Looking back at 2019, I think things were reasonably under control when I published the paperback of the third Hive Mind book, Hurricane, back in February.
After that, the second book in the Scavenger Exodus series, Scavenger Blood was published in June as an ebook, with the paperback following in August. That was the point when a family bereavement followed by illness made me go well behind schedule on writing my fourth Hive Mind book, Borderline. The situation wasn’t helped by the book insisting on being an extra long story.
My deepest apologies to people who were asking about release dates for Borderline. I couldn’t give a firm answer, because I didn’t know if the book would be out before Christmas until the very last minute. The problem with a Christmas release is that some sales outlets have the equivalent of a last posting date for Christmas and it’s quite early in the month. Releasing after that date can mean a book gets caught in a shut down period and doesn’t appear on the sales outlet until January.
Borderline made it out in time though! I’d like to thank everyone who bought it themselves or requested it as a Christmas present. I hope you enjoyed joining Amber and her team to solve another mystery in the Hive. An especial thank you to everyone who found time in the busy Christmas period to send me encouraging comments or write reviews. Reader support is vitally important for authors, making it possible for us to keep writing and publishing books. I deeply appreciate yours.
My plans for 2020 are a little hazy. I’ll be working in the Portal Future for the next few months, and hopefully getting something completed and published in the summer. I can’t predict exactly what I’ll be publishing, because I’ve got several projects in varying stages of being written, and it all depends which the creative side of my brain decides to work on next. The creative side of my brain has a bad habit of getting distracted by new ideas and running off shouting “Oooo shiny!”
At some point I will swap across to writing Hive Mind 5 with the aim of getting that out in December 2020, though there’ll be the usual risk of it slipping into January 2021.
Happy 2020 to you all!
Janet Edwards
Janet Edwards Author Site 
Thank you for keeping us in the loop about your plans for this year. ❤
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I often wish the creative side of my brain would give me updates on its plans. 😀
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Well, sometimes it’s more exciting not knowing what comes next. 😂
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In this case, it’s both exciting and confusing. 🙂
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Looking forward to Hive or Portal books 🙂
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In many ways, my books are like a mystery parcel. Even I don’t know what’s in there until I unwrap it.
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Ooh shiny!
I’m looking forward to both something in the Portal future and Hive Mind 5. …. I think I need to go reread at least the trilogy. And Borderline. Again …. just for fun 🙂
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I love the way so many people enjoy rereading the books. 🙂
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Just reread the Earth Girl trilogy before reading the new short story 😍
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That’s extremely thorough. 😀
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Thank you, Janet, once again for Borderline. I have just finished my first reading of what has become my favourite science fiction series. I’m looking forward to reading your New Year short story featuring Jarra next.
Regards,
Jeff
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I’m honoured that Hive Mind has become your favourite science fiction series. The New Year short story is actually turning out to be a long story, so I’m posting it in parts, and part 2 should be going up next Sunday.
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