Hey guys.

A quick update from my rural perch.

As you know, I have a few irons in the fire. One such iron I’ve put on the back burner, but my Patreon crew has had access to it for quite a while in rough draft form.

This would be STORY2, “The Storyteller’s World,” book two of what is probably my least commercially successful series, but a space-opera universe that I really like. Therefore, I will publish it, caution be damned. Even if it’s a money loser, I don’t give a shit.

So, around a ton of life distractions, I managed to compile and edit the final rough draft just now. Some 76,000 words, which is a typical book length for me.

It was fun getting back into the world of Joe Johnstone, and seeing what happened to him on this latest and bravest of humanity’s new worlds. I’d like to think I did an OK job of imagining what it would be like, to drop into a hostile world. To see things for the first, and try not to die from accident, predation, or a simple lack of food.

But about twenty minutes ago, I hit “send,” and away it flew on the internet to my editor for one of the last stops before publication.

Wow, am I glad I finally pulled my head out and made this happen.

Now, all I have to do is a LOT of writing to get INVASION1 to a similar state for the Christmas reading season. I said at the beginning of the year that I wanted four titles out in 2023, and it is still feasible.

Something tells me, however, that there will not be four titles next year. It’s a fairly punishing schedule. The saga isn’t over yet, but I’ve made a clean shot at meeting my goals for the year.

Next year- who knows?