Time flies

Realized this weekend that it's been a year since the last 'Part' of The Light Between was posted. Time flies! Hmm, though some of those pesky airborne black dots may have been from the sack of too-long-ignored potatoes which were tossed out yesterday...

Anyway, figured I was due for another 'Hey Erisian! Where's the next book?!?' response and ramble-on post. Book six is now maybe two-thirds drafted - and I say 'maybe' because the muse is playing mysterious on exactly how long certain sections are needing to be to get explored properly. Four 'Parts' at this point have hit the pages (with hopefully more grace than the potatoes had when wetly smacking the bottom of the bin! Eww!), with two more on the mental docket to get it done so the editing phase can kick off.

Thus the current goal is to finish this installment of the saga and begin posting before the end of the year, as that hopefully gives enough buffer to deal with any work-related slow-downs. As usual I'm noodling the thought of posting it two chapters at a time with a rate of one posting per week instead of dropping 15-20k words at a shot. I seem to continually debate that, but at least the noggin's ponderings are consistent!

I've got some vacation time in another week where I might even get to spend some extra hours on the writing while visiting friends, and just acquired a new laptop for that purpose! My current one, while it has a beautifully huge display for a laptop, still runs Windows XP. Yes, it's that old. Much like I'm getting. Hmm...

It's hard to believe the first novel sprouted from the fingertips seven years ago. Feels both terribly long ago and yet just yesterday. Thanks to everyone waiting patiently for this next one, it's certainly greatly appreciated!! And no, sadly, we did not win any of the mega lotto jackpots from the past couple weeks - so employment shall continue to be a required activity and prevent continuous writing focus.

Ah well. :)

- Erisian <3