Hello, dear readers!

　　This novel`s free release has nearly finished. I`ll post a more in-depth update of what the next steps for this story and the print version closer toward the final chapter, but there`s something else I want to say. I`ve decided that I won`t post a free chapter this week. Instead, I`ll take this week to finish out the first draft. I`ve been writing as I go for a while and have stayed a few chapters ahead at any given time. This is still the case, but I do a weekly editing pass for the free release. This tends to interrupt the writing flow. So, I`ll finish out this first draft. Then, next week when it`s all done, I`ll start the final run of chapters.The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.

　　How many are left for you to read? That`s hard to say. I don`t organize my writing based on the releases I do here. You`ve probably noticed that each release is actually fairly small compared to the other pieces on this site: that`s because I`ve yoinked these releases from larger chapters and stitched them together week after week instead of releasing a whole chapter at once. That`s to cut down on how much editing I`m doing per week. Anyway, I`ve got three of these larger chapters left to post. So it could as little as 3 releases or as much as 8. I can`t say.

　　What I can say, though, is that I appreciate all the kind words you`ve shared. Thanks for reading with me.

　　See you next week.