My edits are done! Tim Marquitz over at Ragnarok and ‘writer of lots of books’ (if that were a place) has put the finishing touches on editing for Purge of Ashes and sent it over, and what’s more – after a week of exhaustion defeating curiosity in a grand duel overseen by the twin tyrants Job and Children – I am finally ready to take a look.

I cannot believe it has taken me so long, but as the frequency of my updates indicates I am in somewhat of a holding pattern with regards to Imbalance. First, I was waiting to afford these edits and then waiting for the edits, but second I now have some big choices with regards to publishing going forward. Tim suggests I went smallpress, and then self, far too early and without testing enough waters. He thinks the series is demographically on point enough to raise a few eyebrows in the pitching process with bigger companies. The lazy me feels as though after this final bout of editing, I’d be happy to release and bathe in the due praise. I have time for neither with a 3-month-old and a new teaching job. Life is a roller coaster of monotony – a state that makes perfect sense to the addled mind of a sleep-deprived father.

Either way, you’ll know where it goes.

In the mean time, I am going to say ‘adios’ and go check out my prologue to see if the edits include jots such as, “Jet packs for all!” or “Not enough Gorilla Tape!”

JM