Milo James Fowler's Blog, page 14
July 31, 2023
Novel #21
The first draft is done! Took me forty-six days to write a little over 80K, trouncing my previous record of 54K in sixty days. Not that it's a competition or anything; I just like to set goals as a way to motivate myself, and I'm always looking for opportunities to beat my own personal bests.Unlike the first book, this one wasn't smooth sailing all the way through. Sure, there were plenty of
July 21, 2023
Home Stretch
It's been thirty-five days since I started drafting the AGROTHARN sequel, so time for an update. Averaging ~1,700 words a day, I've made it to the 60K mark with about 20K left to go. I've got the next six chapters mapped out and a general idea of what the finish line will look like. Can't ask for more than that. I mean I could, but part of the fun of flying by the seat of my pants is connecting
July 3, 2023
A Third of the Way
Last month ended up being fairly productive on the AGROTHARN front, and I managed to draft an average of two chapters a day. So now I'm a little over a third of the way through the sequel, and if I can write two to three chapters every day this month, I should have it finished by August 1. Considering the momentum I'm riding at the moment, that seems like an achievable goal. I don't usually think
July 1, 2023
Summer Book Blast
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Summer Book Bonanza
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June 21, 2023
June 17, 2023
June Update
So far so good this month. Final edits are done on the first AGROTHARN book, and the new, improved paperback version of BackTracker turned out well. Now all I've got on my writing plate is the AGROTHARN sequel. Three chapters in, and things have been...interesting.I started out with a pretty good idea how the story would open, picking up right after the end of Book 1 with all of our characters
June 10, 2023
Summer Reads
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June 3, 2023
Feels Like Summer
We've had four days in a row of 90-degree warmth here in West Michigan, and while it may not officially be summer until the 21st, our current weather begs to differ. Ever since I started teaching, way back at the turn of the century, summers have meant a change of pace. I ran an eight-week day camp for a few summers, then switched gears to teach guitar lessons, and then I made a habit of writing
