DONE. Also, silliness.

The book is finished. The Devil's Backbone, the fifth and final installment of the Niki Slobodian saga, is off to the editor. It's short, crazy, and I hope a satisfying conclusion to the series. I'm going to miss Niki, but I think her story has been told in its entirety. At least the parts I want to tell. 

Even after eight indie published books, I never quite realize how exhausting it is to write a novel. Even when the rough draft is finished, and I think I'm done, I can't ever really relax until revisions are complete and the book is in someone else's hands. In this case my adorable editor. It's almost like holding onto it, being the sole person responsible for it, eats away at me. It's a relief to send it on, but I'm also nail-bitingly anxious to know what someone else thinks of the story. I can never tell if I've written a good one. That's what my amazing beta readers are for.

It's my birthday next week, so if we can get this out by then it will be about the best birthday present ever. Also, this.

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Thanks, Nick. Meow to you, too.

I know this book is a little late, but it's not Jenny Undead late. I said publication would be May 31, so it's not too bad. (Jenny was about three months late due to life getting in the way) I feel personally happy with how the book turned out. I accomplished everything that I wanted to. I'm a bad judge of my own work, but I think it's pretty good.

But, joking aside, I worked hard on this, so I really hope you guys like it. It's really fun being indie and just being able to get it out to you when it's done and polished. And if you are a fan of my author page on Facebook, I will be having an online book release party sometime in the near future. I'll make an announcement when dates are cemented.

That's about it. I'll leave you with this.

Wear it like a badge.

And this is how I feel about all my readers.

Can't thank you guys enough.

Thanks for being there, guys. I'm going to go collapse now.