I’m almost done with Circle of Ashes! Well, I’m almost done with the rough draft. As the time of this writing, I’m a couple hundred words over 180,000 words, making it the longest single published book I’ve written to date. The second-longest is about 161,000 words, though I think one of my other unpublished books is a bit longer. I’m not certain of that.

In either case, I’ve finished the climax, and now I’m just working on the final chapter(s) of the book. I think it’ll only be one and an epilogue, but we’ll see how that works out. I expect to finish the book today, and I’ll be doing a quick editing pass before sending it to my alpha readers over on Patreon (anyone at the Grandmaster tier or higher will get a copy). Just to point out to anyone tempted to sign up, this would be a draft, so it won’t be nearly as polished as the final, and it’s possible I’ll make significant changes, including adding or removing scenes. I usually don’t do either, but it’s happened before.

In any case, once I’ve done that, and found out the editor’s availability, I’ll be putting up a pre-order for Circle of Ashes. That’s all for the week!