I had to put THE OTHERSPACE PIRATE on the back burner when I realized that it wasn't working: I hadn't set up the protagonist to be interesting. In its place I started work on a sci-fi serial story that I'll try to sell to a major children's magazine; if they don't bite I can always publish it on my own. I'm planning on six parts, and have finished the first draft of Part 1.
I’ve been very busy. I’ve heard back from most of the beta readers (they all liked it) for Murder at Minstrel Manor and have been making edits as appropriate. There are also some things I realized on
Murder at Minstrel Manor has gone to beta readers today. Unless they slag it hopelessly, I may be able to publish it sometime in the spring.
With prodigious effort I finished the chapter-by-chapter rewrite of Murder at Minstrel Manor and then a pass-through for copyediting, tweaks, and correction of overlooked inconsistencies. It still nee