The Voices In My Head

Got it, with a day to spare. I wonder if I can keep this pace up for a few more weeks. At this rate, I’ll be done by late May. Damn.

I like this idea. I like it a lot. The story’s really shaping up now with some great characters and some fantastic action.

Trying to get to 20,000 words this week. Already put down 2000 on Monday (and finished Chapter Five). Going on to Chapter Six (the history of the Aurnia Cliona, which is pretty cool). Time willing, I’ll go back and doctor up Chapter One enough to practice recording.

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I think I’ve settled on a goal length – 70,000 words. Two reasons:

1. I can’t seem to find a definitive word count for novels. They seem to range from 50,000 to 80,000. Some sites say at least 70,000 for first-time authors to submit for publication, so I’m going with that.
2. I’ve got a fair amount of rewriting and “detailing” to go back and do. Once I do that, it will most likely add at another 10K (or more) to the whole book, based solely on what I’ve got in mind for Chapter One.

I know a book is “as long as it takes to tell the story” but I have a lot of story in my head and I don’t see Crystal Tech as your conventional fantasy/sci-fi novel trilogy, more like a series (a la Dresden Files) with recurring characters.

And speaking of Chapter One, I’m going to take another pass at it soon. Probably when I finish the current chapter (#5) to “finish it off.” I want something for people to preview (that’s closer to the finished product) and I want something I can start recording that people can listen to and allows me to practice recording and editing audio.

Yea me! 11,131 on Crystal Tech. I’ve got a goal of at least 80,000 for the novel, so that puts me at nearly 14% done. Wow. Still along way to go, but I’m feeling charged.