I've been quiet for a while now I guess, plodding along on A Band of Dogs. Making good progress, about 30 pages in, but then there is review and cleanup and connections and closing gaps...that's what really takes the time - writing is easy.

I still have a target date of Christmas 2024, but if completed early I may target Thanksgiving. I never planned for this to be a long book, but neither did I intend the Marsh Adventures to be a long book and it ended up 150 pages! You never know. I must write until the story is complete.

I have a conundrum though...I could just write a children's book and it would be great (and shorter), yet there are pieces I want to add that fulfill the story line and make the book complete, yet it would be for an older child again.

I am thinking of marking those chapters as "read with parent" or "Optional"...as the story line will hold without them, but it will make the book more robust with them.

I will figure it all out later...I have time.