The first-round edits on Book #9, Marked, are finished. There are still copy-edits and proofreader corrections to do, but they’re relatively minor – the version of the book that I sent off to my publishers yesterday is 95% identical with the version that you guys will get hold of when it’s released in July of next year.
Time to start planning Book #10. I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while, so let’s hope it goes a bit faster than the last one did!
Excellent! Only wish I could get the book faster than July. It’s killing me waiting to find out what ordeals that you have planned for Alex and friends in the next book. I hope we get a few answers about Eslewhere in the next story. Although may that is the story for book 10.
Anyway, happy holidays Benedict! Thanks for all your hard work.
I know you wrote about the topic at length but I still don’t understand why publishers hold back product from consumers (ie readers) that really want it Seems like an industry that needs to change or it will slide like so many other old line industries.