Starting Something New

What's new?
What are you working on?
When's the next book coming out?
These were all questions I encountered over the last week as I traveled around. And though most of you are dissatisfied with my answer of:
"Three manuscripts in the works. Not sure when they will exactly be coming out."
The reality is, I do have a timeline in mind and it will be in 2017. I just do not have a pinpointed date as of yet, because none of the above manuscripts are completely finished.
And as we all know, once they are finally written on my end, they then go through the editing process which takes even more time, more rewrites, more editing, and repeat.
Then Beta-Readers receive them. Then the process happens again.
THEN... THEN I will have a clear idea on when to nail down a release date.
I am also contemplating which to release first... what time of year, etc.
Time of year is important. Book releases tend to launch better during certain seasons, months, and even weeks. So trying to wrap everything up close to one of those time frames is also important.
But I haven't forgotten about you guys.
In fact, one of your fellow readers cornered me and said, "How could you do this to me? I have finished The Unfading Lands Series and need something else to read!"
I was flattered that she wanted more of my work to read, but if she took a look at what I had to offer right now, she'd be horrified. Unpolished work is not good for anyone. Haha! So with a little patience, I assure you guys I will have something for you to read in the near future. :)
And hopefully, I will pad the arsenal so you will not have to wait long between book releases.
Until then, I'm going to get back to writing now. :) I've got a killer on the loose. ;p
Katharine