This is my new writing device, a 10.2” iPad 9th gen with a generic keyboard/case.

With it today, I finished the first draft of “The Unwept Tear,” fourth novel in my “People of the Water” Cycle.

I came so close to finishing it during a delicious veggie burger lunch at Mud Street Cafe, but my keyboard ran out of battery power since I evidently forgot to shut it off after making a short addition to the text about midnight last night.

I’m pretty happy with the work and with the new writing device. I’ll try to leave it for a little while so I can come back to read it afresh and make edits.

I think it may be the last in the Cycle, and I’ve tried to tie up all the loose ends to most anyone’s satisfaction.

It’s the most overtly metaphysical of the set, and possibly the most political and socially-conscious. It may yet be the one I needed most to write. How’s that for a teaser?

This Pretty Good American Novel (#PGAN4) has been a long time coming for sure; more than a year. I hope it will be worth the wait.