Setbacks

I've run into some setbacks with Book #4, and am basically re-writing a significant section of the middle act, dealing with a mercenary mission to locate Houthi anti-ship missile launchers in southern Yemen. As originally written, it felt too forced, too long, and was ruining the pacing of the rest of the story. This will likely take up most of my writing for the rest of the month, and I should  be back on track in August. The good news is that I'm very confident with the new version. 

For Book #5, it might be prudent to write the Forsyth way. He does his research, writes an extensive 30,000-words outline, then goes back and adds depth to turn it into a 90,000-word novel.