Your eyes aren't deceiving you.
Despite wading through creative blocks, an illness that bludgeoned me for weeks, and burning enough midnight oil to warrant abuse from Greta Thunberg (which explains no email yesterday)…
Book 7 of The Divided Region is DONE.
I cannot begin to tell you how good it feels to type that, Legionnaire.
This one has truly been a learning curve for me as a scribe. Authors often say the hardest book to write in a longer series is the last one, and they weren't whistling Dixie. I've always been reasonably okay at managing loose ends, but managing them is one thing.
(As I quickly discovered. Rather painfully.)
Tying them, however, in a satisfying manner that doesn't feel rushed or forced is another beast entirely.
But we did it.
Now, the manuscript has landed in my editor's inbox, who, no doubt, has already got their red pens primed and ready. 😫
Until I have reason to worry, I am going to bask in these newfound freedoms and do something I haven't done in a long while…
GET ABSOLUTELY RAT-ARSED!
READ.
If, like me, you enjoy your books lean, mean, and packed with adventurous fun with characters who feel oddly familiar, then I'd be remiss not to recommend the series this entire email is built on.
The Divided Region is currently six books long, though that is about to change real soon.
To start the fun, go here:
https://djjwatson.com/books/exiled
DJJW