I’m hoping to finish “Sasha of Halos” by October because I can’t believe it’s been almost a year trying to finish up Book 1 rewrite. I started draft 2 back in summer of 2023. I struggled with it up until 2024, I made changes to story and opened my eyes on the future of this world. Then, I was still on and off updating chapters because I had a big procrastination and imposter syndrome on the story. Up until summer 2025, doing a three act structure motivated me to keep going. That’s until later in the story, plot lines started changing and eventually, I end up having a different act 2 and 3 by the start of 2025. Act 3 became increasingly different since I introduced the big and major characters later. So throughout this year, the pacing isn’t what I like so far since I’m 40 chapters deep that start introducing the major stuff that will be the main story in the future books. Currently, I’m hoping to finish 15 chapters left for the series. I wish I was done with this book earlier but since life can get in the way at times, I’m still fighting for my life to finish this book before I can move into other projects in the work or currently in progress. I still hope whether path I’ll take with this story — indie or trad, readers will enjoy the journey I’ll take you guys on.
Without spoiling anything, I’m really excited for Book 2 because the major plot for the first book will be fleshed out better and expanded upon. I’ll say this, I want to make Book 2 be like the Shrek 2 and Spider-Man 2 of the series. It’s that big in that scale because for the sequel, there will be a big cast… yes a cast of characters that you’ll love or hate. And the drama for that one will keep you on edge. At the same time, I’m still thinking of the future of the series especially how things are gonna go down and how the characters will change including the centered stories on Sasha and possibly others in her life.