Camp Erehwon series Third Book is a completed rough draft! The wait is almost over!
As I look out into the empty room of my website and see the places of the people the world has lost in recent memory if feel a sense of loss. So I will shout out to them, or to you, that in the last 14 grueling days (and the mercies of my Lord, my wife, and my children) I have completed the final 50,600 words of my next work. If that number doesn't mean anything to you, it equals 129 pages of text in 12 point New Times Roman font.
The technical explanation is that I am out of my mind. The medical explanation is that my autistic hyperfocus kicked into overdrive. Personally, I am tired. I feel like sleeping for the next three days.
Now the work shifts gears and I will be pounding the clutch as I secure my ISBN number, register with the Library of Congress, reach out to my art team (that recently breathed a new life into the paperback cover of Monsters of Camp Erehwon), contact my ARCS (what few I have) and pray for beta readers (which I lack) and then...during all of that I will begin editing, out-loud reads, formatting, and continuity checks.
If you are out there, and you believe in my story, my world, and my message, send good thoughts and prayers my way. If you have the time, follow me on this crazy journey, read my work, and especially share a review on any or all of the review websites out there. I am in need of some hope.
Carl, I'm always here if you need anything, although I don't see you and your family like when I was working, we're still family! Just let Jennifer know. 🙏🙏🙏