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Well boys and girls, I know I was bad about updating my progress during the month of December. I got less done than I wanted, but what I did write is high quality.
I played with a couple different methods of increasing my output speed, without much success. I think I'm someone that just really needs to edit on the fly.
A local Mom's group has a book club, and they've chosen "His Name Was Death" as their next read. I've even been invited to their discussion of the book, to impart my (admittedly limited) wisdom. Very exciting!
Well here we go!
My December writing streak starts today, and my first December chapter is done. "Into the Fire" is 9 pages and 1934 words.
Hello friends and fans. December is swiftly approaching, and I'll be producing a bunch of chapters over the month while I'm off from my day job. However, I haven't been completely stagnant, finding some time to edit the first nine chapters and, now, adding Chapter 10
It's been almost two months since I've posted an update. Life has been getting in the way of writing for a while, but I was finally able to find some writing time and finish Chapter 9, The Howling. It's 2010 words in 8.5 pages, and is the first in a key set of chapters.
It's been a while since I've posted anything about new chapters. Unfortunately, that's because life has been getting in the way of writing a lot lately. Things are getting back under control, and I was able to celebrate a chunk of the holiday weekend with writing.
Introducing the new cover for His Name Was Death. Not only do I have a new cover, but we've established a consistent look for the entire series. I can't wait to start working with Fiona on the cover for The Second Beast. The new cover is currently making its way through the Amazon machine, and should be available for purchase shortly.
Just finished the rough draft of Chapter V - "Angel of Mercy". It's 15 pages, and 3900 words, a little bit longer than I planned. Wouldn't be surprised to see a few of the words fall by the wayside during the editing process.
In other news, I've hired a new artist to redo the cover for "His Name Was Death," trying to address some of my issues with the original cover. I hope to share more on the new cover soon.
Took me a little longer than I'd hoped, but I just finished Chapter IV, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?", tonight. It's 13.5 pages, and roughly 3600 words of Michael Reaper goodness.
I'll be starting Chapter V, "Angel of Mercy", in the morning.
And yes, for those that are paying attention, Chapter V was originally entitled "Angel of Death", but we all learn things as time marches on. I reserve the right to get better as I write.
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It's taken me a couple weeks, but I've finished Chapter III - What's in a Name?
If you've been following my previous posts, you'll know that Chapter III was originally named, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?" Well, it turns out that what I had planned for Chapter III was long enough to justify two chapters.
Another day, another chapter. I recently finished Chapter II, Back in the Saddle. It's another 3100 words and 11.5 pages. I actually finished it a couple days ago but with the holiday, hadn't gotten around to posting an update.
I'll start on "Who's Afraid of the Big Bald Wolf?" in the next couple of days.
This is where things start heating up.
Just finished the first draft of Chapter I, Ghosts of the Past. It's 12.5 pages, and roughly 3500 words. I'm sure it will change significantly over the course of editing and rewrites, but it feels really good to be writing again, with a strong start to "The Second Beast".
Only 33 chapters, and approximately 91,000 words to go.
I decided to do one last outlining step before beginning work on Chapter 1. I already have the whole story mapped out in a fair amount of detail, including all the chapter breaks. Just like in "His Name Was Death", I knew I was going to name all the chapters.
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The outline for "The Second Beast" is done.
I'm estimating 407.5 pages, which is about 12% longer than my estimate for "His Name Was Death". That original estimate was actually pretty close. I'm probably looking at somewhere around 95,000 words in 34 chapters…
Finished outlining step 7 of 8 tonight, and now have 13 character charts for the most important characters in "The Second Beast." Yes, that's right, I said 13. The scope of my second novel is larger than the scope of "His Name Was Death," but I think that's pretty common for most new authors.
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It's been about a month since I've given any updates on the outlining process. As I've mentioned before, I use the Snowflake Method for building my outlines. It's an 8 step process, and each steps expands on previous steps to build a rich outline of the story and characters.
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