160 and Counting!!!

I'm on page 160 of 251 with my most recent round of edits, and then I will send copies to a select group of people to get their feelings on it.  I'm going way out on a limb with this one, and I hope that it's just as good as the first book, but in a completely different way.  Thanks everyone for the love and support you've shown, and thank you for your patience!  I want to make sure that this story is as good as I can make it, while still staying as close to my vision as possible.  A lot of people outside of writing don't realize how hard it is to stay true to yourself and your ideas while still keeping readers happy.  Not everyone agrees on how a story should progress, especially when people fall in love with characters.  You hate to see them in pain, you hate to see them dealing with real hardships, because you feel those emotions as if you were going through them yourself.  So please, readers, know that when I take chances with characters, it's for a good reason, and it's always thought out.  My decisions are never whims.  I just hope that even when you follow my characters through those challenges, that you realize there will be a light at the end of the tunnel, some hope to be had.  Not all is lost.