Currently at 11,229 words and about a third of the way through the main story.
At the moment it’s just a case of getting everything down as quickly as possible. So although I’m vaguely aware of secondary characters they only seem to appear on the periphery.
Glad that I’ve broken the 10,000 word mark. I think I’m possibly looking at the final story being four times longer. Which brings to mind the phrase about how do you eat an elephant? – one bite at a time.
It’s the end of another week, so here’s my WIP update.
Untitled – First Draft – 4153 words
Hmmm. No one is ever getting to read this. 
Little snippet from the current WIP.
“Glad you’re having so much fun. Next time you can be the one who crawls through two miles of sewer pipe.”
“Surely two miles is an exaggeration?”
“Would you like to die where you stand?”
So getting back into the swing of things. Rather than updating weekly I’m going to change to monthly, hopefully will see more progress that way. Currently working on a short story, then onto my latest revision of Raven, Bargain is on one side at the moment it needs quite a lot of revision.
Words written so far in 2010 – 1607.
I’ve just spent two days with the killer migraine from hell. Feeling much better now.
Just time today for a quick WIP update as I gear up for August madness.
Demon’s Touch – First Draft – 1489 words
Raven – Rewriting – 8417 words
The Bargain – Rewriting – 3852 words
On the writing front not much has happened over the past week or so.
Raven – up to Chapter 4 of the first draft, very pleased with the new outline.
Online Fiction – First part completed, going to get this out to my crit partners and see what they have to say. Will be posting more details next week.
On the decorating front – the kitchen is done and we’re halfway through painting the hall. Hence the lack of writing.
Currently writing the first draft of Raven – 8291 words
And at the moment it’s looking like it will end up a minimum of eighteen chapters.
Also writing an outline for the sequel to The Bargain, which will be something of a challenge as it’s multi-plot.
Currently rewriting the first draft of Raven – 5964 words
Why am I rewriting? Because I didn’t want to let go of Alaric and Valerian. And although I have more I want to write about them, they shouldn’t take over Lily and Darvan’s story. So currently I’m going through and rewriting the chapters where Valerian in particular, came in and took over. That doesn’t mean they won’t appear. But their story for the moment is concluded.
Third draft of The Bargain is finished, and I’ve just put it on one side for a few days before I have one last look over it. Currently writing the synopsis of The Bargain and reworking the first draft of The Raven.
Comments are back from the beta reader. Yay!
Some ???, some lol’s and some clarification needed. But I’m very pleased. Currently working through on a hard copy (up to Chapter 14) making notes based on their comments and adding some of my own. Hopefully will have the third draft completed very soon.
