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I'm done editing The Right Street , the third of the four stories in the first book of the new Lady Seis series. Set in the reign of Elizabeth I of England, this story follows the fallout when Lady Seis is stabbed after discovering a fake guard in the royal garden. Incapacitated, she engages Guardsman Jerome Street to be her eyes and ears for the investigation. The next story will be To Drive the Cold Winter Away , the last story in the book. Two good men are hellbent on duel

My book sales were more than my ad expenses for November. Neither number was very large, but that will come.

The Right Street is going well. I need to make another pass and put in some more stage business and sensory details. I also need to make sure there are enough jokes.

Editing on The Right Street is progressing nicely , I may have it ready for the writers group in December. In the initial draft, I included some just-died or currently dying people, but most of them aren't necessary and clash with the lighthearted direction I've decided to take this series, so I'm getting rid of all but one, where his severe illness is a plot point.

The viral post doesn't seem to have translated into visits here or sales. I've got one new sale and two visits here, more than usual but less than I'd hope for a post that's headed toward a thousand likes.

I came back from the Thankgiving pot luck at work, and I sold one softcover there, and some people expressed interest but didn't have cash (need to figure out how to accept cards). So I posted to that effect on Bluesky. It's gotten 24 replies, 33 reposts, and 678 likes, and still counting! I think they thought I meant I sold a book to a publisher, which would be a much bigger deal. I wish I'd known it would get a big response, I'd have included the author page and Amazon link

I'll get the feedback on Seven Magpies in a Tree this evening, The Right Street will be fermented and ready for editing soon (don't have Outlook handy, don't know the exact date), cozy mystery book may be ready sooner rather than later.

Finished Seven Magpies in a Tree and posted it for the writers group. I'll reedit with their feedback and then it'll be ready to go.

I'm done editing Seven Magpies in a Tree and will upload it for NTFSW on Sunday. That leaves editing The Right Street and Plotting/Writing/Editing To Drive the Cold Winter Away before the first Lady Seis book is ready to publish.

Almost done editing Seven Magpies in a Tree, the second, summer story for Seasons of Songs, the first Lady Seis book. I'll submit it to the North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop on Sunday

At Inclusion Coffee in downtown Arlington with Pat Hauldren, writing. We're also discussing marketing-related possibilities and strategies. Keeping the blog on my website up to date, that sort of thing.