So the book didn’t come out in Spring 2026.
The setback is positive, however; I have recieved a very important oppertunity in terms of quality of life and it’s going to improve everything going forward. There is still a very good chance the book will be out before the end of the year. Currently it’s down to producing artwork and editing via feedback.
Many authors use these terms of the process loosely and it is because “editing” vs. “rewrite” are both different, similar and difficult words to parse apart. What I can say for certain is nothing terrible has happened to me; only good, positive things have happened and hopefully that will be the groundwork, the foundation, for a lot of productivity.
Currently I am debating over what order do I do next, for the next project. That may sound far fetched when Project One isn’t out the door yet, but it’s important to keep abstract, general plans in mind for the future. Currently the debate I am internally is which of these two patterns to go with;
Book One –> Short Story posted for Free –> Book Two
or…
Book One –> Book Two –> Short Story posted for Free
*Book One and Two are just the novel split in half. The reason being is I made a ‘new writer mistake’ by over-editing / getting the first-half of the book too done while neglecting the second half. The midpoint of the book did easily morph into its own climax with a bit of work, so I decided to initially split them. In an ideal reality, where my first novel is perhaps alright in quality, I will eventually re-format them back into the same physical book. But far, far flung fantasies aside; I am grappling with the future order of things.
A third possible answer is to take a break after the first book is published to get reader feedback. Intentionally “stopping” to wait and see can hurt momentum but it’s hard to tell when and if that’s what will happen. The benefit with keeping things “rolling” is that it limits the gaps. You might have noticed with this website’s blog that delays can really hit a project’s creator hard and sometimes it is hard to climb back onto the bandwagon after too much of a break.
I was forced to take a break and not focus on finishing-up the book early this year; I had hopes to get back into the grove by March but it is only now in June that spare time is starting to open up.
Hopefully seeing the ramblings of a project developer can give you the confidence in knowing that, no matter what, you are never the only person running behind. We all are in one way or another, but we collectively value not showing the evidence of struggle. There are many incentives to not discussing failures or gaps in productivity and part of that is once a project is actually done then whatever had stalled it up until that moment does not matter anymore. What matters is finishing a project; not carefully crafting a project in the basement over and over because it’s never perfect. If this book turns out to be “bad” then I hope at least it will still serve as a clear codex for all of my ideas so that I can say it’s “done enough” and move on.
Thank you for reading this,
Admin P.