I hit send on the manuscript for The Shattered Skies, the second book in the Cruel Stars series last night. That was a relief.
I'd hoped to finish it way back in mid December, before the Christmas/New Year holidays shut everything down.
But hope is what kills us.
It was pretty obvious the whole thing needed restructuring and I wasn't getting away with the 90K word draft I'd planned for.
Instead I wrapped it at 134K last night. Sent it to my US publishers, and woke to a very sad email from my UK guys this morning.
"Where's our treat, JB?"
Normally those emails get the back o' me hand, or a lot of grovelling excuses and promises to do better. It was nice to be able to reply with a completed ms.
Really looking forward to the Shattered Skies and must admit I was a bit bummed when I saw the Amazon notification today it was delayed. Hope all is well mate and keep up the good work!
Manuscript away!
Writing back to your UK publishers with "Oh, THIS TREAT I PREPARED EARLIER?" must have been sublime ☺
Just finished Cruel Stars...loved it, cant wait for Shattered Skies!
Really looking forward to the Shattered Skies and must admit I was a bit bummed when I saw the Amazon notification today it was delayed. Hope all is well mate and keep up the good work!
I suppose I can wait.
I'm working my way through The Deathworlders saga.
And you are still waaaaay ahead of at least one author and several hundred web-comic producers.
Thank you.
Looking forward to it, you've been skylarking, spending too much time polishing the gold hovercraft.
Where’s my beta copy? <snort>