Victory is mine! Victory is mine. Great day in the morning, People, Victory is mine…. I drink from the keg of glory. Bring me the finest low carb muffins and bagels in all the land. Someone give me a river to forge or a serpent to slay.

In spite of my misgivings about the book’s pacing and god knows how many typos I didn’t catch, not to mention the fact that my manuscript ballooned into 130K when transferred to MicrosoftWord, I had it printed out at FedExKinkos, boxed up, and shipped to the editor at LUNA Books.

Yesterday, I was a nervous wreck. I always am when I send out a manuscript for the first time. My hands literally shake as I hand off at least a year’s worth of work for the judgment of hard nosed professionals.

But the day after, I always feel great. Today is that day. I met my deadline, I got a book off my desk (that means I have two currently in circulation), and I’m ready to take on my next project!

Huge weight off my shoulders.

I sent it off with the title “The Fire, the Wolf and the Wind” because that worked really well with some of the new improved revised parts of the book. It had resonance and all that jazz. But I’m keeping “Blood and Birthright” and some of the other titles in my back pocket too.

Thank you all for your patience with my relative absence the past two weeks as I’ve tried to knock this out. Thanks also for the help and good wishes! I’m totally exhausted now, but too happy to sleep.