So on March 18th, the end of an era happened: The Wolves of Harmony Heights era.

I’m excited about it, and while I don’t have any expectations for sales — as I point out often, this was a fun “vanity” project done for the pleasure of doing it — I still hope that anyone who does read it, enjoys it.

For me, though, having it published is the closing of the door on the project. It’s in as final a form as I can get it. What you can download to read is the same version as I submitted to the Library of Congress for copyright registration. I know that in a few days, weeks, or months I’ll think of ways I could have made some scenes better, or tightened up the plot, or been more clever with foreshadowing. I still worry about how a polyamorous story featuring a “love triangle” between two men and a woman (that ISN’T pure erotica) will be received, especially since that aspect is not treated as weird and wild, but simply as one option among many for the protagonists to chose from. I worry about…well, a lot of things. But there is nothing I can do about them anymore, because the book is published, and I’m the kind of person for whom that means “cut the lights, we’re done.”

It ended up being a massive project (630 pages, to be precise) and a hell of a complex plot. It’s not anything like the short, light-hearted romp I started writing in November 2014. The task of finishing the damn thing has weighed heavy on my mind for over a year. I completely re-wrote the final climactic chapter four separate times. It took as long to complete as my master’s degree.

But here we are. Done. It’s for sale and right now can be read on Kindle Unlimited. I plan to move it to “wide” distribution sometime in the summer, because why not? It’s more of an experiment than anything.

If it was an experiment, though, what did I learn from it?

That I can write a long novel. That I can ENJOY writing a long novel. That writing what I want to write (and read!) is something I am allowed to do. That my friends and family will always, always have my back.

One era has ended…but another has begun.