Writing Status Report – Update

So after a very long wait, my editor finished work of Book 4 of Hands of the Highmage, Sleeping Beauties and Beasts.  This book is the longest I’ve written, so I understand my editor having the book for months. I have gone through her edits. As she’s a horse person, she had me make a couple of changes from not only a lover of horses perspective, but from someone who has groomed horses perspective.

Having gone through all the edits and last minute input, I’ve formatted the novel for Kindle and Createspace. This book is going to be over an inch thick, spine-wise. That’s after doing everything I could to save space.

Now I’ve commissioned the cover art, so I can meet my publishing schedule of this summer. In other status news, the long awaited third book in my Dare 2 Believe series is nearing completion of its current draft. A polishing round will follow before it goes off to my editor. It’s on schedule for publishing later this summer or fall… I completed the first drafts of books four and five years ago, but because they are contemporary fantasy intertwined with my Highmage’s Plight and Hands of the Highmage Series in a “meta” sort of way, I’ve been taking my time… If you’ve never checked out Dare 2 Believe, it includes spoilers on my other series. I know that sound odd, but this one’s a satiric end of the world as we know it tale. It was also a lot of fun to write. Next on the docket, a rewrite of a novel I’ve been working on for several years before finishing the first draft of Book 5 of Hands, which will come out next year.

So, I’m looking forward to having a cover reveal for you soon and making the book available for pre-order exclusively on Kindle.