FM6 One Week!

Until I push the publish button!

Waiting Sucks!

Rogue One doesn't come out until the 16th, urgh!

;)

Waiting Game Quick Notes

1.  FM6 is 99.99% finished.  My last edit is done, have 2 beta readers I'm still waiting on, but other than that, the book is the book it will be when released.

2.  Which means:  mini vacation!!!!!

3.  Woohoo!!!!!

4.  Seriously...today I got to read a page of a book that wasn't one of mine for the first time in 3 months!  Felt so good!

5.  Even made a list of all the games, shows, and books I need to catch up on, so excited for the upcoming R&R for RR!

6.  So how do I feel about FM6?  Hardest book I've ever written.  Perfect?  No.  None are, but...so many scenes and moments I'm proud of.  Can't wait to read all of your thoughts on it in a little under 2 weeks now!

7.  Not even in a place to think about the future yet, need to get rid of all the burnout first.  Lots of ideas, biggest problem with me after I finish a project is always that I have so many ideas and I only get to focus on a few at a time...argh!  Where's the cloning machine when you need it?

8.  Got no proof, but I'm pretty sure Brandon Sanderson IS a team of clones.

9.  Know Gush is on the plate, know I'll be slowly and occasionally writing FM7s school story, have 2 different novellas I could write from TBone's POV, actually thought up a Eva/Boomworm combo novel I could do if I wanted.  Print copies, as always...bunch of standalone novels I could write, and a few new series I could prep for starting after FM7 is out in a couple years.

10.  If only I had Ceinwyn Dale's foresight...

11.  But for now:  mini vacation!!!!!

Two Weeks Until FM6!!!

This is about the time I'll be clicking the button to publish on Amazon two weeks from now.

Also about the time some of you will be searching and refreshing "Richard Raley" over and over if the past is any indication!

Book is like 99% done already.  Have about 7 chapters of typo hunting to do personally and still waiting on a few beta readers, but other than that, everything is looking good.

Really proud that I finished the 800 page behemoth in a year like this.  Far and away my most productive year as a writer.  And what a book, been imagining the last scene since I started working on the series and I'm really happy with it and all the rest.

Hope you fans end up liking it too :)

Think you can push it into the Top 1000 in Amazon sales this time around?

FM6 Beta Reader Reactions (no spoilers!)

"I thought it was brilliant."

"The book's a monster!"

"Salute. You nailed plenty of feels in this one man."

"The way you deal with character interactions and dialogues is the best."

"I don't even know where to start. Fucking awesome is a start I guess."

"The complete opposite of [middle books]."

"It seems like you've kicked [King Henry's voice] into overdrive."

"Felt like the last book in a trilogy."

"Holy fuck balls."

"Man, I don't know, I'm just overwhelmed. This is by far your best book. I don't know what to talk
about, there are so many things."

"Holy shit this book is long. I feel like I've been reading forever and still only 40% through. THIS IS AMAZING."

"So much information, so much great stuff happening . . . I will admit to being extremely impressed because [I've] only read half of it and I already feel like I've read an entire novel."

"Family missed me the last day, but it was worth it."

"I stayed up waaaay too late last night because I had to finish."

"I'm not lying when I say that I actually look forward to these books more than even Dresden now."

Just over two weeks to go!  Give the beta readers a hand, they've already caught over 300 typos/mistakes/brain glitches this go around!