June Report

I was retrenched from my IT job in the first week of this month, so it's been a bit of an odd month. I managed to secure a part-time contract so I have been doing some work. But a lot of extra time has been spent editing The Conjunction into shape ready for release.

I've got ISBNs and have been editing with the help of ProWritingAid, and am about ready to hand the first few chapters for my final copy-edit and proofread. All with an eye to publishing in the next few months.

I picked a date out of the air and chose September 21st for my release date, and put The Conjunction up on Kindle for pre-order. So if you're actually reading this right now, you can in fact buy the book. It's just a soft-launch for now - I won't be doing any marketing until a bit closer to the date.

In the meantime, I'm reading Happy the next Awaken Online book by Travis Bagwell. I've really been enjoying this series and have bought every book on preorder as soon as it comes out.

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