Oh, hi. Updates, Reality, and Publication
You know what I haven't done in a while? Write a blog post. Crap, and I thought I'd be better this time. Oh, well. The good thing is that the draft of Conduit of Fire is as DONE as it's going to be prior to a professional editor. It has gone through 5ish rounds of edits and beta readers, was originally 220,000 words (ish), and is now down to 143,000 (ish), and other than an occasional typo, is silky smooth, fast-paced, action-packed, and simply: good. I've also been told it is a complete story, closes with a good arc, leaves the main issue still open for book two but doesn't leave the reader unsatisfied, which is reason to PAUSE AND CELEBRATE. PRAISE GOD, thank You JESUS. That is HARD to do, and it has been QUITE a journey making this final draft of COF as good as it is. That said, I'm so eager to get it to you guys. But it looks like I'm not going to be picked up for any agents right now (I'll look into submitting to more, but first, I think I'm go...