With some small, unexpected delay in the overall process, I finally approved the 800-page first version of the manuscript of the second book in the The Lost Words series, The Broken. A physical proof ought to be delivered to me via courier service any day now. Then, it’s reading everything all over again and finding the odd spelling error and glitch here and there, but I’ve had the digital proof for a while now, so it should not take too long.

While we’re discussing the proof, I might as well tell you what transpired in the past month or so. As it turns out, the publisher and I had quite a bit of ping-pong getting the manuscript sorted out properly. It’s all in the little details, the page orphans, the flueron in-chapter dividers, blank pages, footers, headers, and the rest. Most of you would probably never notice any one of these details unless I specifically pointed them out to you, but as an author, I’m ultra-sensitive to my own work as well as the overall look and feel of the book. Like the character Turkish in the movie Snatch says, tip top. In fact, I would not want to be my own editor, as it could take ages getting things polished to a satisfying level. But we’re almost there, and you should be able to read the book pretty soon. Stay tuned.