I’ve completed the final big conflict of Tempered in Battle and am in the final stretch of the story! The manuscript is currently at about 238,000 words, and I expect to be just a bit over 240,000 when I finish, though a lot depends on how long the wrap-up takes. We’ll see. This is well-timed, […]

The manuscript of Tempered in Battle is up to 228,000 words and climbing! I’m also in the middle of the finale, which I fully expect to complete this week, though whether that’ll include the end of the book is questionable. A lot depends on if my muse cooperates, as the setup and everything for the […]

Tempered in Battle is up to about 216,500 words and climbing. I’m definitely not finishing the manuscript in the next two days, but I’m still working on it, hoping to get it done sooner rather than later. But we’ll see what’s going to happen, won’t we? I’m also probably going to be adjusting one of […]

The last few days haven’t been terribly conducive to writing, unfortunately, but I’ve still got Tempered in Battle up to about 206,000 words and climbing! I’m giving less than even odds that I manage to finish this month, but I think it’s going to be close. Beyond that, I’ve been just trucking away at my […]

I’m up to about 197,500 words on Tempered in Battle, and I’ve completed one of the major scenes I had planned, and just began the scene before we get to the rapid buildup to and climax of the series. I’m expecting the current scene to take one, possibly two chapters to complete, including the one […]