Okay, sitrep:
Mom is doing okay. The surgery went well, though the doc had to take more than we'd hoped. Being half Irish she's pig headed about taking any pain meds. (rolling eyes...so that's where I get that from!) We'll find out about the chemo (if any) sometime this weekend.
I've been puttering around with the wiki Jory created this week. Minor entries mostly as I figure out what to do. If you have something to contribute to help thicken things up, (that is from my books) by all means, have at it. I'm going to be copying (and updating) entries in my tech manuals and bibles for a while as I try to add 1-2 entries a week.
Try. Heh. Right.
My write schedule: Mike B. and I think a couple other people have asked me what my writing schedule is like. I've revised it a lot, it is extended into 2021, but I've recently revised it. I'm still going to shoot for 6 books a year, that's 1 every 2 months or so. I'd planned to do another anthology book after Tales of the Federation Reborn to ease into writing again. I've since rethought my priorities. I've pushed J5 back (since the plot needs to be reworked due to changes in the main story line) and I've decided to start Retribution....
Retribution however is off to a rocky start. I'm having serious brain farts (don't stand downwind!) so I need to see if I shot myself in the foot right out of the gate. If I did at least I can fix it before I get too out of hand. :D
Anyway, as to the latest book, Tales of the Federation Reborn 1. There are 11 stories in the book including the Bismark Incident, My Darling Caroline, Lone Wolf, El Diablo, Kittyhawk, and others. Loads of stuff tucked away in a couple of the stories... a lot of stuff that will have serious impact in the series soon enough. :D
The betas (including Tom and Wayne the new guys! Hi!) are doing pretty good, though Thomas B. Needs to stay away (far away!) from adult tricycles...
Anyway, that's it for now. And NO, the 2 people in the cover are NOT wearing monkey masks. It's the closest I could get to a skull mask, okay? lol
EDIT: Sorry for any confusion. This book isn't out yet. It is the next book to be published and will come out by the middle to end of the month.