I’ve been quieter than normal here for a few reasons.
It is the first of the year, which is a busy time for us at my day gig; with the pandemic still raging, most activities are still being conducted remotely for safety, but that doesn’t seem to reduce the amount of work we do (go figure!). But I also somewhat foolishly decided to start work on the fifth book in my series which essentially means any spare time I have has been spent working on the new manuscript.
On top of all of that, though, I am also knee deep in the final edits of the second book, Outsider, which is due out at the end of next month. While editing isn’t exactly my favorite part of the writing process, it’s one of the most important ones, so I usually spend quite a bit of time at it. The final edit will be my fourth time through the book, actually — not counting writing it, and the initial read afterward.
Normally, I wouldn’t try to write a new book while editing an existing one, and I’m not sure I would recommend it to anyone, either. It has it’s perks, though, especially since spending so much time with Sean in an earlier book has informed quite a bit of the events in a later one. Although my characters are with me all the time, Sean hasn’t been the lead voice for me in two books, so to be honest, it took doing a re-read of the second book to get back into the groove.
One thing I’d not forgotten? How much coffee the poor guy drinks. 🙂