Writing update: brainstorming the ending of Curse

I’ve had a number of people ask me where I am with the second book. I have the progress bars on the side, but they don’t give any details. So I thought I’d start up a semi-regular post that would be something like a writer’s journal. We’ll see how it goes. Right now I’m working

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Behold, the Opening Chapters of CURSE OF A DARK GOD

For your reading pleasure, I have posted the current version of the first 12 chapters of Curse of a Dark God below. (And there was much rejoicing, yea.) Read and enjoy! CURSE OF A DARK GOD draft 3 chapters 1-12 reader  Note: these are draft chapters and may change in the final version. If you would like

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LA/Book 2, in which the novel kicks my butt

I’ll make this short. I have a deadline for my next revision of CURSE OF A DARK GOD. It’s November 20th. But the book is kicking me around like a tin can. I sat down Saturday to work on my current revisions and as I unpicked the chapter I was working on the whole story unraveled in my

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Curse of a Dark God draft 2 finished!!!!

Rejoice! Sing! The draft is done! Hallelujah. Based on my records I spent: 48.5 hours on the pre-draft for this book 503.5 hours to finish draft 1 130 hours to finish draft 2 A total of 682 hours of work to this point If I’d been working full time on this that would be roughly 17

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