The long awaited moment has come. I have taken Dark Medicine out of the tomb. I have blown off the dust from the manuscript and plugged in an iv of blood into it—ok, a little vampire humor. As you may have read in my blog on The Guardians, I have completed the first draft of that novel. In this rewrite I am going to completely rewrite this novel using the same method as I used to write The Guardians.

If I didn’t already describe what happened in the original draft of Dark Medicine, let me address it here: The story was too complex, with too many subplots to be held in one novel. Looking at the plot and the draft, I really set out to write five or seven novels and somehow make it into one. Well, I am learning from my mistakes on that.

Now for the vampire to come from his tomb and continue his quest; for the Levreau family to face its multiple troubles; and for much more to occur. Stay tuned for how this will all turn. My goal is to have a new rough draft by the end of February.

Let me warn everyone, the new writing method may have me finished in that time, but I will not have anything ready for a comment draft until closer to the summer.

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