So for those who may or may not know: this little adventure started with a manuscript I finished—after many years of hemming, hawing, temporarily quitting, doubling back, and tail-chasing—in early 2014. I hired a lovely editor and passed it her way, thinking it’d need only a few tweaks to be ready for prime-time.

Wrong! I hadn’t given the story enough room to breathe. My editor suggested sweeping edits that took me a while to get through, but they were completely and totally for the best. By the time I was done, I had double the number of words as when I started.

The first 97k words became Book 1, Blood’s Force.

The remaining 99k words will comprise Book 2, which I’m calling Harbingers for now. It’ll pick up right where Blood’s Force left off, but I’m modifying it so that it’s capable of being a standalone read.

I have a ridiculously good starting point for this book. It’s already drafted, and that draft still needs work, but not nearly as much as previous incarnations. Cover art is also in the works, once more in the hands of wonderfully talented Chris Howard.

This week, I’m starting on edits. Then another editorial pass will be in order, then another revision pass or two to firm up. I dislike setting hard deadlines, but my personal goal is to finish and release Harbingers sometime in 2016. Keep tuning in for updates! :)