For all those kind readers who drop me a sitemail from time to time, asking for an update on Book Two - here it is.
* Those pesky Real Life issues that had been hanging over me for the past few months (nothing bad, just highly distracting and energy draining) are now over, meaning I can keep working much closer to full-time than I had been able to.
* I have a title, but I'll hold that back for now, even though, like Book One's title, it is not readily apparent what it means.
* I have completed first drafts for the first nine days.
* I am working on day ten this week.
* I have outlines in my head for what needs to happen for days eleven through fifteen.
* Book Two will probably wrap up around chapter twenty-two, but this is subject to change if plot necessitates it.
* Once I'm ready to upload 2:1, I'll uploaded the revised 1:15, as well as blog it, too.
* This is a lot of story. Thus far the first drafts are closing in on 150,000 words, and I may be only just at the half-way point.
* By the end of Book Two, more of The Thing's workings are known, but final revelation may be for Book Three, or I may conclude Book Two and come back to Book Three later, once I've had my knuckles fitted with bionics.
And of course, it won't appear until it's ready, but I am working to get the release of Book Two started by the end of the year, at which time new characters, situations, and puzzles will reveal themselves.
Cheers...Clee