WIP update
Dystopian new adult near-future sci-fi trilogy
Book 1
📗 Manuscript complete!
✍️ 95,000 words, 31 chapters
▶️ Querying 📨
After an initial unsuccessful round of querying, I worked with a developmental editor and made huge improvements over the past 18 months. It’s time for a final round of querying.
Book 2
📕 Draft complete!
✍️ 100,000 words, 27 chapters
▶️ Revise by April. ✍️
That’s when I’m handing the book 2 manuscript off to my developmental editor. But I need to apply what I learned from working with them on book 1 to the book 2 manuscript.
Book 3
📘 Work in progress…
✍️ 45,000 words, 15 chapters
▶️ Goal to finish draft by end of 2027 ✍️
With all my focus on editing book 1, this has been on the backburner. But I’ve been thinking a lot about themes and pulling all the threads together for the big ending.
Utopian interstellar sci-fi trilogy
Books 1, 2, and 3
💡 Ideation, with 20,000 words of book notes
Along with 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 15,000 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! She’s already changed how I’d envisioned organizing the story.
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