I'd hoped to have the fourth book in the Bartender Babe Chronicles ready for your reading pleasure before the end of June. However, I had some last-minute ideas I wanted to incorporate into this particular story to provide hints at the overall larger story of Vicki's journey through this series. So what did that mean?
Yup - back to the old drawing board.
However, I'm so much more excited about the twists and turns the storyline is now taking and am so much happier with the resulting flow, even though that means it's taking longer to get ready for release.
But that also means perhaps you'll better enjoy it too.
Being an independent author is sometimes a lonely journey where every single decision - large and small - rests solely on the writer, and we have to daily juggle so many hats. Between writing, research, editing, manuscript formatting, cover work, pre-publishing preparation, post-publishing follow-up, marketing, communications, bookkeeping, etc., etc., we're a single person encompassing the varying departments of a large corporation. As Vicki would say, this life ain't for the fainthearted!
However, in the overall scheme of things, nothing matters if as an author I have not worked my butt off to provide readers with my very best work. My very reason for doing this is to provide you, my patient and devoted readers, with an entertaining story that will give you a chuckle, allow you to shed a tear or two, keep you up reading late into the wee morning hours (even though you'll curse me when your alarm clock goes off), or simply offer up an opportunity for a few uninterrupted hours to yourself.
So even though I've had to come to terms with the fact I will never be one of those authors who churn out a new book or two every month, I hope you'll rest with the patient assurance that when a novel with my name on it is finally published, it will be the best story I could possibly write.
And that's all because, to paraphrase L'Oreal, you're worth it!
Stay tuned for a release announcement of DIE BEFORE YOU WAKE with special pre-order pricing before summer's end.
