Shapeless Phase One…Complete

ShapelessDraft done, which is always the longest part. We’re clocked in at 103K words, which for me is a massive novel. Only Demonspawn was longer. I’m going to work on the website a bit, then get to editing. At 103K, I’m not sure if there will be any trimming or not. I’ll let the early readers decide if it’s just too long, or some scenes don’t work, etc. I know already that I have to rework some foreshadowing early on for a planned scene that didn’t make it in.

This was a fun novel to write (I always say that. I guess all authors do. It would be weird to hear “I hated writing this piece of trash”.) This was definitely very challenging. I’m not sure if this novel was my most difficult, or the delicate balance that’s involved in handling Jack Kursed.

The issue is getting the scenes painted like I see them in my head, and it was tough for this one. We’re talking about a dude that is normal, has two legs, two arms, some eyeballs, a nose. But he can become a steel wall, a tiger, a puddle of goo, your mother, a normal dude with ropes hanging off of him, a bird, a normal dude with an object made from him, a normal dude with four arms. Sometimes he does all of this in one scene. You get the idea. So the challenge behind Brady alone was tough. And that doesn’t even touch Lily. 🙂

This might be the longest gap between novels I’ve had, so early readers might be entirely new this time around (hoping some fans have stuck around 🙂 ). When that whole thing starts I’ll make another update.