May 9th 2021 Update

I got the basic changes I needed made to Queen’s Gambit done, and also have the color preview that I approved yesterday. I’m really, really excited to share the cover, because it looks awesome, in my not-so-humble opinion. I wish I could draw like that. On the other hand, Friday I got my second dose […]

May 2nd 2021 Update

I finished the rough draft of Queen’s Gambit this past week, with just over 100,000 words, and initial reviews from my alpha readers are promising. Unfortunately, they have found at least one thing that’s going to require expanding on the book a little, but I’m not sure how much it’ll require overall, that’ll have to […]

April 25th 2021 Update

Alright, I’ve got a couple of pieces of information to share today, so let’s get started! First off, Queen’s Gambit is up to ~93,800 words. I expect I’ll likely finish the rough draft this coming week, at which point I’ll be going into editing, scheduling it with my editor and narrator, and all of that […]

April 18th 2021 Update

Queen’s Gambit is up to ~82,500 words, after a solid week of writing. I might finish the rough draft this month, but I’m not sure… a lot depends on how the story plays out from this point. Though I’ll find it horribly ironic if it ends up being one of the shorter volumes of the […]

April 11th 2021 Update

Getting the first shot of the COVID-19 vaccine wiped me out for a couple of days this week, so I only got Queen’s Gambit up to ~70,000 words. Not nearly as far as I wanted to get, but it’s how it goes. Honestly, I didn’t even realize I had any side effects at first, it […]