Revising KILLER EYES

I'm thick in the middle of revising KILLER EYES. That is the sequel to KILLER OF KILLERS. And it's a good thing I'm revising it. It's probably the manuscript on which I had given the least amount of time. Until now, that is. I think I only gave it two complete read-throughs until now. Even JOHN DUNN had received three. So this is my third pass through KILLER EYES. And I am improving the prose big time, which is something that always results when I read through a manuscript.

Even when I want to read through a story of mine for other reasons, I always find better ways to word the sentences and/or the paragraphs. I always find a better word or a better way to make what happens sound better. And in KILLER EYES more than any other story I've written, there are sub-plots that need to be tied together in a better way.

I'm working on that, too. I might have gone over the top with subplots, and I might have to get rid of one or two of them if I can't make them smooth. Especially in the conclusion. But one of the reasons I have them is to make room for another sequel after this one, which, now that KILLER OF KILLERS is getting published, may end up happening.

I had ended KILLER EYES so that it could be the end of the Trent Smith story. I wasn't planning on writing another Trent Smith story if KILLER OF KILLERS never got published. I was with the mind to go with other books, like THE VASE and JOHN DUNN. But that's not the case anymore. Now I'm thinking I would like to write at least one more Trent Smith story. Or maybe two. We'll see.