Vol.3 Word Count:  73,134.  Thanks to All Who Bought Echo!  And BIG THANKS to Melissa, Barbara, Ian, Lorna, [anonymous], Lisa, Meg, Matt, Bobby, F.T., Alice Smith, Leslie Coop, Richard, Shauna, Sydney and Pam for posting AMAZING reviews on Amazon!!!  Ashley too for the 5 star on Nook!

News:  Now if you noticed, my new word count isn’t as high as it should be.  That doesn’t mean I’m slacking on my 600 words per day, it means the editing has begun in earnest!  Just like Eddie Dean seeing the shape of the key in the Dark Tower, I believe there’s a certain point where the author starts to see the story congealing, taking shape, where s/he can see that rough flow and outline and how it connects, and that’s what’s happening with Echo, Volume 3.  Also:  I’ve been weaning myself off coffee the last two weeks, last week it was one cup per day, no coffee during drafting.  This week it’s coffee on gym days only, so 4 days a week.  Next week I’ll be doing a two-week no coffee period, and we’ll see what happens after that.  It’s nice to see that my creativity doesn’t depend on caffeine (already knew that, when I started writing I wasn’t a coffee drinker, but it’s nice to see that I can still produce without the Nectar of The Gods).  Anyways, I’m finishing up my one cup for the day, as it IS a gym day, and now it’s time to go CRUSH at the gym!  If you are a writer, I wish you inspired drafting and insightful editing!!!