I finished the continuity draft, then went through one more time to make sure any points I'd jotted notes on were resolved or fixed. Amazing how small things still needed tweaking, even after all the reading and the drafts. Does any writer ever feel completely confident that there isn't one word that shouldn't be there; one changed minor character's name that hasn't been changed? I even went over some of my research to make sure I had actually done enough (I had, but I learned even more about the mechanisms of lighthouses in the process.)

The paperback's cover is finished, but the Kindle edition needs some more work. The bookstore owner already contacted me about the reading/signing/book launch. The formatting process hit a small glitch (not minor for the formatter) but she's back on track after her computer's hard drive went belly-up.

I padded the pub date a little because I know how things can go wrong--Murphy's law will always come into play, regardless. I'm aiming for 2/24. I'll confirm as soon as the uploads happen.