More like snowdrops. It’s snowed here the last couple of days. Nothing heavy. It’s not sticking, but it’s darned cold for May. Just sayin’.

Cape Grace is slimmer now than it started with in April. I couldn’t make it work so I started stripping it down until I had stuff that belonged. It’s better now but the real work is only just beginning. I’m not saying this book is cursed … but I think this book is cursed.

In better news, I’ve seen the mockups of the new Shaman Tales covers and I’m really liking what I’m seeing. In theory I’ll have them by the time the book is ready so I can recover South Coast the same time I’m publishing Cape Grace.

Fingers crossed on that.

By Darkness Forged is waiting in the wings. Still. Forlorn as ever.

For those who haven’t heard, the Smuggler’s Tales are on Podium’s schedule for a September, 2019, release on Audible.

We’ve had our share of rain the last few days. My lawn loves it but between the weather and – honestly – lack of energy, my walking schedule has been ragged.

News:

I spent four days of writing with the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers. The goal was to get 25k words in four days. That’s right. Half a NaNoWriMo in 4 days instead of two weeks. That’s 6250 words a day for a four day weekend. I made the count and then some but I’ve been trying to straighten out the story ever since.

The good news is that Cape Grace is just over 100,000 words and I have almost all the pieces. The bad news is that they’re not even close to being in the right order. I’ll get there, but I did myself no favors in constructing this plate of pasta.

By Darkness Forged should be available on Audible tomorrow, April 2. It’s up for preorder now. The paperback is still on my To Do List.

Podium has assigned a narrator for the Seeker’s Tales – Emily Woo Zeller. You can hear a sample for one of her recent books Minimum Wage Magic.

Speaking of NaNo, Camp NaNo starts today. A few of my RMFW buddies and I will be working toward another hair on fire month. I’m going to try to write another novel this month while I’m still working on ironing out this one. I’m behind on my goals but there’s still time.

And speaking of goals, I’ve set a goal to write every day this year. I missed a day in January and few days in February, but this month I’ve written every day and produced 41,231 new words.

That’s it for this month.

Safe Voyage.