This week I've been plotting out not just World War 3.3 but the rest of the series out to 3.8. I got so tired of waiting around for the publishers to get the next edit of The Forever Dead back to me that I just started working on what it would take to do this series properly. I think I can get it done in eight books of about a hundred thousand words each. I've plotted out the overarching narrative and it seems to touch down in 3.8, so I guess we'll see.
I cannot imagine what it took to do this. Some really surprising local appearances, too. Meanwhile I balk at recording a simple piece to camera.
I realised about halfway through World War 3.2 that I couldn’t finish the story in 3.3. I didn’t even have space in this most recent book to check in on Lonesome Jones. He just gets a few call-outs by other characters. And even though there is a whole ‘nother war in the Pacific and North Asia, we didnt see any of that either. (At least Jones got to kick some ass in 3.1).
So, yeah, I had to accept there would be a lot more AoT coming.
I'm still deep in the seventh level of proofreading hell on WW 3.2, doing my last pass while I wait for Chris Pepper to send me his nitpicks.
I just spent a couple of minutes staring at this passage of text, trying to figure out what was wrong with it.
