I like Bob Dylan's definition of success the most.

A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.

All too often I think people confuse financial success with success in general. I'm a prime example. I don't make much money from books at this point in time. Let's say that I couldn't afford to rent an apartment for three hundred a week, but I could live under a one million dollar bridge indefinitely if I had to survive on nothing other than royalties.

And that's fine. I never expected to be an overnight financial success. I'm just happy writing. As long as I hit my quota of 3,000 words a day, I count myself successful regardless of what my Amazon sales graph says.

I bring this up because I've been asked by a few people if I'll finish my Machina series, and my fantasy trilogy which has its first book releasing at the end of 2017. It's a fair enough question. I'd hate to become invested in a world then have it left unfinished.

That's why I'll be releasing one book from each series every year until they're done, regardless of how many sell. I always tell people that while I publish in the hopes of making a living, I write to see how the story unfolds.

So if you're one of the few people who's read Trix's first adventure and can't wait to see what happens next, you can rest easy. So long as the Projectionist keeps his films rolling, I'll be here, at my desk, transcribing them.