I am on schedule and submitted Chapter 11 of “Aiden and the Ring,” wherein our young hero is still uncovering its powers and limitations, as well as his own. Chapter 12 looks good so far and will slip into final edits later today. However, Chapter 13 ended up getting split as it needed a lot more prose to work well.
Meanwhile, I am pushing forward on what started as a private “short” story for a follower that has turned into an epic saga. Have I said how much I love my characters…. With the client’s permission, that tale may see the light of day at some point, but it is still far from finished. And I am already nervous about the lack of ending to “The Immortal,” even though it has a bazillion already-scribbled chapters yet for you to read before we even get close to a conclusion.
Speaking of which, I am polishing the next installments of “The Immortal.” And when I say polishing, I actually mean more than doubling the size of the chapters since there is so much more detail and backstory to add as well as using mo’ betta wirdz. Fun, immense fun, but time-consuming and brain-twisting.
Finally, coming out of the rough draft deep-freezer and heading for the editing yards, I have four more complete tales. Since they are shorter than Aiden or Jim, my plan is to get ‘em scrubbed and release them a chapter per week as they come out of the yards. We shall see. The fates are as fickle as the muses.