There, In the Distance, a Light!

The Skeptical Juror reports that he's finished writing the trial and the deliberation portions of The Skeptical Juror and the Trial of Cory Maye. 

A modest celebration took place at Pei Wei, one of our favorite chain restaurants. It's the only place we know where you can get good, healthy, fresh food nearly instantanously. Don't know how they do it, but you order, find your seat, put your number in the number stand on the table, and almost before you can fetch the drink and the silverware, the first plates are on the table. And the food is consistently yummy.

The structure of this second book in the series is a bit different. It begins with the deliberation, and the trial portions are interspersed with that, as support of the drama in the jury room.  We think it will deliver more of the writing that got the best reviews in Byron Case.

We are more realistic now about the work and the time it takes to get a book to the printer and online with Amazon, Kindle, and all. Roughly in this order, we'll be editing the first part while TSJ writes the Aftermath section, then we'll have to lay the whole book interior out, provide copy to our designer for the cover, approve the cover, create the print and Kindle PDFs, upload it hither and yon.....taking time out for a breath.... get the proof copy, re-edit and resubmit, and then go live. 

Then I get to wrassle Amazon through the process of linking print & Kindle editions, and try to market both books. 

June 30? July 15? No later than that, certainly. 

We'll also have some updates on what's going on with Byron Case, the person, not the book. 

Connections, Connections

We had a note today from Evelyn Case, the mother of Byron Case. 

She met and exchanged books with Dennis Fritz, who was the subject of The Innocent Man by John Grisham.  The book has been made into a movie to be released sometime in the future.

So perhaps we'll get some feedback from Dennis Fritz, who was wrongfully convicted, exonerated, and released from prison. 

Sloooooowly, I Turned.....

Updates might be slow here, as we ramp up to getting The Skeptical Juror and the Trial of Cory Maye published. 

A sincere publisher/author discussion yesterday clarified the direction of the narrative.  The story itself is interesting, but confusing in the testimony part. The jury itself is proving fractious, thus adding drama.  Which is good, as that's the part most readers said they enjoyed in the first book.  Just like actors say it's more fun to play bad characters, it may be more fun to write about them than goody two-shoes characters. 

I'll be giving more attention to my bead blog, and will continue efforts to try to promote the main Skeptical Juror site.

But I'm giving myself permission not to feel guilty over not posting here daily. I'll write when a milestone happens.