I’m up to Chapter 18 now. The main character just met his love interest’s father for the first time. It was a brief encounter but fun. For me anyway. I thought I was closer to the end of the story for this book than I really am but it turns out there’s still a bit more to go before we reach the climax. That will likely put this book at almost exactly the same size as the last. Not really my intent but pretty cool regardless. I’m very ready for this book to be done as it’s taken me much longer than I wanted. Some of the delay was definitely life related but the rest can be chalked up to pure old laziness and letting my inner critic get the best of me.

My office/work room is coming along slowly. I’m prepping the wall for the white board treatment. It’s not nearly as smooth as I would like it to be. It was definitely painted with a mild form of stucco at some point. I freaking hate stucco. It’s not attractive and I always manage to bump into it and hurt myself. Thankfully this stuff has either worn down or been painted over so many times the wall is mostly flat. I’m hoping this next coat will make it even smoother. From the reviews I’ve read the best surfaces are flat as you can get it. This may end up as a failed experiment but hopefully not. It would be awesome to have most of a wall as a scratch board. Plus the other wall for my over-sized calendar.

Of course the most exciting bit right now is almost being done with book 2. That will mean being two thirds done with my very first trilogy. It will also mean being able to write something else. Probably a couple of somethings since I have some short story ideas I really want to get down. All in good time though.