Hopefully, it will be a big, sprawly glorious mess, but it's too soon to tell. Originally, it was supposed to be four sections: one in which Nick finds himself accidentally hosting what looks suspiciously like a reality TV show, one in which Max finds out it's good to be the seneschal, one with Ainsley and Pilar checking out the stone barn, and a fourth with Simon and Quinn Quartermain. I just finished writing Max's scene and it's twenty-five pages long. I may cut it down or I may shrug, accept that this is still a draft work, and leave everything in for this iteration. As it stands, I think the first three sections could run to 60 pages so our Simon/QQ section would get pushed to chapter 72.
I was thinking the arc of Jesse being kidnapped would be resolved by now, but as I figure out what needs to happen before Nick comes back from New Orleans, it looks like it's going to be some time around chapter 74 or maybe even 75. I have Chapter 1 of Jester's Ransom close to ready, but I'm going to hold onto it until we see the full impact of Jesse's kidnapping on Nick & Company. I might even get a couple more chapters of JR in the can.
Special thanks to readers who quickly found the posting mix-up I made when I retconned Verity from seventeen to sixteen. Those chapters should all be back up and in the proper order again.