*sob*
Also saw my first month ever with over one thousand books sold (unless I mis-added, which I would never ever do). Which is a cool milestone! This gave me paychecks from Amazon big enough that I could show them to my family and go, "SEE! NOT CRAZY! GONNA GET BIGGER TOO! SO THERE!"
Was very productive on the new writing too, since we've started FM5 and Gush, and now a sixth short story for King Henry. Wrote 20k words in the last week on FM5, which means I actually might finish it within a year of Sky-Island's release and that means you fans don't get to complain because of the At Least One Book A Year Rule, right?
Right?
Still haven't got much into Gush as I would like, but with FM5 being a bigger book than expected it's all okay. Have been thinking about it a lot too. I'm really interested in trying a first draft with as little backstory as possible, throwing readers into the events. and seeing how it goes. If you've ever read Steven Erikson's Malazan series he does something similar. It's both loved and hated so of course I want to torture my fans with the method too!
KH Short 6 popping up is a bit of a surprise, but a fun one so far. Trying to get it out by Jan-Feb. There was a scene referencing the event in FM5 and I thought, 'oh that would be a decent short about mostly nothing at all'. Now here it is! It revolves around T-Bone making the mistake of inviting his new business partner over to meet his parents during a Sunday dinner. Manners...bad thing to have around King Henry Price.
As far as the big release of FM5...you know I hate exact timetables, but barring no problems arising somewhere in the April to July area seems possible.
Long as I don't get the flu.
Or almost break my arm again.
There's not even really any video games or movies or books coming out in the next few months to distract me.
Except for Hearthstone.
There's always Hearthstone.
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Don't OD on eggnog or champagne please.