The official release of Evelyn’s Granddaughter is set for April 11! I’d be more excited if I wasn’t trying to slip in a very minor change before the buzzer.
There was already one last-minute change. It had to do with those problematic names again. Someone from the first Love in Andauk series has a baby in this new book. I couldn’t decide what to name him. He got at least three different names in early drafts of the book. Somehow, he still had two of those names in a copy several of my proofreaders read. I was disappointed when I discovered the mistake, mostly because it makes me worry there are others. I’d really like to release a book with no mistakes.
I was paying particularly close attention to the names when I reread the book for what I thought was the last time. I have a basic outline for the rest of the series. I’ve written some of the first draft of book 2. I used a guy from book 3 in one scene and realized that he might be the only one missing from book 1. There are (or will be) four books that need eight main characters. Seven of those got at least a very brief mention in the first book. It bugs me that I left someone out. I need to find a way to add that name, and I only have a few days for this mission.
And here’s a mission for readers, if anyone would like to accept it. Try to guess which of the minor characters will be promoted to main characters in the future books. Maybe even how they will be paired. I’ll give you some hints. Remember how I struggle to name characters. Remember that sometimes I deliberately avoid naming characters who don’t need names. If you come to a place where you think, why did the author take the trouble to give a name to this random guy about whom we know nothing else? That might be a sign he’s going to show up again later.
What’s the third mission? I need to write a blog post before March is over. That’s going to be a hard one. I hope I can manage it.