Nearly a fortnight later, a post! Huzzah! Actually, things are pretty chill in my end, with August turning out to be surprisingly easy (though my birthday could've used a bit of an energy boost). September's shaping up to be the schizophrenic month at the day job because stress levels have been pretty high, but the staff continues to be awesome. We also had our first ever round of reviews and raises -- not a thing for three straight years since I was hired, but I won't get into that -- but stricter policies regarding OT and shift alterations came with them.
Anyway, I'm just keeping my head down and doing what I've been doing with a new schedule that works the best with my slightly tweaked commute. I'm hoping this work schedule will be it, but you never know.
Writing news!
Voices in the Briars enjoyed one final, FINAL sweep after weeks of not being looked at, and THE official version of the book is uploaded to Draft2Digital, and I'll be working on the print book soon. Maybe this weekend. Or next. At any rate, it'll be sometime this month since the release day is still, what, 45 days away? That's a while still.
Oh, and speaking of release date, I really was tempted -- TEMPTED, I TELL YOU -- to move the publishing date up to October 1, but I held my ground. A plan is a plan, and this is what's working out the best for me. Plus this also allows a progressively earlier writing and editing stretch for every subsequent book, which will free up enough time in a few months for maybe a fourth book (within a year) to be published in the future.
The Perfect Rochester has just passed the halfway point (holy shit!), so now I'm starting to look at Compline, which is next on my plate. New notes are being written down for it, and new (and surprising) music videos are helping me shape the plot. For the time being, I find myself on the fence as to the setting. I want it to be set in a boarding school, but as to the time period, I'm vacillating -- and sometimes that back-and-forth stuff can do a number on my plans, and I'm suddenly considering a completely different setting altogether.
One thing so far is certain: it'll be epistolary but all from the point of view of just one character. I'm thinking of doing a mix of journal entries and letters a la Ghosts and Tea, but from only a single PoV. That said, it's still going to be a while before I dive into it, but the growing notes are shaping things up in unexpected ways (good-unexpected, btw), and I hope to jump right in during the holidays.
Not a particularly exciting blog post, I'm afraid, but that's actually a good thing since it means life's been moving smoothly along for me. Of course, I probably just jinxed myself by saying that.
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