August has dawned sunny and hot, and work on Chasing Nonconformity proceeds slowly but surely.
All the beta reader feedback is in and has been incorporated into the manuscript. The book is currently with my editor/manager/mother Linda Schneidereit, who’s doing a final read-through of the story in case she wants to make any last-minute suggestions. She really, really likes to make last-minute suggestions. We’re putting her on a 10-step program. (Just kidding, mom, you know I appreciate you!!!)
Once she gets done that, I give it one more read-through, then format it for print and ship a proof copy to myself. Read it through one more time, make any necessary changes … and voila! Published sequel ready to go!
So I’m still aiming for an end of August release date, although my plans were slightly discombobulated by mother’s trip out East to visit me. Which was awesome, actually — we did all the Nova Scotia touristy things, like see Peggy’s Cove, Lunenburg, the Bay of Fundy, etc. But it did push the sequel stuff back by two weeks, so now we’re attempting to get our ducks back in order.
In conclusion, the timeline for Chasing Nonconformity‘s publication is slightly delayed but hopefully will happen by the end of August. If not, we’re talking early September. But I’m working my hardest on it, and I promise I’ll get it out to you guys as soon as humanly possible!
Stay awesome, and have an excellent Tuesday.
Unrelated media of the day:
A fun song for all you Castlevania / video game lovers out there.
Michelle Proulx - Author 
Good luck with the debut. For some reason the video reminded me of Captain N.
Thanks! And I never played Captain N — Commander Keen and Jill of the Jungle were more my speed 😀
Aw, Commander Keen! Now, that brings back memories… 😀
A quick Google search reveals that Captain N is not a game, as I thought, but actually a TV show. How embarrassing. My apologies!
No problem. A lot of people don’t remember it. Simon Belmont was one of the main characters, which is why I thought of it. 🙂
I have officially watched the first two episodes. It’s hilariously bad. But, like, in a good way. And Mother Brain is hella creepy.
80’s cartoons were pretty cheesy. I mean, King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard were main characters so there had to have been drugs involved.
Yay! Looking forward to it!
So am I, lol. The endless rewriting only ends when the finished book is in my hands. That day cannot come soon enough!
Yay you and mom!
Just one question: Who is Peggy, and why does she have a Cove to herself? Although, of course, this Fundy character has an entire Bay, so…
I know you’re just joking, but I’m actually curious about the name so here’s what I found:
The first recorded name of the cove was Eastern Point Harbour or Peggs Harbour in 1766. The village is likely named after Saint Margaret’s Bay (Peggy being the nickname for Margaret), which Samuel de Champlain named after his mother Marguerite.[1] There has been much folklore created to explain the name. One story suggests the village may have been named after the wife of an early settler. The popular legend claims that the name came from the sole survivor of a shipwreck at Halibut Rock near the cove. Artist and resident William deGarthe said she was a young woman while others claim she was a little girl too young to remember her name and the family who adopted her called her Peggy.[2] The young shipwreck survivor married a resident of the cove in 1800 and became known as “Peggy of the Cove” attracting visitors from around the bay who eventually named the village, Peggy’s Cove, after her nickname.[3]
Ha, I knew there had to be a shipwreck involved 😀
Good for you, Peggy. Good for you.
It’s a good thing not to rush ahead with your work. 🙂
Exactly! A rushed book may please fans initially, in that it’s in their hands sooner, but I like to think it’s quality over quantity any day of the week.
I couldn’t agree more. 🙂