 Updates culminated in a June 18, 2010 Twitter announcement that "the 243,000 words of "The Scarlet Gospels" merely lacks a publisher".Due to the length of the completed work, the book underwent heavy editing between 2010 and 2013, with Barker announcing on Sept 9, 2013, that although no date had been set for release, "The "Scarlet Gospels" are finished.