Book 3 Update

I'm about three weeks away from finishing the first draft of Book 3. I nearly doubled my writing quota during the past week as the book is coming to its exciting conclusion. My weekly goal is to write ten chapters; I wrote 17 this week!

My writing goals originally focused on time put into a project, but obviously you can put in a lot of time with little result. I briefly switched to setting daily goals of words written, which is very popular among writers. But since I do all my first drafts with old-fashioned pen and paper, this method was tedious and estimates were always off.

It was hard to know how much progress I was making. I finally settled on a weekly goal of chapters written. This works for me because my chapters tend to be short. Books 2 and 3 have about 130 chapters, enough pages for a standard-sized novel. For me, knowing my progress propels me forward to finishing the project.

For anyone interested in small snippets from Books 1-3, I added a new page here [no longer available, see Twitter] for bits shared on Twitter site. Nothing grand, but gives you a taste of some scenes and characters. You can also find chapter-length excerpts here and here, and additional descriptions on the novels page.

Thank you to the new followers who have joined the website since my last post! I don't post often because I'm focused on writing, but I'll soon have a chance to revisit publishing options for all the material I've been hoarding, editing, and re-editing.

Now, back to writing...