I've been jostled from my bunker of shame to provide a progress update. This request proves the you can't ignore a troubling topic and just hope no one notices.
So, here it is.
What's been happening? Slow progress continues. The bad news is that the book is taking much longer than I'd like to finish. The good news is that even though my progress is slow, its at least been steady. This means that eventually... baring something new occurring... it will be finished.
Describe the progress? Well, as of this morning Book 5 sits at 177K words. As a comparison, book 4, the previous longest, finished in at 144k words. So, while I can't gaurentee that book 5 will be a good meal of a read, at least it will be filling. From the remaining outline, I would guess it will round out around 220k.
Do you know how it ends? I think so? I have the plot to the end and just have to write it down.
Will this be the final book? Well, at this time yes... but book 3 was the previous final book so...
Anything else? Well, I've had the first 160k of book 5 proofed by my two main editor/proofers. I will have two more beta readers polish read it when its finished. So, the publication process should be faster then typical... maybe?
When the book is done, I'll list it on Bookapy and then start posting it on SOL soon after. The chapters currently average 7-8k words each, which is much longer then I've written in the past. This means that it will be a weekly post most likely, unless I break up the chapters.
When...? Sadly, I'm starting to doubt it will be finished by the end of 2022.
Thank you for your curiosity in the storyline. I hope you can stick around.