The good news first. I launched the heavily revamped chapters of my first MC yesterday. I would have posted his first chapter on Friday, but my brain had melted due to the Romance Writer Week webinars and working on other projects. Those other projects include a second MC's serialized story, which requires a lot of editing to bring it close to my current standard.
An important point - text upgrading is a grind, though I love rediscovering my old characters. In both cases, I am doing my best to polish them, but I'd rather not waste anyone's time. So, once posted, please drop me an email and let me know if they are good enough to entertain you, or if I should abandon the effort. If the latter, I will figure out a way to start new tales, filling in MC back-story where appropriate.
And now for the bad news. In response to overwhelming demand, I worked up a sequel to "On the Highway," with dear Dan and Daisy. And I hated it. It was a true-to-trope sequel with no burn, no angst, and the characters were cut-outs. Yes, it had good scenes to support the tropes, but my characters demand better of me. As such, I am adjusting their tale to have more gooey goodness.
Which is a good time to point out that those of you reading "Owning My Image" are in for a bunch of twists and angst before the pay-off. Some tropes are smashed and mutated, others not so much, but, trust me, I love every single character. I have accepted a drop off in readership due to the husband/down stuff in the middle, but that is the nature of my storytelling-messy and perhaps a bit uncomfortable. Like, uh, life. Anyway, that's my goal, so please stay with it and then judge if I got close to goodness, or not.