BOOK TWO…TIME…TICKS…BY
Between August 12 (the publication date of The Ultra Thin Man) and mid-September, or about a month, I did zero writing. (Not much blogging, either! Apologies.)
Part of the problem for me was being on tour and traveling in August to promote the book, and then by the end of August and early September, I was preparing for the new school year. A few weeks into the school year, I finally carved out some time to write on book two. I’d hoped to have a rough draft completed before August 12. Now the goal is before the end of the year, and hopefully sooner. Time keeps on ticking (ticking, ticking), and book 2 (a sequel) needs to be complete when Tor is ready to look at the numbers and calculate whether they can make a case for publishing it.
I still have struggled to get the time to write, and since mid-September, it’s been about once a week at best. (There’s a reason why I never attempt NaNoWriMo.) I’m pretty certain, now, that I’m within a couple chapters (and an epilogue) from completing the first draft. At the moment, the word count sits at 94,000 words. The Ultra Thin Man went in to Tor at 96,000 words. (After edits, it ended up at 107,000.) So I’m close. It’s just “endgame” stuff now, but it’s a tricky juggling act in this case.
I’ll keep you posted. With a post. (And with fewer parenthetical asides.)
