Grats Stixx. I would love to hear about how you get the book into print
Remember, you asked.
That's probably the toughest part right there. Writing the story itself was a lot of fun. But once that was done I moved into the detail phase. Went over the whole manuscript five times myself, then turned it over to a professional editor thinking they would be impressed by my prowess with punctuation and grammar.
Was I wrong.
Got the manuscript back and couldn't read it with all the red and blue marks cluttering the page.
After a week fixing everything, and I mean a solid week, since I'm unemployed I have plenty of time, morning to night correcting copy. The manuscript had to be set in its final form ie: trim size, margins, pagination, headers, footers, front matter, rear matter, all the while making sure page number one of the finished book stayed on the right hand side.
It was then converted to PDF and sent to the printer to run a proof copy. After two proofs the final product emerged.
Even after all that I still find parts I feel could be better. But eventually you just gotta let go, put your baby out there,and for better or worse move on.
Right now I'm working on a novella, 84 pages, titled Enter Night, and my next novel Reprisal. Enter Night will definitely be released this year.
The preview was excellent. I'll definitely be picking this up soon.
Thank you, I Hope you enjoy it.
I'll wait for the free, hacked version.

Might be awhile. I think they only hack the well known writers. I'm a nobody flying below their radar.