After meandering along for 2 and a half years and only managing to produce 20,000 words in that time, Deb and I have let loose these past 3 months and have smashed through the 120,000 word mark. Book one is pretty much writing itself now. We were aiming for 150k in the first draft, but
Sunderer is proving to be a bit of a beast of its own making. Looks like we'll wrap up at about 180 - 190. First draft and edit finished by end of November and that's if the pace slackens off, which we don't intend to happen.
It will be an amazing and very satisfying accomplishment to punch out a strong character driven tale of such a magnitude in less than 9 months of dedicated writing.
With plot outline already sorted for Ash'rak (book 2 - the final scene of which is already drafted), here's hoping the narrative flows as readily and we can get into at the same pace. Best case scenario we'll be ready to start hunting for an agent for the trilogy by this time next year.
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