A new chapter of The Facility has been posted. This novel is anticipated to be 20 chapters total, broken into 4 parts of 5 chapters each. Therefore, we are now a little past the halfway point.
As many of you know, this story had a lengthy hiatus after Chapter 9. I'd already written to Chapter 15, and was about to write the final 5 chapters, but I wasn't happy with the ending I'd conceived, so I decided to delay posting additional chapters until I'd reworked the ending to my liking, just in case I needed to go back and make any plot corrections to fit the new ending. I'm glad I made that choice. The new ending is far superior, in my opinion. When you eventually read it, I hope you'll agree that it was worth the wait. I'm in the process of editing the final part, so I'll be timing future chapter releases based on my progress with that.
Part III of The Surrogates has been posted, completing that novel. I decided to post it a day earlier than originally anticipated because of how well-received it's been. This story honestly surprised the hell out of me. The plot came out of nowhere and the book practically wrote itself. I started writing it on 8/6 and finished it on 8/12. A 70,000 word novel in six days! If you enjoyed my previous novel, The First Timers Club, then I think you will love The Surrogates. I find it to be a charming and humorous story, and writing it was an enjoyable and cathartic experience.
Along with my other two unfinished works, Forbidden Fruit and The Protege, I also have a few other works in progress. Some close to completion, others not so close, but none of which I will post until they are fully finished. I've learned my lesson there. You can probably expect to see one or more of these posted sometime this year:
A Web of Mingled Yarn. A recently-divorced man leaves the world behind to illegally live off grid in a conservation easement, where he seeks to heal and rebuild himself into something better. A young hiker, Maggie Tulliver, stumbles upon his cabin one day. Intrigued by this mysterious man who lives alone in the middle of the woods, she begins to surreptitiously observe him.
Apothecary. Nicky Ottombrino, a mixologist at an upscale cocktail bar, discovers a long-forgotten drug hidden away for over a century in the basement of his employer's building. A powerful aphrodisiac and empathogen that was banned shortly after its discovery because of the havoc it wreaked on late 19th century Philadelphia society. Will the drug's rediscovery in modern times lead to similar disastrous consequences?
The Tree Remembers. Willow Hockensmith is a severely bullied teen who strikes up a friendship with Marko, the Croatian handyman renovating one of the bathrooms in her home. But Marko is far more than he appears. When Willow discovers his secret past, she enlists his help to plot revenge against those who have wronged her.
The Visit. Eric comes for an extended stay at his friend Mark's house and begins a secret affair with Mark's young teenage daughter, right under his nose.