I am excited to report that the rough draft of Book 3 is now complete! If I didn't mention it before, the working title is "Jerry Copperpot and the Flight of Wagons." It's taken a long, long time, from the first early notes in 2018, to the first paragraphs in 2020, the plot summary in 2021 and three years of on and off writing. It's been a longer and messier process, more reminiscent of the first book than the straightforward experience of writing the second. But I'm so glad to finally have the whole story in a readable form. I feel like this book brings the trilogy to a satisfying conclusion. Not to say that more books featuring Jerry and his friends aren't possible, after all it was a long 5 years in Jerry's timeline between book two and book three, and anything could have happened during that time. But for now, I believe a trilogy will be sufficient. The editing process of the first two books took a couple of years each, so it would be logical to say that the book will likely not be available for at least two more years.
On a separate note, I have gone back to work on the audiobook for Book Two, and the completed file for Chapter 18 is now up on Soundclick. (Only 7 long chapters left to go)
There are other projects in the pipeline:
-The Spanish version of Book One is way back on the back burner for now, but it is still a project with some progress made.
-I've also entertained the idea of an encyclopedic guide of sorts to the world of Jerry Copperpot, talking about all the characters, locations, etc. in the series.
-And finally, I've gotten requests from my kids to write a full version of the book-within-a-book Harvey Totter and the Philanthropist's Clone, which I've done a tiny bit of work on, but if we ever see it completed, I expect it will be released under the pseudonym "Jake A. Rolling."
So there's your update.
