namesake

ah yes, my latest work in progress. I’m not sure if I’m making progress. I started with 30,000 words, all written last year around this time and abandoned in favor of Grimoire. Now I have 27,600, I cut an entire chapter, and I made chapter two chapter one instead. Basically, all I’ve done is revise.

This stemmed from a writing session in which I gave myself a brief history lesson on what’s happened between Grimoire and namesake, who’s who now, and what exactly does everyone want. I also made Louis’ arrival a surprise rather than expected and I completely cut the chapter on the bad guys. It just felt like I needed to be clearer (with myself) about the story before moving forward.

Meanwhile, I finished Perilous and overall, I liked it. But I sure hope there’s a sequel because it felt unresolved to me, like maybe there should be one more chapter to wrap things up. I did stay up too late reading it Sunday, ‘til after midnight! But I just had to…