As of exactly 2:57 PM this afternoon, I have completed the rough draft for The Settlers' Sins Part II. This massive, unedited clusterfuck that has dominated nearly every waking moment of my life for the past 14 months currently weighs in at 156,352 words and a whopping 703 pages, making it my largest book to date. I'm not certain if I've mentioned it or not, but this book will conclude The Settlers' Sins series and I'll be starting a completely new project upon its completion. It's still a long road ahead, and it'll likely be months before It's finally ready to hit Amazon, but the hardest part is officially over.
In other news, I've also begun working on my very first short story, though I'll likely be putting it on hold while I'm editing Part II. Here lately, I've been playing around with the idea of short stories more and more and I've decided I'd like to try my hand at maybe writing a few. I figure if I can manage to shell out a few marginally entertaining short stories in between novels, it might be a nice way to pick up a few extra bucks worth of royalties and hopefully draw some attention to my other works. Could be a good idea, could be a complete waste of time. At any rate, I guess I'll find out when that time comes.

That's all I've got for now.