This time I’ve been away partially because I have been working on the fourth book, but I also had one hell of a time with one scene that really slowed me down.

Torture, I had to write a torture scene if you can believe it. And no this isn’t a Forty Shades of Grey kind of scene either! This was difficult because it happens to two of my major characters and just about tore the heart out of me! I never realized until that moment that having your characters go through the usual amount of ethical and physical dangers are one thing and are difficult to do in their own way, but this was gut-wrenching (no pun intended).

In the end, I did my best, and finally got over it, but my output suffered quite a bit for a while there. Every day writing was ten times more difficult then it usually was. Good news is that its clear sailing from here on in, at least relative to what it was like for that brief period of time anyway!

Which brings me to an overall update on the book. I’m now very nearly finished the fourth act of the novel. If that sounds like I’m close to finishing, it should. I can safely say that I’m about eighty percent of the way through the book now, but don’t get your hopes up just yet. There is still a long process to go towards publishing the book.

Until next time...