Writing Update!

Hello friends! First off, congrats to everyone who entered the recent giveaway for Successor! I didn't get a chance to catch the final count, but there were over 800 entrants.

My Mind = BLOWN!

I was absolutely floored that so many people found the premise interesting enough to enter the giveaway. I really hope those who won a free digital copy enjoy the story, and for those who didn't, that they might still be interested in giving the book a shot. Thanks to everyone who entered!

Onto the writing front!

Okay, so anyone who knows me well knows that I am a very slow, very meticulous writer. Most definitely a perfectionist. When it comes to writing a first draft of anything, I'm extremely detail-oriented; the first draft is as close to perfect as I can get it. If I'm writing a sentence and can't think of a word that fits *just right* I will get stuck in that spot until the right one comes to me.

How often does this happen? A lot.

So it's pretty much a given that it takes me forever to write anything. But on the bright side, *forever* usually doesn't take that as long as that. For anyone interested in what's going on with Successor's sequel, it is most definitely my top writing priority. Currently the first draft is nearing 23k words. To get an idea how far along that is, it's just under 70 typed pages. Successor is between 89-90k words, so that should help give a little perspective. And I'm expecting the sequel to be longer than the first book, so there's still a ways to go. But I'm making progress on it every day, little by little.

So take heart, friends! My next book baby is on the way :)

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'Til next time!