Weekly update - Prepping for Christmas Vacation & More (beta chance)

Hey all!

Well I'm basically 3 days from leaving for my Christmas Vacation / Work Trip.

I'll have my laptop and phone with me but I'll be out of pocket with the family for the rest of the month. I'll do what I can to fix errors that pop up (working on minimizing that but I still have a mountain of words to edit and I haven't gotten through them all).

Story Stuff:

UL1 - Book 11 - Ends on Dec 30th. I'll take a week, maybe the 2nd week of January before I start posting new chapters. The time off will be good for the family and myself, and I need to get some stuff written and edited as we move to the 3rd book in the god series. This first chapter I hope hits like I think it should. Big boy/girl league now.

Loopbreaker - Chapters are scheduled out past Jan 13th. Need to do some editing (see below for a chance to help). But I've plotted a good chunk of book 3 out and wrote a few chapters of book 3 already.

Viking - Plotting / Writing some. Book 4 is almost fully plotted. I made some changes as I plotted stuff for book 5 & 6 to make sure I'm hitting the pace and things I wanted to hit since starting the series. I'm going to slow down a little on this just because I was making too many mistakes after taking so much time off on it.

Arin - Chapters are scheduled through the end of Dec (31st) and I have lots more to add. The group who got into the beta are doing great - helping me find errors and fix them. Book 2 has I think 2 or 3 chapters written so far but the outline for book 2 is done

Formation Master - Good news - I booked 3 chapters a week out through the end of December, with a bonus chapter on Christmas day. (see below for a chance to help with edits).

Side projects - Paused. I'm glad you all liked the other stories, but after some conversations with my publisher, editor and a few other friends, I realized that juggling 6+ stories and writing as much as I have been, is causing problems with story mistakes.

I was failing to document everything like I should and in our genre - not putting a level up, or fixing a formula when you change something causes so many problems. Between not keeping ranks right, forgetting what sex someone was, how tall or what not, I've been so scattered that I was getting frustrated.

I chase the high of writing tons of stuff. Most people don't believe me when I'm sad if I don't get 10,000+ words written every day. I was sleeping 5 hours a night and it finally caught up. After being off all meds for over a month, it looks like my Psychologist is going to put me on a low dose of one med to help calm me a little. I share this stuff to say:

1 - I always wana be open and honest with you all. You support me, so I want you to know where I am mentally and writing wise.
2 - Someone else might be struggling. Trust me. I get it... the pressure of life, demands on myself, family, bills, etc. I know I'm fortunate to get to write for a living and I love it but sometimes the pressure I put on myself can get a little overwhelming.
3 - Editing has always been a problem of mine. For those who been with me a long time, you know how bad it has been (A few veterans will share horror stories of my Mc names flopping stories over and over).

Beta stuff.
This topic is one I don't talk about a ton but since many have asked after the recent addition of people I added to the Arin beta group, I'll do a rare moment and talk about it.

First - A few long time readers & supporters have been given access. It was my way of saying thanks.

Second - I don't talk about it often... in fact this might be the second time I've mentioned it I think. Those who do the annual patron, I send an invite for them to join the private beta group. They get access to whatever I'm working on and put into the folders. I accept their help or just desire to read ahead.

Third - Can I join it? Maybe. See below.

LOOPBREAKER / FORMATION MASTER Beta opening.

I'm going to give 3 spots each, for these specific stories (6 spots total).

If you want in one of the betas (or both), you can Comment below. Mention which story you want have a chance to be part of the beta. You can enter for both - but only win one. Google picks the winner. Google can be mean... trust me... I've shipped to Australia, Africa, Chez Republic, and all over the world more than the US from most giveaways that I do.

I'll invite before the 17th when I start vacation.

Thanks again for the support! I truly appreciate it and may you enjoy the holidays with your family and friends!