Status of Time Threads second book

Gosh, it’s June already and I’m still editing Splintered Time. I am sorry this is taking so long, but the time travel novel is complex and I don’t want to miss anything or make it too confusing for all you guys to follow. I still plan to get it out in the next month or so.

Introducing a new reading format

The latest trick from Amazon is a treat called Vella. I’m not sure when the exact start date for this new format is, but I thought I initially saw July. Since then, the terminology has changed to a few months. But I am working on a sci-fi fantasy story for it. The concept is to publish the story, episode by episode.  Readers can download the episodes to their phones or tablets or read them on their computers. The Vella Store will be a separate area on Amazon.

Initially, the first three episodes are free to read, then you begin paying tokens for each episode after that. The ratio is 1 token per 100 words in the episode. So, if an episode is 2500 words, it will cost 25 tokens to read it. Tokens are sold beginning at 200 for $1.99. The more you buy, the more extra ones you get. For instance, $14.99 buys 1700 tokens. The idea is the offer episodic fiction to people to read on their phones or tablets on their way to work or while waiting for someone.

With this in mind, I’m rewriting and adapting a story, currently called “Cynara’s Destiny” (that may change), for this new format. I’m really excited about the format and the adventure I’m writing for it.  I’m hoping you’ll be enthused about the possibilities and the tale I’m spinning.

Waiting in the wings…

Overdue, but in the works, Outer Rim is the second book of the O’Ceagan Saga. The first draft is almost done, and it will go into editing after I finish Splintered Time. For now, I’m targeting a Spring 2022 release.

We’ll be following Grania O’Ceagan and her brothers on an adventure that takes them back to Earth, then on to the farthest reaches of the galaxy.

Next on the finish the draft list is Gatekeeper, the first book of my Connected Worlds series.  More about this series later, but I am hoping to get the draft completed by the end of this year. It’s about one-third done now.

That’s all I have this month, but I hope to finally get on a more consistent schedule of updating my blog and newsletter once a month.

Hope you’re almost summer days are going well and see you next month.

Lily