When I started this blog, I thought my first released novel would be from my urban fantasy series. Somehow that didn’t happen, and instead The Crochet Killer, a crime thriller, was released into the wild.

That doesn’t mean the fantasy series has stopped, or that it will not see the light of day. Far from it. While I am writing book two of the Teddie McKay series, I’m still editing books one and two of the urban fantasy series.

It’s not easy. My characters are very different across the books, and keeping all the voices in my head during intense periods of writing and editing is tough. It’s also fun. A lot of fun.

I love the urban fantasy series enough that the first three books are already written, and the next two already plotted out in granular detail. In some ways, that makes me glad that they’re not the first eBooks I independently publish. Let’s face it, you’re never going to be perfect at something the first time you do it. You can study and research the detail of ‘how to’ as much as you like, but at some point you just have to get it out there. Make mistakes, learn from them, do it better next time.

Things like advance promotion, pre-sales and sending copies off for review before release were all things that seemed like a step too far for me. Getting it released was the main thing. It’s often like that when you do something for the first time; you can only really focus on one task. The more experienced you get, the more you can take advantages of the nuances of the skill, no matter what it is.

That said, I’m getting quite excited about getting everything together. I hope to publish three books this year, which wouldn’t be a bad start. I want to entertain, inform and create characters that aren’t mainstream.

That’s not a bad ambition to have.