Getting Closer...

85,000 words done.

I'm close. Oh boy oh boy, am I close. I spent today writing the HUGE fight at the end, and had such a good time doing it. It's a fight scene on a scale of nothing I've ever written before. So. Much. Bloody. FUN.

I've got a few more chapters until I get to the ACTUAL end, and then I have to go back and link everything up. There are whole chunks of chapters I haven't written yet, so all of that will probably take another 10 or 15,000 words, which means this book will easily be as big as Mortal Coil, if not bigger.

My deadline is the end of March, so I reckon I'll make it without a problem. Then another month or so of big edits, then another few weeks of little edits, which should take us to May or June. Then we let it sit while we decide on a title, then we get it printed, then we send it out to reviewers, and then suddenly we're in September, and you're holding it in your greedy little Minion-y hands.

If everything goes according to plan, I see no reason why we can't give you a sneak preview sometime in early summer or thereabouts.

I have another few weeks of intense work ahead of me, and then I can go back to having a life. Yayyy!
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Published on March 01, 2011 23:49
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message 1: by [deleted user] (new)

yay!


message 2: by Liv (new)

Liv Ooh I'm excited!


message 3: by Jules (new)

Jules Can't wait!!!


message 4: by Hina (new)

Hina This is great! Ooh lovely, I haven't read a good fight scene in a while. =D Good luck with your writing, Derek, we're all counting on you. And you do have a life! xD


message 5: by Sara (new)

Sara Everett Excellent. Can't wait.


message 6: by Lauren (new)

Lauren Sweet!


message 7: by marruman (new)

marruman mc mahon sneak preview! Yay! Almost finished writting! Double yay!


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