Done

I’m done with the draft of the second book in The Drop series. I finished it Saturday, coming in at just over 75k words. Even more important, the story and ending came out well, I think. It also ends with a nice setup for the next book in the series. Next question: when will it be out? Great question and I don’t know. As I’ve said previously, I’m toying with the idea of self-publishing directly to Amazon, especially since this series is geared toward Kindle Unlimited readers. That means I’d have to do the covers, formatting, and managing everything about the books. I can do that and I’ve done it before. Before any of that happens, though, I need to do some serious editing on both books. I shared the document on my wife’s laptop yesterday so she can read it, and I took a few minutes to review the first chapter to see how it went. Let’s just say five minutes of reading reinforced my assertion about editing. Heck, I even used the name of the planet from First Step. It’s a bad sign when you’re mixing up stuff like that. Anyway, I’m sure I’ll write more here about lessons learned and the process of writing a book completely on-the-fly. I’ll also keep you updated on the editing and publishing process. It would be wonderful to publish something this year and this is probably the only way that’s going to happen.