I really need to come up with better, more inventive ways to tell you I have finished. Rescuers From Illur has been edited (once again) and sent to multiple people for their reading enjoyment. I am very excited to say that one of the readers did not read the original book. She will be able to identify any odd places that don’t make sense without the influence of previous narratives. The other four people have read the story and should notice changes.

As I anticipated, my final word count did increase. The book is currently 90,109 words. I am not quite sure what to think. It is 10,000 over the high end of YA Fiction books, but I keep falling back on the Science Fiction excuse. I built a whole world for my characters to live in, and I hope the word count does not keep some folks from being interested in the book.

I bet you wondered about the odd snippet picture connected to this post. It is a portion of the image from the Zoom meeting I was in today. In this changed world of no contact, I have encountered many Zoom/Google Meetings, either for work or community. Today’s meeting was a happy gathering of friends who share a love of creating traditional handmade lace.