Before I knew it, I glanced at the calendar and realized it had been two months since I’d shared an update on my blog. My ongoing Snakesblood Saga companion story missed two updates. No updates on anything, really. Just silence–save the posts going up on Instagram to confirm I was still here, still writing, and making progress.
I sort of ended up in a time crunch. I’ve spoken often about how hard it is for me to find time to write when my daughter is out of school, and this year was going to be no different. So after a ridiculous string of setbacks, I knew I had to put everything else aside and work on finishing Spectrum Legacy. If I didn’t get it done… well, it would mean the book wouldn’t be coming out in a reasonable time frame, and I didn’t want that to happen. Not when I was so close.
So everything else got shrugged off. Updates got rare. But by golly, did I write. Spectrum Legacy, book 6 in the series by the same title, is complete at 134,284 words. It’ll probably get a little longer in edits, which I’m starting work on today.
I’ve never had such challenges as what I went up against to get this book done. And honestly, it was a little scary, because this is the first time I haven’t really known which direction to go with my writing. I’ve always had another project ready and waiting. I’ve talked a bit about my plans for TBDK here and there, which is another fantasy romance series if you’ve missed it, but this year isn’t the year that such a big project will start. I need a few smaller things first, palate cleansers to keep my writing honed but to present a less Herculean task in getting them writing.
The next few projects will be a smaller scale, but I’ll talk about them when it’s their turn. I’m excited to get this book polished and ready for publishing, and I hope it’ll be ready to release at the end of June.