I did it everybody! I finished the manuscript for New Homestead and sent it off to the proof/beta readers. I also received the final cover art from my good friends wife. She did an awesome job, and I am super pumped!
In my excitement I uploaded the manuscript to Amazon and it will be released on Sept. 4th, my birthday, 2 years after Book 1 was released. I am going to try and stay away from any reviews, and start work on Book 3, the final in the trilogy. I’ve already started brainstorming some scenes and I will make sure that it isn’t as long as Book 2. It clocked in at 471 pages! Book 1 was only 327 pages!
So Book 3, Home Sweet Home is in the early development stages. I have my zombie survival story, Uprising, percolating on the back burner. Then in the on deck circle is my fantasy novel that I had a great thought about. I had planned another sweeping trilogy, but I may just write a 5-6 novel, 300 pages or less series on that one. Still thinking on this one.
In addition to all of the above, my creative writing course has me completing daily writing prompts, 10 minutes each. Some of these have been really good and I may develop them further into a collection of short stories!
This writing stuff is fun!