Lew asked Badger Therese:

I'm patiently awaiting book 5 of Hanna's story. When can we reasonably expect it? [An ardent fan]

Badger Therese Thank you, Lew. Inquiries like this make the solitary life of novel writing a little less lonely.

Hannah has not, unfortunately, found happiness in Paris. The situation is complicated, as they always are. The book is at this moment 92,000 words long, with maybe another 50,000 words to go, maybe more or less, being composed at something like 500-1,000 words per day. The challenge is that one does not write books like these. One observes, and records, and what happens happens.

Athena is a constant (and sometimes pleasant) surprise. Hannah as well.

Complicating things further, a second book is in the works, being authored simultaneously for reasons that cannot be explained. It's a one-off, not quite in the Hannah genre, but a story that demands to be told.

Maybe before end of year for both?

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