"Tu, Ruthless," by Ed Calkins Steward of Tara

Good morning!

I received the following telegram from Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara, a week or two ago with his progress on the sequel to his first BryonySeries novel Ruthless.

The list of chapters for the second book is below...along with a few that are not numbered. I don't know if that's on purpose or an error as Ed has not clarified yet.

Ed had originally called this second novel Tu, Ruthless, but he's considering changing it. For now, Tu, Ruthless is the working title.

If you're wondering about the strange greeting, Ed's telegrams typically address me as MOMI (Mistress of My Immortality) or Goddess. 

So here is the update. I'm sure Ed's goal is to release the book by Calkins Day, since he missed last year's deadline. 

I hope that's enough time for me to edit it!

Dear Goddess

 

The goal is Sept 7 of this year. There, I hope to give you my revisions to all the chapters as well as my wife's drawings for each chapter and a cover page, looking like a newspaper (see cover of Ruthless) with stories explaining the divisions.

 

The rewriting has been ongoing and my Nancy's questioning of this or that has been helpful which might save you some on the ed-did-it part of being my publisher.

 

I have started both the Autumn Sisters and Return of the Knights Templar which are then only two chapters unfinished

 

This late in production, I am almost certain the Table of Contents will not change.

 

 

Introductions

 

1)     Four words to go forward or four more to back out

 

2)     Copa of the Hunt

 

3)     Susan’s Swim

 

4)     Welcome to Munsonville

 

5)     Second Showdown of Wrath Park

 

6)     Trudy and the Bottle of Scotch

 

 7)     Karla’s Cry

 

In The Last Days of Daddy Don

 

8)     Council of Scantly Clothed Merrows

 

9)     The Vampire Report

 

10)  Reality’s Wooden Club

 

11)  The Devil’s Moonshine

 

12)  Creatures of the Night

 

13)  Friends, Lovers, Liars, and the Redacted Poem

 

14)  The Bishop Moves

 

 15)  Bad Coffee

 

 16)  Good Monster

 

 Daddy Don is Dead- Consul of the Damned Takes Over

 

 17)  Rules of the Damned

 

 18)  Plot Armor

 

 19)  Who’s Glorna This Time

 

 20)  Preparing for the Worst

 

 21)  How to Execute Your Husband

 

 22)  Buying Time

 

 23) Happy Hunting Grounds Hospital

 

 24) A Dangerous Proposition

 

 25) Love and the Lynch Mob

 

 26) Green Sharks and Yellow Submarines

 

 27) Crime of the Times

 

 A Satisfying Stalemate

 

 28) The Worst Christmas in Beulah County

 

 29) Third Showdown in Wraith Park

 

 30) The Autumn Sisters

 

 31) Return of the Knights Templar

 

 32) Beulah County Haunted Tours