I received both of your emails, I just haven't been very good at responding to things right now. And I think y'all understand why.
The new book has the story arch finished, and I have the prologue done and much of it is written in my head. I just haven't put it on paper. It's very different than the first book. It's a gothic fantasy novel.
I also had some short stories that I NEEDED to write down that only two people have seen right now.