Quick update - the first thirteen chapters are fully proofed and totally ready to go. Which doesn't mean you won't find a mistake, but I would certainly hope not. The next three are in assorted stages of editing, and I'm 7 pages deep into Chapter 17.
Having a deep buffer is going to help. Way back in the middle of summer, the wife and I were planning on getting a house, having remodeling done on it, and then moving. It has FINALLY gotten through all of the legal steps (Folks, make sure you have a will, so your stuff doesn't have to go through probate and your kids argue about stuff, unless you really want to irritate them!) and should close on Monday. We hope! That should put us moving in the middle of January. This is Oklahoma, so we could have sub-zero temperatures, or it could be 70. Or both, within two days.
I've got my ninth sale for the year set to close in another month, and I've got several clients I'm searching for houses for, both as investment properties and homes. The market is getting better from the Covid crisis, but we're not forecasting it to recover for another couple of years. Even then, there'll still be a housing shortage due to certain economic policies that aren't helping things.
Oh, speaking of economic policies, I had ONE person tell me in email they lost respect for me as a writer because I dare to have an opinion and not be afraid to speak it. Funny, I didn't think that it was any secret over the last few years from anyone who follows the forum on here or reads my blogs that I'm from rural Indiana, served in the US Military, and I'm now in central Oklahoma. Two states that are basically the same, only 700 miles apart. Welcome to states that have conservative values, are religious (TWO days here, not just one like in Indiana), and believe the Second Amendment is our carry permit. Of course, I also got TWELVE emails that agreed with my comment. Dick Winter said it in 'Band of Brothers:' "You salute the rank, not the man." Of course, the man passed gas on Camilla Parker-Bowles (Bowels?), so ... he's at least good for a fart joke or two.