I somehow managed to pull a rabbit out of a hat and got the revisions done for The Perfect Rochester. Whatever overhauls were expected turned out to be a hell of a lot less, and I only needed to change a handful of references to Lorik's backstory to make things work.
Generational trauma -- that was the key to his present and how he needed to heal for the future with Narcisse's help, obvs.
So it looks like it's just edits left, which aren't as troublesome as revisions can be, so yay! I've also updated my site's Book News page with the 2025 calendar and the dates already stamped on each book (scroll down to the bottom of the page for the banner). Really, the calendar follows this year's as I'm keeping to the four-month cycle, which allows me a lot of wiggle room in case I find myself at loose ends with the last book written with too much time to spare.
So far I have story ideas for next year and the year after with Camera Obscura sort of dangling just beyond 2026. Past that, I don't have a clue what to write next, but what I currently have is plenty. The Perfect Rochester aside, that's six books altogether coming up that I also have extensive notes for.
I've been asked before what I'd do if I ran out of ideas. Simple. I stop writing. That's it. And if Camera Obscura happens to be the absolute last book I'm able to write, so be it. But I don't think so since at the moment I'm not actively looking for inspiration anywhere. I do have a folder on my desktop that's being filled with all sorts of images I stumble across online that look promising. Maybe I'll come up with more stories eventually, but I do need to stop looking or thinking too much about it now that I've already filled up two-plus years of new books.
If and when I do retire from writing, I'll keep this blog up and running still. I'll be more than happy to talk up my older books since they're not getting gallery pages. At any rate, it'll all be fine, and I'm really happy with where things are heading with me. Onward, indeed!
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