Now the waiting starts. Yesterday I finished what is, for me, the final read-through of the latest DEMONS OF GREEN LAKE draft (3rd draft) and it is finally ready for outside eyes. I’m handing it over to my wife first, then our daughter, who has read the entire series so far, and then I’ll ask my newsletter list if any of them would like to beta read (I have a few on there I’m sure would love to get an early look).
While I would love to say I’ll be ready to publish by the end of March, I know that’s a reach, but I only want to say March because I began writing at the start of October last year and it seems insane to me that a 27,000-word novella should take 6 months from beginning to end. However, after 30+ years writing, I know it takes as long as it takes, and being an indie author, the only one putting deadlines on me is me.
I’m really happy with this latest draft. I felt the first draft had some big issues, but I addressed those in subsequent drafts and now I really like what’s on the page. Hopefully everyone else will, too. I think it’s a hell of a way to end the story.
Meanwhile, I spent this morning reworking an old cover into something that, not for nothing, I think looks pretty fucking awesome. I’ll get some feedback on it later, once the world starts waking up. It’s 4:45 right now, though, so too early to be texting it out.