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When you're the only one who knows your story

Recently, I finished my first draft of "Black Swan Antithesis", the sequel to "Black Swan Planet." Now I find myself in a peculiar situation that only authors will understand - I'm the only person in the world who knows this story. Sure, I have beta readers started on it, and am getting feedback as they make progress, but there's nobody for me to share an inside joke with who knows the entire plot. I found myself at wit's end, not sure what to do with myself while I'm waiting. So I created a video to promote the first book - which you can find here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFf1rUZLiY0 While that was fun, it kept me busy for a few hours. So I did what I knew I needed to do, and I began book 3 in the trilogy, "Black Swan Empire." And now I have new characters that nobody will know for a long, long time. But I have to write, and the more I get done now while I'm waiting for others is bonus, or "dual processing" as