Artemis Rising is #1,224 in Steampunk Fiction (Kindle Store), #1,368 in Steampunk Fiction, and #3,293 in Alternative History. I got a 3rd customer review, still need a few more to get Audible to take notice – if you’ve finished the book and haven’t left a review, please do so.

Submitted the new book 2 to Sandra, my editor. It may be a while before she can get to it. She’s a very good (and popular) editor. It’s better for her to have the manuscript and wait to get the time than have the time and be waiting on the manuscript. Hopefully I’ve fixed the issues and we can get this published by the end of the month or early September. Still need a good title for it. I did have another idea: Cutting In at the Presidents’ Ball. What do y’all think?

Started working on Book 3 which is now Forging the Chain Breakers. Since I was able to pick up a lot that was edited out of either Mirim for the WIN or Antarctic Honeymoon, I’ve made a lot of progress by just touching up chapters picked up from the cutting room floor, so to speak. Chapters 1-21 are essentially the same as chapters written earlier for either Book 3 or some other story. 21 had extensive changes to the final board meeting.

Chapters this week:
Preface: Sinister Success
1: To Business
2: Gresham Steamship Company
3: Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade
4: Financial Setback
5: Firearms and Electromagnetic Weapons
6: I Guess Your Budget Is “Yes…”
7: Tea, Bolivia, and Pilot Training
8: But First, New York
9: A Preacher, a Feminist, and a Sorceress Go To Tea…
10: 15 Union Square West
11: Breakfast At Tiffany’s
12: Dinner Plans
13: Winchester Repeating Arms
14: Coltsville
15: Preparing For Dinner
16: Dinner At Delmonico’s
17: What’s Next?
18: Engaging Management
19: Talk With Browning
20: Gresham Steamship Board
21: At This Meeting of the Board… – in progress

Forging The Chain Breakers word count is 41,143, not counting Dramatis Personae (1,695 words)