The first draft of Marin’s Codex is complete, at a hair over 102,000 words. Today I’ll be starting through it again to expand a couple of areas that I know need additional content, to flesh out a secondary character, and to try to make sure the story is good. At the same time, one of my […]
So, Marin’s Codex is at about 78,000 words in length, though at the time of this writing I’m preparing to do more. For the record, I generally write up these blog posts late Saturday night so that they can go out early. This has been a weird situation. When I began Marin’s Codex, I intended it […]
So, Marin’s Codex is now at just over 62,500 words in length. I’m honestly scratching my head, trying to figure out what happened with the story. I’m going to be startled if it comes to an end with less than 70,000 words, and possibly more than that. Before the Godsrage may end up being slain, in favor […]
As of yesterday, Marin’s Codex hit ~52,500 words. This is the point that I scratch my head and wonder where the story is taking me. It’s relatively slow in a lot of ways, winding its way through things, and it’s surprised me in several ways. Still, I have no clue where it’ll end. My hope of having […]
So, an oddity of Born a Queen was that when I was writing it, I was slightly obsessive on some of the details. I checked the calendar for the year to ensure that all of my days were correct for that year and date, I made sure the phases of the moon were accurate, and all […]
Ancient Dreams 