For six months I’ve managed to delay the inevitable.

This post is yet another excuse to delay.  Seeing as I haven’t posted in the six months that I’ve been dawdling I figured it was a good first step.

My series is almost complete. I have to finish two chapters and an epilogue – no big deal.  After all, I’ve written the ending already in my (exceptionally) rough draft. I know that maybe some day down the line I have more stories for these characters.

But it’s so hard to say goodbye.

To put them away and let the new characters that are making themselves known take the lead.

For two years Jane and Cole have been in my head. Their love and laughter. Their smartass comments, wit, inteligence, fortitude…the secondary characters that are sometimes even more fun in their best moments.

They’re a part of me, and saying goodbye isn’t easy.  I stall and delay for as long as I can.

By the end of this week this storyline will be complete.  While Changing Tracks has been done for a year and making the agent circuit (I am currently waiting on an agent that has my full…and aching more with each passing day)…but the subsequent two novels – Derailed and Dark Territory – demanded to be finished before I moved on. Yes I should have let it go and move on – but like I said, Jane and Cole have been in my head and they are very demanding characters.  Either way, this week I’ll write the final words of Dark Territory. I’ll leave them unedited.  I’ll move on to Broken Windows or Train to Nowhere and let new characters take the lead for a while.

The time for dawdling is past.  I’ve lingered too long trying to keep them alive.  With a heavy heart I’ll say goodbye.

At least until I get a chance to visit again in editing.