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*collapses*

I have been working on this novel for three years. It was first a 9000 word story written in first person (i.e. "I went to the store and shot the zombies. Because I'm that good.") I hated the piece. I tried three different edits and decided that it needed to be in third person (i.e. "Katherine went to the store and shot the zombies. After all, she was that good.").  Unable to face a complete rewrite, I stuffed it in my hard drive.

Then, I pulled it out and rewrote it in third person. It was now 12,000 words and sucked. I realized that it needed to be a short novel. I stuffed it away.

I pulled it out again early this year and agreed that, yes, it needed to be scrapped, rewritten, and turned into a short novel. So, I did it.

I had planned to have the final draft done by mid-July. I foolishly thought the kids were now old enough to entertain themselves during the summer months. I was wrong. I can write first draft in any condition � noise, music, airports, screaming babies. I cannot edit when I hear words � music, TV, people. So, it got stuffed away.

The last couple of months, I've been doing to final blast of editing. And, today, it's done. All done. I'm going to give it a final read through tomorrow, to make sure that there are indeed no typos (which, there still will be), and then the book goes out to publishers. And, hopefully, one will write me back with a yes.

So, what's Road to Hell about? Here is my query letter blurb:

Captain Katherine Francis is about to disobey every Ethics Law the Union of Planets throws at her. After the Union's enemy destroys her home planet and murders her family, she makes the decision to bring an end to the war—whatever it takes. When an opportunity arises to ally with the neutral Alliance and turn the tide of war, Katherine throws aside her moral code, partners with a known spy, and risks sacrificing the very core of who she is. And when faced with choosing between her conscience and stopping the bloodshed, she realizes that, either way, she'll lose.

Hopefully, it sounds like something you'd want to read!