So this news is a bit old since I really finished my first draft of book 2 about two weeks ago. Right now I'm working on some revisions for book 1. This will likely be the final set of revisions, but they're much more extensive than anything I've released before. Once they're done I'll be handing book 1 off to Tantor media to make the audiobook. That's right, Tantor sent me an offer for the audiobook rights on book 1 and I accepted! Hopefully you'll be seeing that in a few months, with book 2 following close behind.
Currently book 2 is sitting at 104,000 words, but it will probably be comparable to book 1 or slightly longer because some of the scenes aren't as fleshed out as I plan to have them be in the final version. It's been moved the back of my mind as I deal with first-publication issues for book 1, but hopefully I'll have these all sorted out in advance for book 2.
So that's where I'm at right now. Polishing up book 1, then completing another draft of book 2. An audiobook is in the works. Stay tuned for more news.
PS: Also, I got my first royalty money deposit! This was the first thing I bought with it.
It seems like a good read thus far! It's still weird to think that people pay me to read stuff I write, but presumably I'll get used to this feeling eventually.
