It’s been exactly two weeks since I posted the last chapter of BLEEDER. The only fourteen straight days I’ve taken off from the serial since I hatched the plan to write it roughly a year ago. At times those fourteen days have been celebratory – I finished it! And put it out into the world! And people honest to goodness like it! Take that stage fright! Holy crap, I did it! I can’t believe it! – and depressing. Mills and Keel feel like old, beloved friends at this point, and I will miss – hell, I already miss – the people they were on this first part of their journey. But, from the moment I realized this story required more than one book to be told, I always saw BLEEDER as “The Becoming.”
And just as this is an ending for one part of Mills’ and Keel’s lives, so is it an ending for one part of mine: my first novel. I will (thankfully!) never be as green or, at times, as scared witless as I was doing this. This was me, all of me, putting myself out there, daring to live my dream of telling all of you stories.
Only, I never expected anyone to like it so much. I mean, I hoped, everyone who writes and publishes hopes, but… Some of the comments I’ve received have just floored me. I honestly don’t know what to say – just thank you! Thank you for coming along on this journey with Mills and Keel and me (and the rest of the awesome Bleeder team: chapter artist Jerry, editor Claire and cover artist Justin, and Jessa and Brent, my beta readers), thank you for taking a chance on this book and allowing us the opportunity to entertain you. And thank you for supporting us – for liking the chapters and telling your friends about the story. I’ve been so busy writing most of this year, I’ve pretty much had to count on you, the readers, to promote it. So thank you.
Up next: what happens next. The paperback? The sequel! Something else?
Stay tuned. Announcements coming very, very soon.
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