WIP update
Dystopian new adult near-future sci-fi trilogy
Book 1
📗 Manuscript complete!
✍️ 92,000 words, 31 chapters
▶️ With copyeditor 📝
After having little success querying agents, I decided to work with a developmental editor, which was a fantastic decision. After working on revisions for 5 months, now it’s in the hands of a copyeditor.
Book 2
📕 Draft complete!
✍️ 100,000 words, 27 chapters
▶️ Goal: Finish revisions and start working with my developmental editor by the end of the year ✍️
I learned a ton working with my developmental editor on Book 1. I need to apply those learnings to Book 2—and reflect a few plot tweaks—before giving it to her.
Book 3
📘 Work in progress…
✍️ 45,000 words, 15 chapters
▶️ Goal to finish draft by end of 2027
I had originally hoped to finish this draft by the end of last year, but I’ve been doing so deep in revisions on Book 1 that I haven’t done any more work on Book 3. And now I want to go back to Book 2 and apply what I’ve learned, so finishing Book 3 is on the backburner for now.
Utopian interstellar sci-fi trilogy
Books 1, 2, and 3
💡 Ideation, with 17,000 words of book notes
I’ve been collecting a stack of fiction and nonfiction books to read to prepare for writing this new trilogy.
Contemporary romance
💡 Ideation, with 10,000 words of book notes
Inspired after hearing Anne Lamott and Neal Allen talk about cowriting their latest book, Good Writing, I asked my wife to cowrite this novel with me—and she said YES!
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