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The Most I Have Ever Written In A Single Day

What is the most that I’ve ever written in a single day?

Setting aside the issue of quality, the most I have ever written in a single day is roughly 28,000 words… I think.

Yeah.

I did that years ago, back when I was going through a phase of writing in marathon sessions on weekends where I would basically wake up, sit down in front of my computer, and then write until my wrists started hurting or it was time to sleep.

Do not do that.

It is stupid.

I only got through sessions like that by chugging...

Progress Report 02-11-2023

Progress continues on Two Necromancers, a Fortress, and a Titan.

I am currently seven chapters and roughly 100,000 words into the third draft.

The biggest thing so far is that I’ve identified a section that goes for a few thousand words that is going to get cut. Basically, I don’t think it really adds anything to the chapter, and it became quite obvious while I was working on the chapter that including it ended up bogging everything down. That section is a relic from the first draft when I didn’...

Alternate Route (Halloween Special 2023)

“Come on, master!” Katie cried. “We have to hurry!”

Timmy chuckled as his pint-sized apprentice did her best to drag him along the street. Setting aside the fact that she was only seven years old, she was also tiny for her age. She had about as much of a chance of moving him as he had of moving Sam when the protoplasmic horror was gorging himself on cake.

“Katie, the candy isn’t going to just disappear. The sun only set a few minutes ago. We’ve got the rest of the night to collect candy.”

It wen...

Pre-Orders Open For Attempted Rescuing Audiobook

Pre-orders are open for the Attempted Rescuing Audiobook (Attempted Vampirism Book 3).

https://www.audible.com/pd/Attempted-Rescuing-Audiobook/B0CLDCVXCZ

Close Encounter (Flash Fiction Fridays #52)

This snippet is based on something I’m working on for Book 5. It is a flashback of sorts set before Book 1.

Millie bit back a curse and turned to stab at her opponent with her pitchfork. The paladin was better than her with a weapon, but she’d spent a considerable sum of money improving her own skills recently. There weren’t many people who actually used a pitchfork in combat, but there were people who used spears or tridents. Supposedly, there was an old guy wandering around who’d mastered the...

When You’re Enjoying A Book

There are times when I’m reading something that I’ll find myself slowing down, just so I can really savour it. When a book is really good, I don’t want to finish it quickly. I want it to last forever.

I’ll go back and reread the same passage multiple times, so I can get a feel not only for the words themselves but also for the cadence and flow of the text. Every now and then, I’ll even read something aloud for a bit because it’s the kind of passage that begs to be read aloud.But when I really...

Duel (Flash Fiction Fridays #51)

Katie took a deep breath and prepared herself. This was it. She had finally been challenged by another student at the Academy. It had taken almost a month for someone to work up the nerve, but here she was in the duelling arena. Everyone else had already fought at least twice. Was it because she was a war hero, or was it because she was a necromancer?

Whatever the reason was, she was ready. Her opponent was another girl. Evelyn was supposed to be extremely skilled with both her sword and her mag...

Provisional Schedule

I have gotten a lot of questions about what my schedule will be like in the coming months/year. Although I can’t make any guarantees, I’m basically going to be aiming to write books in this order:

Unconventional Heroes Book 5 => Cosmic Delivery Boy 2 => Unconventional Heroes Book 5.5 => Attempted Vampirism Book 4

There will also be stuff that I’m working on during all of that, side projects that may or may not eventually see the light of day depending on how they end up looking.

Anyway, that’...

Attempted Rescuing Audiobook Release Date

Attempted Rescuing (Attempted Vampirism Book 3) scheduled for 21st of November.

Dream A Little (Flash Fiction Fridays #50)

A crossover for #50.

Ancient vampires did not dream the way regular people did. Instead, their memories drifted through oceans of thought and memory as their minds did what was necessary to stay sane despite century after century after century of life. But sometimes, their minds wandered past the endless labyrinths of sensation and experience and reached out through the void, waiting and listening.

Most of the time the wait was pointless. Even amongst ancient vampires there were few who could c...