One Down, Four to Go
I finished the first side story revolving around Bartholomew Roberts. It's a little over 50 pages, which is a good size for a short story I feel. It will need some work certainly, but it's a nice story right now.
Next, I plan on doing one more side story revolving around Bartholomew Roberts, which will lead up to Bartholomew's encounter with Edward Thatch in the first book in the main series, Blackbeard's Freedom. The two side stories aren't required reading of course, as Edward Thatch is the main character in the main series, and this all happens before the two even met. I just wanted to flesh out his character a bit, and see just where he goes to become the man he was when Edward met him.
After I've finished the second side story, I'll start work again on the main series. The goal is to finish three in the main series as well, or reach 300, 000 words, whichever comes first.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to reach the goal within my self-proposed time limit of three months. I'm finding it quite tough to reach the daily word count that I want each day, especially since it would also mean no days off.
With the main series books being variable in length it may help in reaching the five book goal rather than the word count goal.
With the first two books, there was what you might call "filler" in them. Stories that were not involving the main plot which the characters were involved in, but they were more for setup. With the next three books in the main series, there's going to be little to no filler, and that might mean that the stories are shorter.
On the other end of things, I'd really like to have the side stories released in August then November, three months apart from each other and Book 2's May release. If I want to have this done, I'll need to take time away to edit them as well.
Overall though, I feel I'm off to a good start.
Next, I plan on doing one more side story revolving around Bartholomew Roberts, which will lead up to Bartholomew's encounter with Edward Thatch in the first book in the main series, Blackbeard's Freedom. The two side stories aren't required reading of course, as Edward Thatch is the main character in the main series, and this all happens before the two even met. I just wanted to flesh out his character a bit, and see just where he goes to become the man he was when Edward met him.
After I've finished the second side story, I'll start work again on the main series. The goal is to finish three in the main series as well, or reach 300, 000 words, whichever comes first.
I'm not sure if I'll be able to reach the goal within my self-proposed time limit of three months. I'm finding it quite tough to reach the daily word count that I want each day, especially since it would also mean no days off.
With the main series books being variable in length it may help in reaching the five book goal rather than the word count goal.
With the first two books, there was what you might call "filler" in them. Stories that were not involving the main plot which the characters were involved in, but they were more for setup. With the next three books in the main series, there's going to be little to no filler, and that might mean that the stories are shorter.
On the other end of things, I'd really like to have the side stories released in August then November, three months apart from each other and Book 2's May release. If I want to have this done, I'll need to take time away to edit them as well.
Overall though, I feel I'm off to a good start.
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