Progress Despite Summer

Against the odds, I have made a dent in my work. I finished all my final edits for book 1 until I sell it. I finished a draft of book 2 I’m happy with sending to an editor, who will help me with developmental edits very soon. I was going to jump into book 3 today, reread all my notes, maybe start an outline. Hasn’t happened yet, and I’m joining MRK’s class on audiobooks tonight, so I’ll most likely begin the reread and organization of book 3 tomorrow.

Crisis Managing continues, with a close family friend dying over the weekend. If it turns out we’re invited to the funeral or any other memorial, I think I’m the only family member with the free time and little bit of money to be able to travel overseas for it. I shall be, to my family’s shame, our ambassador. It also means focusing less on my writing, for a time.

Oh, and our roof was damaged in a recent storm, our electric bill went up 60% (Duke made over $13 billion in profits last year and paid their CEO over $21 million but sure this increase is “necessary”), AND student loans restart in October. That’s gonna be an additional $1000/mo that we were not expecting, so. You know. Click that donate button down the bottom of the page. Elect progressive candidates that will get student loans forgiven just like those PPP loans that millionaires don’t have to repay, and elect people who will crack down on price gouging.