Okay, I’ve gotten the proofed manuscript back from my editor. (Hooray!!!) I expect to review it this weekend and then get it to my formatting guy. He’s pretty good and can usually turn things around in a couple of days (although this book is longer than anything I’ve written before).
Long story short: if all goes well and there are no snags, I may be hitting the “publish” button in about a week. Keep your fingers crossed…
That’s great i cant wait to read the book
Awesome glad to hear it.
Woohoo! Congratulations man that’s awesome!
Congrats on being done! Super excited to read it.
How’s it coming?
My formatting guy has it. As soon as it comes back I’ll upload and hit “Publish”.
Any new update on time of release? I just finished my 5th readthrough of all the books in preparation of the release, and I’m having trouble waiting without knowing when I can read the next book.
BTW you have done a GREAT job so far. Thanks for all the good books.
Thanks for the compliments, and I’m flattered that you’ve read the books 5 times. In terms of an update, I fired the manuscript off to my formatting guy, so I’m just waiting for it to come back.
And you said in this post that it usually takes him a couple days. Add in another day maybe to account for the length of the book and hopefully well see a release this weekend. Or if we’re super lucky tomorrow maybe?
You might have to tack on time in case he already had a project on his plate that he needed to finish first. (I did stress, however, that I’ve got an angry mob with torches and pitchforks on my tail, so a quick turn around would be preferable.)
On the other hand, the print version is all set to go. I’m just waiting for the Kindle version so I can release them together.
Oh yes I know I’m the one with a rifle trained on your kneecaps 😉 talk about Misery nightmares.
LOL
Question : (and spoilernif you haven’t read book four, I guess) I noticed in 3 you make a comment about a lobotomy for paramount- did you already have the accident in #4 planned out in your head when you wrote that?
Good question, but I didn’t really have that part fully fleshed out. I did have plans to reinsert Paramount into the storyline, but hadn’t quite finalized the how (although I knew that any change in his relationship with Jim would require a “reset” of sorts). Also, while this isn’t exactly an example, I do occasionally drop hints of the shape of things to come.
I know there is one or two other places where I’ve gotten that “he’s dropping foreshadows” – probably helped by re-reading backwards.
I know this seems pretty repetitive but will you be able to publish the book on Amazon soon?
From all indications my formatting guy is working on it, so hopefully soon.
Any chance you’ll hit publish withing he next 5 hours?
Almost done with my re-read/listen.
Probably not… I’m hoping in the next day or two. Then it’s a matter of how fast Amazon makes it available. Historically, they’ve been pretty fast.
Just make sure to give us a link when it is available. Amazon dose a poor job of notifying readers when books are released which is why I follow the social media and forums of my favorite authors to get the proper heads up.
Yea it would be nice if we could follow book on kindle a lot easier.
It’s up!!!!
It’s up now!