Behind the scenes of MAGE SLAVE

Here’s a little bit about the work that went into my debut novel.

I startedMage Slave as a Nanowrimo all the way back in 2010. Nanowrimo was huge for helping me learn to quiet my inner editor, but I didn’t “win.” I got to 33K at a rapid clip, but when I realized I was about 33% of the way through my novel, and that it would take me until likely January to really finish, I lost momentum. I did continue to push on though with some good habits I’d built up during Nano and finished in February.

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