Artifice of Power Update # 14

Wow. It has been a busy couple days, and I didn’t get this out when I wanted to. However, I’m happy to report this was a failing up updating progress, not a failure to make progress. I wrote 8,200 words last week, the novel’s total word count is at 101,600, and I am an entire chapter past my mid-point event. Great progress this week! Here’s a few notable events:

Saylina is finding some interesting elements of her family history and making plans to shift what she intended for her roleArkaen and Niamsha are actually working toward the same thing, or they think they areKilasha made a decision I was not expecting, and I’m pretty interested to see what happens there. It’s the right decision for his character, but I really thought he was going a different wayI’m getting to play with some larger politics, explore some of the immense history of these lands, and put some fun twists into this book as things get further along

This update is very short because I do have a lot going on today still, but I wanted to be sure to update readers that I didn’t forget and I am continuing to make progress. Honestly, this book is shaping up into something I like, and is headed back toward paths I originally intended in early drafts. Just a lot better honed and more grounded than my initial concepts.