I know I hit orange on The Great War and even began a campaign of queries in an attempt to get it published, however, I have come to the difficult decision to enter a sixth editing phase for the book. It has been many months since I finalized the last draft and a cursory reading has informed me that I could easily drop the word count if I put the time into streamlining the text some more.
Therefore, The Great War is entering its sixth round of editing, with the purpose being to reduce the word count from 135,000 to 100,000.
Additionally, though I did not mention it previously, I have taken up new employ in an effort to pay my bills and have been thus occupied since May 2nd. The job is difficult and consuming enough that developing the plot of the third book has become a futile endeavor. I am confident, though, that I can make progress on editing in tandem to the work, which is part of the reason why I made the hard decision to return to this process.
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