Greasing it on is finished. It's now available in ebook and paperback at Amazon.com. I'll probably have more to say about the book after my copy arrives.
In the meantime, a friend bought and read Akasha. She enjoyed the book and the cliff-hanger ending made her want more, so her enthusiasm reverberated and I'm now re-reading the book to get some links to Akasha II. It looks like the time period might be five years later, but that is an open thought at this point. More as the idea takes shape.