Adam Selzer: King of the Wild Frontier - The hardest part

"Pirates of the Retail Wasteland," the sequel to "How To Get Suspended..." that I'm currently revising, is based on idea I had years ago. I tried writing the same book with different characters a couple of time when I was in school. Then I reworked it into a sequel, and, after years of tinkering with the story, it'll actually be out next year. I've already seen an early version of the cover.

Now, after years of thinking of more and more ways to tell this story, more and more things to throw in, I have about 4 weeks left before the revised version is due to go back to my editor. This is the last chance I have to work on a book that I've been kicking around for nearly six years. After that, it'll be out of my hands. It's more than a little bit nerve-wracking. I feel like I could keep playing with this one forever.

There are a couple of scenes from the original, 2001 draft that made it into the final version - just a couple. There are also some good scenes in the original version that just didn't make the cut for one reason or another. Maybe they'll show up in other books sometime. Maybe I'll have a "deleted scenes" section on my webpage when the paperback version comes out.