went to Amazon and you were like “why so expensive Amazon? Why upcharged AMAZON??” Then you can just buy the hardcover directly from the distributor (Ingramspark) and we have set the price so that it is off-set for shipping. So don’t be overcharged. Don’t do that.

Here’s that link: Ingramspark direct purchase

And in case you wanted a paperback with slightly nicer color and binding than the ‘zon one, same deal, paperback priced to offset the cost of shipping so it’s as if you got prime shipping and all that. Paperback link.

And that’s all for today folks!