Chapter Twenty Three

I have finished Chapter Twenty Two and am now working on Chapter Twenty Three.  Up until this point I have had already written drafts to work with.  Now I shall be working with creating complete scenes without the usage drafts but that of my notes on what should be happening so it'll most likely take me longer to write this portion as I have only notes and not complete scenes to go on.  I am hoping to have In the Shadows finished before September.  Even though I have no plans of releasing it until I have finished a rough draft of Geometry Souls and start on the third Book, Renegade.  I want to be able to release the books hopefully within a year of each other.  I am not sure how likely a goal I am setting myself with that.  But it should give me time to save up for illustrations as I would greatly like to be able to not only have cover art; but also a few pieces of inside art of good quality for these books.   It will also give me time to work on the Lay of Keiken and Erienne, which is the corner piece of Kalunesh History as it sets up the fall of the Reisiri Empire and the founding of the current Kalunesh Empire.

I have also been working on my novel, Zmeij, which is going to be a single novel, unlike these Ashes of the Fallen Books.   I drew up a map for Daukkon Kingdom in Zmeij yesterday, and came up with some of their economy, but not much else then that.  The northern half is mountainous and rich with mineral wealth and irons.  The southern half is more the agricultural economy.  I will type more when I have more to type.

Chapter 22

Got a good start on Chapter 22 and nearing the end of the rough draft materials I have written up.  I'll have to be writing up new material after chapter 22 to finish up the story.  The original draft before the current one I'm using jumped way ahead on things so that very first rough draft is no way near where this book will end.  Many of things covered in that very first rough draft might not be showing up until either book 2 or book 3.

News on Chapter 21

Only got one more scene to write up and I'll done with chapter 21. YAY.  Slow progress is better then none I guess.

Chapter 21

Started working on Chapter 21 for In the Shadows, the first book in my Ashes of the Fallen Saga.  The story is now at 150 pages on Nook press, if you count the extra content the story is at 175 pages on the Nook Press.  Things are really starting to come together now as I am drawing to the close of In the Shadows.  I am thinking it will be close to Thirty Chapters in all.  Not sure how many pages it'll be until I finish it completely.

Onto Chapter 21 Today

Finishing up Chapter 20 today for In the Shadows.  I only have one last scene to write up and then I'll be working on Chapter 21.  I just need to keep myself motivated and plow through today.  I'm torn between stopping and picking up something to eat while its still cool and working on Chapter 20.  I also got chapter 1 for my other book, Zmeij finished last night.  So I'm rather proud I'm working on two novels at once.  Plus it's nice to be able to shift between the two when I get bored with one.  Not much else to say except I need to focus more on my writing with this vacation and need to stop goofing off so much.  I'll type more when I have more to say.