If there is one thing I have noticed in the last year, it is that my pace of writing has really increased.
When I first started Country Boy, City Girl I was putting out maybe 2 chapters a week. And these were not very long, maybe 4 to 6 pages in my word processor. But in the three years since then, this has increased dramatically. As in, when I really get into a groove, I can pump out 2 chapters of 10-15 pages each in a day.
That was hard for me to really see in CBCG, as there the chapters were longer, and the story was more of a rambling type of affair. Just a regular guy, living his life and talking to the reader as if they were a friend.
But returning to the Night of Madness stories, it is a very different narration. More direct, much less drama and exposition, more of the characters just saying what happens. Which means a more condensed style, even if the pages per chapter are at around 10 pages.
Which is why when I finally finished Dire Wolf and Fang several days ago, I had around 5 chapters sitting in the bin waiting to publish. And I just jumped onto the next story. But I increased to up to 2 posts a day, so am finishing Chapter 5, as I finally post Chapter 1 of The Sensei.
And yes, I actually already have a plot and character in mind for the book after that, but these are the three core books that are the original trilogy of the Night of Madness universe.