Although I’m way behind where I’d like to be in producing volume 2, things are moving along in the process of formally publishing volume 1 of Jake and the Dynamo.
I recently got back in contact with Roffles Lowell, our illustrator, who’s busy producing the internal illustrations.
I also squared things away with my editor. I didn’t want to mention it in a post before things were definite, but I can now say that the editor is L. Jagi Lamplighter. She’s the author of the Prospero’s Children series and the YA Books of Unexpected Enlightenment
. Her editing services come highly recommended by writers in the circles I run in, and she’s edited several respected books including Brian Niemeier’s bestselling and Dragon Award-winning Soul Cycle
.
So far, she has this to say:
I finished all the previous projects and have started on yours. I cannot tell you how hard I laughed when I got to the dark queen questioning the lighting.
And the fifth grade thing is so horrible and funny!
A few chapters in but really enjoying it so far.
Although my original plan was simply to self-publish, there are some small-press efforts I wouldn’t mind being a part of, so exactly what I’m doing once the editing process is complete is still up in the air, but I’ll keep you informed.