A Quick Update

Book #15, Firestarter is almost done. I'm in the first rewrite and adding a bunch of things that I had put off until later. I'm hoping to have all of that done tomorrow, then it will be into the second rewrite after which I will send it off to my beta readers.

My editor is going to be going through a surgical procedure soon, so I'm not sure if this will be edited before it goes out. I don't really have the time to find a new editor if they are not available.

I'll also be in Chattanooga at LibertyCon from Thursday until Sunday. I'll have a laptop with me, so I can publish from there if everything is wrapped up by the month's end. We will see.

On the arm part, it's healing. I've got five and a half more weeks in the brace. I can type, for about an hour at a time before I need to take a brake, and that seems be be improving with time. Last week was just one of those weeks where a number of things that were highly unexpected happen (like my Subaru dying on the side of the highway and stranding us for three plus hours while we waited for a tow truck to come and get us - still no idea what's wrong with it, probably be a few months before I can tear into it with the arm and all).

This is definitely shaping up to be an interesting year! So much going on. Hopefully book #16 won't have such a long wait, and I need to write at least one more wives tales, possibly two.

Thanks for being there!

In the brace now...

Started typing again last night. I have limited use of the left hand, but it'll improve with time. Valens #15, tentatively titled 'Firestarter' will be out this month, it's already halfway done after all.
The big question is will the working title make it thru to publishing. They've got a 70 percent success rate...

The Surgery went well

And I'll be typing one handed for probably a week. The arm is all bandaged up from jst below thw shoulder to the wrist. So I cant move the elbow or my wrist.

In a week the bandages come off and I go into a brace. Typing will be difficult because of the angles involved, but we will see. Right now it all hurts like a bitch of course. After 2 months the brace should come off, but then I have another 3 or 4 months of having to be careful (and do therapy) until is fully healed.

I'm hoping that in a few days I'll be able to get back to work, using a pencil and paper, until I can type again. One handed is kind of slow.

So, things are good, just gotta heal a bit first.