The first sentence I wrote today…

The motley fleet of ships and boats carrying The Avatar’s remnant force of Holy Warriors reached the mainland at first light.

Words today: 3,232
Total thus far: 53,633
Percentage complete: 44.7 (for 120,000 words), 53.6 (for 100,000)

It’s beginning to feel like the book will come in closer to 100,000 than 120,000 words, which is fine. It’ll probably grow in revision, anyway, like Marseguro did.

Not much blogging today, but a nice chunk of words, as you can see. And I’ve arranged things so I should get a good chunk of writing in tomorrow, too.

Now if only I could be sure any of these words are actually, you know, any good.

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2 comments

    • Edward Willett on January 12, 2008 at 10:38 pm
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    Sometimes. I’d do it more often, but with the last two books, though, the timelines have been such that I simply don’t have time to share the books with anyone else before submitting them to the editor. After which major revisions ensue, so I guess you could say that my editor is my beta reader!

    • Janet on January 12, 2008 at 6:17 pm
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    I’m curious, do you use beta readers?

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