Soul of Swords rough draft is now underway

I started writing the first draft of SOUL OF SWORDS today.

It is such an odd feeling. I’ve never finished a series before, and I can feel the weight of the last six books and twelve years (I started writing DEMONSOULED in 2001) pushing me forward. It’s like I’ve been in this roller coaster, climbing, climbing, climbing the hill…

…and, at last, we’ve crested the hill, and the car is just starting to roll forward.

Well. I fully intend to make SOUL OF SWORDS one heck of a roller coaster ride, friends and neighbors.

The book’s first sentence:

“That is impossible,” said Mazael Cravenlock, his sword hand curling into a fist.

-JM