So Novel 4 is officially off at the editor’s. She will work on it for the next week or two and then send it back, at which point “all” I have to do is:
1. Incorporate changes and final edits,
2. Convert it to HTML,
3. Find appropriate cover art,
4. Upload it to Amazon/Kobo.
A significant amount of work still, but we’re on pace to getting it live and uploaded by the end of the month. And that’s something… this will be my third novel available through Amazon/Kobo (but you all knew that already), although it is technically the 4th novel I’ve finished because Novel 3 is still under consideration with the people I’d like to be my agents.
Regardless, it’s exciting! It gives me a little bit of breathing room before pushing forward towards the next novel, which is also nice, and it means I should be able to keep up a 2-novels-per-year pace for the next few years at the very least. Which is also something.
Novel 5 is coming along slowly, but it’s coming along. The big stumbling block there isn’t diving into Novel 6 out of excitement to start something new, and to stick to this one until it’s done. Shouldn’t take too much longer, but I don’t think I’ll have the main draft done until January. At which point we start the 3rd round of edits, and then send IT off to my editor. Woo.
Anyway! Going to enjoy a few hours of hiking, and then back to the editing! Hope everyone is having a great week!