June's writing progress

As mentioned in my previous post, the audiobook of The Accidental Dragonrider went on sale last week. It took a lot longer than I expected, but I learned some lessons that should make the next one go faster. Sales so far have been pleasantly surprising, so I'll probably record another one once I've got Stone & Silence out of the way, or the weather cools down enough to let me shut the windows at night.

Speaking of Stone & Silence, I wrote about 7,000 words of the first draft this month, meaning that it now stands at 87,000 words. The end is coming into view. I'd expected it to be about 120,000 words, but I can see the first draft coming out shorter than that. There will probably be scenes to be added in editing, though - even as I'm writing, I'm making notes to remind myself to foreshadow a cool twist I just thought of, or to show Adramal learning a useful piece of information that saves her skin later on.