Last chapter...

I'm down to the last chapter on my current book project (which I'm ghostwriting with another author). I hope to get the bulk of the remaining chapter banged out this weekend. At the moment, I'm waiting to hear from the publisher on a couple of detail-y things, so we'll see how things are going to pan out. As far as I know, though, once I get the go-ahead from the publisher, then we'll enter the editing phase and get the project published before the fall (God willing).

Another book deal in the works...

I've been asked by a local publishing contact to write another non-fiction book starting in July. I don't have the contract yet, so of course there's the slight possibility that it might not happen, but it looks like it probably will. I met with my contact last week and at least verbally (and in email exchanges) it looks like it's going to happen. I'll post more details when I've got the contract for sure. 

First Draft of "Day Off" finished

I've finished my first draft of the robots story. I'm still working out a couple of details, but I'm pretty much satisfied with how it came out. I'll be working on the "up" draft (or second draft) now, and then it'll be ready to send around to my readers. 

It's sort of an unusual story for me in that it came in under 3,000 words on the first draft. It'll end up weighing in around 3,000 words max, I think, as I don't intend to add a lot of material. It's probably the shortest story that I've done which wasn't flash fiction to start with. Yet it feels complete as it stands. Actually, the length will probably make it easier to sell, as editors like stories that enable them to squeeze just a bit more into a particular magazine issue. We'll see.