16,000 word written this month.
That might actually be a high score for me. Although, I may have done just as well back in June 2018 when I started writing. But to be fair, most of that was garbage that was either thrown out or heavily rewritten. (I originally had a point of view from the Big Bad Ape in West of Prehistoric… it was…laughably bad…) These 16,000 words are all useable, just need a little editing.
And I absolutely could not have done it without my daughter’s health improving. We’ve still a long way to go, but there is a noticeable change for the better. Yay heavy antibiotics hidden in ice cream for the win. And a major thank you all for your prayers, they worked!
Conquering Prehistoric sits at 55,000 words right now. The minimum goal is 70,000 words for a full length book, and I try for 100,000… but I let it end where it ends between those numbers.
And I think seeing that I wrote basically over a quarter of the book in a single month shows just how difficult writing has been this year.
At this rate though, plus with my PTO I need to burn before the end of the year, I might actually finish it by New Years. Then I can start sending out copies for proof reading while I get back to work on the WWII book.
Will there be another West of Prehistoric book?
I don’t know. I’ve talked before about wanting to start another series in that world about 20-30 years later. The concept resides in my head right now. There aren’t any notes or outlines or such yet. I also know of a great way to continue Jed and Skyla’s story, the villain for that will be set up at the end of Conquering Prehistoric.
It just comes down to sales and what the publisher wants.
And I’ve currently got my 5 book contract signed with Conundrum… They’ve been nice enough to not give me a strict deadline. But I don’t want to abuse their hospitality by doing more WoP books while owing them.
All I can tell you is… tell your friends about these WoP books if you like them. Spread the word, buy them for your kids, post about them on your various web forums, help them sell so the publisher wants more.
And buy the future books I write. Help me stay a relevant writer.
My broken down Jeep Wrangler depends on those royalties. 🙂
I almost forgot.
Audiobook for Raiding Prehistoric! I think it’s wrapping up now. I know my buddy took a week off from work to get some audio time in his sound booth.
He even sent me a picture of himself working on it.
Then he dared to text me asking if I intentionally misspelled a word.
The audacity!
Anyways…
I hope you all had a magnificent Thanksgiving. And I’ll update you again around Christmas.
Erik
Gunpowder and Ink! 