I’m so in awe of all of you who have read Warehouse Dreams and loved it so much...And are begging for a sequel. And in the spirit of transparency, I’d never planned on Warehouse Dreams being a series. But there is more of a story there; more I could tell about Kendle, Stephen, Becca, Leo and Casi.

So I started work on W.D. 2, and it was much harder than I anticipated. I used to be able to write several thousand words in an evening, and now was barely clearing 500. I wasn’t daydreaming about Kendle and her life at the Borough; I wasn’t enjoying writing it. But I pushed on.

I had a lot going on personally with some family stuff, a work promotion, and of course the pandemic. So I chalked my issues up to not being in the right headspace. I managed to get 50K words down and a rough plot. Then I took a break and went back to finalizing River City Widows. A few weeks later, I went back to the W.D. 2 and finished another draft. It was terrible, but I could see the bones in it. FIgured I just needed to keep building it up.

Then I had an epiphany--I’d done a lot of work on the villain for this story--understanding her motivations and digging into her past. And then I realized, the story would be better from her perspective. So I trashed 70k words, 2 drafts, and started again.

And it’s so much better. The words are flowing better, I’m feeling better, I have ideas pinging a million times a minute.

So, that means I’m aiming for the sequel to come out in November if all goes well.

I know you’re all super excited for this sequel and I’m loving the direction this series is going!