Hi folks. I just submitted chapter 1 of Trading Up for posting and it should be up (probably before I finish this blog. LOL). It's 28 chapters of fun with new characters and a few hints at old ones. So far, the response has been positive and I still offer pre-release copies if the thought of waiting for the chapters is driving you mad. Just email me for details.
Now, onto an equally important subject: Matt. People have been asking me a lot of questions about My Journey lately and I owe you some sort of update on why you're not returning to Boston to hear what Beck has to say for herself. My Journey suffered a pretty massive tone-shift in book 4, with sex taking a front row seat, compared to previous books where sex was slightly more balanced. There were a lot of different plot threads that all led to Matt's bed in the first few weeks of 2016 and I burnt out. I was in the middle of another of those scenes when everything froze. I couldn't envision a way through the rest of the scene I was in and I realized that I'd stacked more scenes for the days afterwards. It was getting out of hand. So, I took a step back. I knew that the writer's block would relax and clear itself eventually, but I needed time away from Matt and that atmosphere.
So that's where Third Time came from and where Trading Up came from and the other stories that I've been bouncing back and forth between while I get my head clear and mentally prepare to re-enter the orgy that Book 4 has become. Some of you are probably a little disappointed that there's quite so much sex, but in the first three weeks of January, he's got Emma, Gina, Tricia, Collie, Tabby, Hanna returns from vacation, Lana and Beck get their final results back and Lana, at least, fully intends to celebrate in the most pornographic manner possible. Beck....no hints.
As I can focus on it, I'll be inching the cursor forward on Matt's life and I hope for a breakthrough where I check my progress and realize that the block was 30 pages ago and I'm writing like mad. To put it in perspective for where my physical progress is, the first three books were somewhere right around 400-450 pages. Book 4 is hovering around 200 pages right now, so I have a long way to go. I promise, I'll try to keep everyone updated as I make more progress.