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Book(s) Update

Well, it appears as if my books The Kind-Hearted Smarta*s - Volume 2: The Wisecracks Continue (uncensored version) and The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck - Volume 2: The Wisecracks Continue (censored version) won't be released as early as I had expected. Unfortunately, while I've done all I can to this point, my proofreader/editor is running behind schedule, so all I can do is wait until she finishes that stop in the process, before I go through the books one final time, and get them finalized for publication. I sincerely hope they'll be completed and made available by late-March or early-April, at the very latest.

On a more positive note, while awaiting a second pair of eyes to proofread and edit the two before-mentioned books, I've been hard at work on finishing two other books (LOL at the GOP - Volume 4: Guns, Jesus, Corporations, and Fetuses and LOL at the GOP - Volume 5: You Can't Spell "Forgot To Take Their Crazy Pills" Without "Tea Party"). I finished the researching and implementing footnotes steps for both books last week. This week, it will be my goal to add sarcastic commentary for all 212 footnotes, proofread and edit the books next week (these steps may take three weeks, but I'll push myself to finish them in two), and wait another proofreader/editor to look things over after all of that has been accomplished. When all is said and done, I think it's my goal to have all four books out by early May (at the latest). 

Well, speaking of which, I better get back to work. As always, I'll be certain to update readers on the matter next Monday, unless I have something big to announce prior to that. Stay tuned...

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