The wife is on level 3 support this weekend. In short that means that at any time the bat phone might ring to deliver us a crisis. Yummy.

I’ve got a bunch of revisions to do on the Ridge Runner thanks to Editor Person. Then there’s a whole bunch of pages to review for Velocity.

I’ve set a goal for finishing a rough draft of Velocity by the first week of May. It’s going to be tight but I’m giving everything I’ve got. Why early May? Two reasons, the first is the most pure reason of all, which is money. I’ve got some work lined up for a brand new client in May, so I’ll need to focus on that.

Whenever I get a new client I invest a lot of time learning how to do things the way they like and need them done, and that takes a lot of focus. No matter what any software vendors claim every company is different and ultimately unique. The second reason is that it seems like a realistic deadline.

I outlined Velocity in late December and started writing it in January. Four months and some change seems like sufficient time to complete a rough draft. There’s going to be problems with it, but a lot less problems than there were with the Ridge Runner the first time around. I’ll get it more right later, but odds are very high the second book will be done before I get an agent to represent the first book. And really in the end, is that a problem? At least I’ll have a decent second novel ready to go.