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Outlining

The Horsehead Incursion, the 5th book in my Dark Galaxy series

0/60 chapters outlined

Drafting

The Kuiper Dominion, the third book in the NASA Engineer series that started with The Martian Incident

6/45 chapters drafted

Editing

Crush Depth, the thrilling sequel to Lag Delay set thousands of feet underneath the Atlantic.

29/46 chapters edited

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Crush Depth 20: Chapters 42-Epilogue – The End

Old posts are on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. This is the end! Chapter Forty-Two: Pick up as soon as the last chapter ended. The survivors board the Nautilus; mosasaurs gently guide the submersible upward taking into account “the bends”. Lots of discussion and speculation, and a few points where they think…

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Crush Depth 19: Chapters 39-41 – Conversation

Previous posts are on the main Crush Depth page at the bottom. This is the part of the novel I’m the least sure about and that I’m likely going to fix the most in edits. The core concept is fine, but I think the pacing is wonky. More to come in edits. Chapter Thirty-Nine: It…

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End of January/Beginning of February Update

What a year already! The Saturn Anomaly Still at the Pentagon in its prepublication security review. Probably need to ping them soon. Crush Depth It’s done at 88,000 words. Now, the hard part – editing! I’ve got some beta readers look at it but I’m also making my own edits. I think it’s in great…

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