Some of you have been asking about the status of Five-Story Drop. And you should be. We reached and breached the ridiculously overdue date some time ago. The book is flat-out late. Worse than that, it’s LATE.

The fact is I’ve been swamped at work and have had some big opportunities come my way that forced my attention elsewhere. That’s a horrible thing to admit but it’s true. A lot of you are waiting on Five-Story Drop to get done so you can get the first book much less the supplement. On top of all of this, my family and I took our first actual vacation as a family ever which took me away from all writing for anything the past week. This was arranged half a year ago so, while the timing was inopportune to say the least, it was a) too late to change and b) a wonderful time with my wife and kids.

I am truly sorry for the continued delay. That doesn’t reverse or magically *snapwow* finish the book but I am.

So. Five-Story Drop. The book’s in decent shape. All five scenarios are well in-progress with two of them, “The Burial Plot” and “Eli Mendoza is a Dead Man,” almost finished. Two more of them are about 40% done with “Life in the Fast Lane” in the weakest shape at about 20% done.

The upside is that work has slowed back down to only mildly insane. One of those big opportunities still has potential to flare up but I have time. Of course, I had time before and then other things swallowed up those days leaving me without much to show for it.

Where things stand are I’m dedicating an hour a day to Five-Story Drop until it’s done. I can do about 1k words in that hour, more if I’m in the zone, and will work and work and work to get it done. That’s a promise I’m sure you’re sick of hearing but I’m making it again.

To add some due pressure, I’ll update the site every Friday with a status report. If I start to fall behind, pile on me. I have it coming. I have it coming because you have this book coming.

If I can beg your forgiveness once more, I’ll get Five-Story Drop done and in your hands ASAP. Thank you for your continued patience.