I am impatient. Overly so. And in the world of writing I’m starting to learn that is NOT an asset.

Over the weekend, my two primary goals were:

1. Finish edits on The Venus Diary
2. Finish a work project that is due this week

#2 was accomplished by Sunday evening, and I’m happy to say it turned out very well.

As for #1…we did get what we thought were the final edits complete, but as I started to read through the proof copy, I discovered additional changes I wanted to make, including one section where I decided to move a chapter into a completely different spot.

That is going to require some additional rewrites to recreate the linkage. It’s the right choice to make, but it’s time consuming, and I was really hoping to get this book to the publisher by end of week.

However, as David continually reminds me, this isn’t something I can rush. If it needs to be changed, change it and move on to the next thing.

The other thing that frustrates me is that book sales are much lower than I would like to see. For writing these books I ask so little in return :-). Buy the first book ($12.99 at amazon.com isn’t bad to support your friend Heath), tell all your friends, write a review on amazon.com, and send my ratings soaring! (and get a discount on the 2nd book!!!) And if you don’t like the book, then tell me why so I can improve upon my next ones!

But the point of this note isn’t to gripe, it’s just a status update on where I am with the 2nd book in the Princess Carrina series for Young Readers. The Venus Diary will finish edits in the next week or two, and then will be off to publishing. It’s looking like availability some time in the middle of May, which still meets my goal of “Spring 2008″.

Aside from that, I’ve started the publishing process on Homo sarcasmus - Best of the Blog Volume 1.0, which contains a mix of fun and whimsical posts from years past, and I’m toying around with a poetry compilation of three books, including never before published poems and pictures drawn by the author. Those will likely come out within the next couple of months while David starts reading the final book in the Princess Carrina series.

Cheers!

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