Under the sukkah this October, preparing to lead worship with my daughter, Kerah.

Work has gone well on my project of turning ‘The Dreamers’ into three separate novels. I finished parts one and two during the summer. Right before we left for our vacation in October, I finished part three (or at least I thought so!) However, the re-edited part three of The Dreamers, renamed Terra Nova, was only 30,000+ words, fine for a novella, but not a novel.

As I read over the manuscript I realized that part three was comfortable and idyllic, bringing the harsh and sad beginning of Antonia's story to a happy conclusion. Excellent for the book as a whole, but not great for a separate novel. What did it need?

I pondered throughout our vacation and jotted down ideas for some possible friction points, problems that needed solving, and also considered some new discoveries, after all, their scientists have a whole new planet to research, what sort of new, fascinating creatures, geological anomalies, fantastical plant life could they find?

And what about the sea? Esperanza and Enterprise are both on or near the coast of Yam Tikvah. What mysteries lie beneath its surface? Now, full of fresh possibilities, I surge forward.

At the same time, I’d wanted to work hard on book six in the series, The Migration, during November. I got a good start on it this spring, but got very side-tracked on the re-working of book one. Now I've picked up a new book formatting job, and will also create a cover for my customer’s book, two projects I really enjoy doing. November will be a very busy month!