So I head out the door early this morning to do some errands and before me appears a school bus. Its picking up kids for their first day of the 2016/17 school year.
Around these parts, obviously, today is the official start of the new school year and for many parents I’m sure its a day to finally relax.
For me, the summer was alternatively fun and frustrating. I didn’t get a chance to take any day off and let’s see when I can actually do so but it was pleasant to have my daughters around.
On the other hand, it was difficult to focus as I wanted to on my latest Corrosive Knights novel, #6 in the series. I’ve made progress on it and will get into more details in just a second, but suffice to say I’m not as far along as I was hoping to be by today.
So, where exactly am I?
By later this morning I’ll be finishing up reading and jotting down notes/improvements to the latest draft of the book (this is draft #10). When last I wrote, I was finishing up draft #9 on 7/16/16 and therefore it took me a month to read through this latest draft, a period of time larger than it should have taken me at another point in the year.
On the plus side, the book is rapidly approaching the end. After I finish my latest read through today and because I can now focus much better on the book, I anticipate it will take me not much longer than a week/week and a half to put all those corrections into my Word file.
As it stands now, the book is just a little north of 100,000 words in length. The first half of the book, after this revision, is all but done. The second half has some areas that need attention but after I finish this draft, that’s where my focus will be. In other words, I’ll no longer need to re-read and revise the entire book. We’re down to just parts of it.
And the parts that need revision aren’t all that bad. They just need a little more clarification and editing.
So, when will the book be ready?
I hesitate to make any guesses but at this point and barring any more delays/interruptions to my schedule, it will be soon.
Very soon.
