Rough draft!

Finally worked out the story plot, got the rough draft completed, and also have an ending for this book. Some resolutions, even if the main problem is not yet resolved, that is because it is not the end of the story. It's too big to put into one book, so it will go into two, as far as I can see it, now. So, I had to have a kind of resolution just to end this particular book, and then go on to the next.
I'm tired of typing.. so I'll wrap up this post for now.

Catch-up

Went into hiatus for a while, because my son not only got baptized and graduated high school, he also enlisted in the Army and is now off at Basic Training. I knew it was something he wanted to do, but it was rather sudden, and the reality hit me pretty hard. Then he goes to Airborne school, after that. Not sure when I'll see him again. And of course there's that whole thing around him going overseas into combat, because that's where he wants to be. So, it took some adjustment to not having him at home any more.
Which is why I was in a state of transition and couldn't really focus on writing.
I'm back on it again, though, rewriting the end of the plot, and hopefully soon will have the story completed in its entirety. That day will be a happy one, let me tell you. It's taking me so long just to figure out what and how I was going to tell it. So much else I wanted to get figured out as well, so that once it's written, there won't be any going back, really. Characters will be cast in stone, and I won't be able to make them into something else, after that.

It's going well. And yes, I'm proud to be the parent of a soldier. Come what may, he is doing what he wanted to do with his life.

Buzz Saw

Well, just wrote through more plot tangles that just fell into place. Kind of eerie when that happens. Kind of like the way a Brush Hog tractor grinds its way through years of old bracken like it was nothing at all. Nice.
Word count: 90,654 at the moment.
Like I said, word count isn't really what I'm after, but it's a tangeable thing to mark as a measure of progress. I've actually written a lot more than it indicates, but I've also over-written some older parts that were no longer helping the plot as is. :D

Taking a break.

Reached a point where I have another plot snag, so it's going to take some thinking and note taking to work through it in a satisfactory way. Plus, I'm rather tired from writing.
Word count: 87,201

At the canter...

Putting in a whole new section that closes a lot of plot gaps. I'm enjoying this part, but I'm starting to feel the weariness of so much writing lately. Not much left over to go online and and do much interacting at the moment.
This section focuses on the school aspect of Imerh Tarkhah, and how Arinatos interacts with some key characters, who will become major players later in the story. Plus, he's in the process of getting educated in the ways of the Tarkhah, which is the Anyatin word used for the Officers. They are not so much the privileged class brats he thought they were. The Junior officers have to go through many years of arduous training with hectic daily schedules that left him exhausted when he was allowed to participate.
Word count is at 84,450. :)

Also, I rearranged my room so that I can use the drafting table as a desk. I sit there with the laptop, and my notes, and I get a lot more done this way.
A couple times a week when I'm in town, either at community college library or the church building, which is next to the town library. I either use the MPC library or one of the church's classrooms to work, and mince over to the town library if I want to look something up. An ideal setup for writing, I'll say.

Book 2

Well into Book 2 now, filling in more of the story plot, from copious amounts of notes from many months of note-writing. It's a nice feeling to be actually writing new bits for the story, at this point. Trouble is, there's times when I don't want to do anything else, until my typing fingers get tired. I love being in writing mode, though.
Word count: 80194. :D

Book one, plotted out!

Finally have the plot completed for Book One, and now am starting my "gardening" of Book Two. Both One and Two will be published as one novel so far, because the story has not reached the sort of conclusion where it can be published separately from teh succeeding book. It's more a change of gears, to enter a new era, so to speak, with new characters to add in as an integral part of the entire story plot. After I get theplot worked out with Book Two, I can actually go in and fill out the detail, work on the style, and so forth. So, for the framework, the word count is at 79,610.
Book 3 and so forth, will be published as another novel, and I work on that on occasion, and am trying to also work out the plot for that and get it solidified before publishing the first book, in case there's a plot detail in the first novel that needs adjusting.
I'm tired. But I feel a sense of accomplishment, here.