An Author’s Two Favorite Words: “The End.”

Saturday, I got to write these words on the fifth draft of my novel, Kaimerus. This concluded the third rewriteand about 320,000 words that I’ve put into this project. Kaimerus is not done yet, I still need to go through and polish some parts that are first draft quality, but most of the plot holes have been fixed and the ending is what I want.

For those who haven’t heard about Kaimerus, I describe it as, “Firefly crashes on Avatar and wakes up 28 Days Later.” It explores freedom, ambition and...