That final read-through feeling

I am very happy to report that my plans did not get derailed last week, as they have been for much of this past year, and I was able to carve some time out for my books.

Bonus: it looks like I’ll be able to do the same this week, too!
 
I am in the final, final read-through phase. Hollow Cry has been formatted and is (mostly) ready for its debut next month. It’s been a long time since I sat with this work and it seems that I’m catching more typos and small mistakes than I did with earlier books. 
 
(Long-time Serrulata Squad members know I feel I rushed both Gathering of the Four and Test of the Four out the door. Hopefully, that won’t happen ever again; I’m still working on learning to be patient with myself.) 
 
I think it also helps that this is the shortest book I’ve ever put out. (It comes in at a little more than 37,000 words.) Do I plan to write shorter books in the future? Perhaps! This part of the story was supposed to be included in Test of the Four, but one of my amazing beta readers suggested I try and work on it as a stand-alone. Book Three is still going to be a chonker—there’s no getting around that—but my brain is also tossing around the idea of another romance, and I’m increasingly liking the idea of creating quicker reads, so we’ll see. 
 
But I don’t want to get ahead of myself. My goal is to completely finish Hollow Cry this week. And then the work on Book Three really begins. 
 
It’s really fantastic to relish in that final read-through feeling. I’m very excited for this one! I think y’all will love it!