August's Writing Progress

Work continues on the sequel to The Accidental Dragonrider. It now stands at about 54,000 words, so I've written about 14,500 words this month. I didn't manage quite as many as in July, mainly because we went to Ireland for a reunion of Breda's cousins on her mum's side. (The reunion itself didn't take up the whole of the time we were away, though it felt like that at times.)

On the other hand, I wrote a lot more than I did the last time I was there. Both times, we stayed with one of Breda's sisters. The last time was in March, and the only room warm enough to sit in during the day was the kitchen, where everybody else was coming and going. This time, I could sit in the conservatory, where people would generally leave me alone. It never ceases to amaze me how people seem to think that if your hands aren't on the keyboard, pounding away at 80 words a minute, you're not actually working, and can be freely interrupted. On the gripping hand, I was supposed to be on holiday, so maybe I shouldn't grumble...

I'd thought this book would be about the same length as the previous one (30,000 words). The story hasn't exactly run away with me, but it's taken its time getting to where it needs to go. I know what has to happen to reach the end, but I'm not sure how many more words it'll take.