A life full of children and mysteries to solve doesn't leave much time for relaxation or each other, something Lumie wants to help fix for Dane and Mercury by way of arranging a picnic. But good intentions and life rarely cooperate, and Dane knows it's only a matter of time before all hell breaks loose.
Hell turns out to be someone using Quicksilver's name to destroy buildings, but there's no way to tell whether the enemy is an impostor or a trap—and only one way to find out. Hopefully it won't mean missing the picnic.
Editing. The two items originally on this list were Elemental Ride and Magnified and I'm happy to say that I was able to complete them both. Elemental Ride has been submitted to LT3 and Magnified is back with the editor for round two. In addition to those stories I also got the copy edits for Dragon Deception and the first round of edits for Dragon Detective. The former I was able to send back to LT3 and the latter still needs a bit more work.
Submissions. I was also very successful with this. Elemental Ride was submitted yesterday evening and I was able to get my Hanukkah story, Ner Li, and Ge-Mi: Part One properly formatted and submitted. I hope to hear from LT3 soon. I was not able to get any work done with editing Justified.
Writing. Luckily I left this goal open ended because writing ended up not being a high priority this month. I got a lot done in my Coliseum story and some drips and drabs in Dragon Soldier and Dragon Spy, but nothing really came together writing-wise this month. I'm really hoping next month is much more productive as there are a number of stories I would like to complete.
I am falling way behind on my to-do list this month, but it's not entirely my fault. I keep getting emails from LT3 with important due dates on them! The first round of edits for Magnified ended up being very involved and took a while to return. Soon after sending Magnified back, I received the copy edits for Dragon Deception. I returned those and not even a day later I got the first round of edits for Dragon Detective, which I'm now working on. Don't misunderstand, I am happy to have all of these edits to work on, but I really need to find a few moments to get Elemental Ride edited and submitted. I only have three days left before it's due! I'm honestly not sure I can finish in time, but I'll keep working hard the next few days and maybe I'll somehow make it.
Since I'm already editing Dragon Detective, which is part one of a two part story in the Supernatural Consultant universe, I really need to get part two, Dragon Soldier, completed and submitted. There's only 10k words left to write, so I should be able to do it next month. Soldier concludes the first arc of the series, which I would like to have done soon so I can really start working on the second arc, which begins in Dragon Spy.
On a happier note, the first giveaway for Dragon Deception is up! LT3's hosting it on their Goodreads page. Just leave a comment to sign up: https://www.goodreads.com... I will have a subscriber exclusive giveaway for those who receive my newsletter on February 1st and I have also sent something to Magnolia Reviews, who did a wonderful job hosting a giveaway for Dragon Consultant. I will keep everyone posted when all the giveaways go live. Until then, feel free to preorder your copy for a 15% discount today!
I have also seen the first draft of the cover for ﻿Dragon Dilemma﻿ and it is beautiful! As soon as I have the final version I'll share it with you.
Hell turns out to be someone using Quicksilver's name to destroy buildings, but there's no way to tell whether the enemy is an impostor or a trap—and only way to find out. Hopefully it won't mean missing the picnic.