Punch-Drunk

I haven’t been posting for several days, because I’ve been trying to finish  The Accidental War, which (according to the publisher) is Book IV of the Praxis series, but which (according to me alone, apparently) is Book VI, because I count Impersonations and Investments, and they don’t.

See?  It even has a cover!  Though this may not be the actual cover when it’s released, at the moment it’s just sort of a cover suggestion the art department is playing with.

Wow!  Sure looks like MilSF, doesn’t it?

Anyway, for the better part of a week, I was sure that I’d finish the book tomorrow night.  Except the book just kept getting longer, and tomorrow didn’t come for quite a while.

But last night, or actually the early hours of the morning, tomorrow finally came, and I finished the book and sent it to my editor.

So today is tomorrow, right?  I’m so punch-drunk I can’t quite work it out.

I do know, however, that the book should be out next summer in trade paperback.

I am even more punch-drunk because this morning the roofers turned up.  We’re getting a new roof, which will be nice when it’s done, but isn’t nice at the moment, because there’s nonstop scraping and hammering, and inside the house it’s raining dirt and paint chips, and I haven’t been able to sleep, and I really need to.

I need my sleep because tonight I’ll go back to Quillifer II.  There’s no peace in the house, day or night.