NaNoWriMo Update #4

And just like that, a month of writing (and editing…so much editing…) has come and gone.

This week was a busy one with the holiday and the “Bards-giving” show we put on at Stan & Joe’s Wednesday night, but plenty of writing still got done! With the Land of the Elements final draft complete—I can’t wait to share it with you all—the focus was back on creating! I normally post on Mondays, but I was on a roll yesterday with a new story for One Time and wanted to finish up before posting my final NaNoWriMo word count. 

One Time now sits at 30,367 words between seven stories, one of which is only 200 words. 

It’s been a lot of fun working on both Land of the Elements and One Time this month. Having NaNoWriMo as a reason to stay motivated was extremely helpful, and I am now in a really good place with future projects! Looking forward, I hope to start marketing Land of the Elements to literary agents sometime in the new year. I’m really excited about this; I think LotE has a lot of potential to be a fun and accessible entry point into fantasy for all readers. 

Sometime next week I will post the opening story to One Time here on my website. It’ll certainly still be in draft form, but I think it’s strong enough to provide a taste of what’s to come!

For those of you that did NaNoWriMo, I hope you managed to hit your word counts! For those of you that were just along for the ride, I hope you enjoyed it! 

Oh, and one more thing…I really can’t wait to share it with you, so here’s the opening chapter of Land of the Elements. 

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