Ok, so I feel really bad I`ve left everyone hanging. It started out innocently, but as it dragged I felt worse which made it harder to come back which made me feel worse which made it harder to come back. Classic ugly vicious cycle.

　　But y`all deserve some explanation.

　　Last fall I had a number of things happen simultaneously. Job responsibilities spiked, family health stuff drew a lot of attention, and my laptop broke. The laptop was the easiest to deal with, but it was kinda a last straw and it broke my daily writing habit. That`s all bad news. The good(ish)(for me) news is that I haven`t walked all the way away. The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.

　　I`m working on major rewrites to book 1, there`s a few things that need real attention even if I`m happy with the bones of the story. Pun intended. I`m also starting to shop the story to agents, even though having published here may impact that I haven`t gotten the entirely negative responses I`d expected. As an aside, some of the rewrites have already invalidated a lot of what I`ve written for book 2, which is OK because I wasn`t totally happy with it so far anyway.

　　So the long and short of things is that I`m removing the book 2 chapters and I`ll also be marking the story complete.

　　So, again, thank you everyone for following and reading my little story. You`ve all been a major help to me in this story, and I`m very happy that you`ve all come along with me on this ride.