Shapeless Phase One…Complete
Draft 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. ๐
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 ๐ ). When that whole thing starts I’ll make another update.
Don Joergens on Facebook
September 23, 2016 @ 10:33 pm
Can’t wait. Your work is incredible and your imagination…world class
Marcia Ehrnman Ralph on Facebook
September 24, 2016 @ 12:21 am
Really looking forward to reading the finished product.
Mike McGowan
September 24, 2016 @ 12:29 pm
as always, I can’t wait till the book hits amazon so I can get another fix. keep up the good work Glenn!
Renee Rose
October 11, 2016 @ 9:24 pm
Is this Damned & Cursed Book 8? If not, when will we see that book?
Sky Griffin
November 8, 2016 @ 4:19 am
I’m dying of anticipation
Glenn Bullion
November 13, 2016 @ 4:29 pm
Damned and Cursed vol 8 is the next project. ๐ It’s looking like witches and werewolves.
Jim
November 15, 2016 @ 12:31 pm
Sounds like another wonderful story. Looking forward to it.
Chris
November 19, 2016 @ 1:04 pm
When is the release?
robert
November 22, 2016 @ 6:48 am
any chance shapeless will be released before Christmas
would make bunches of readers happy— happy!!!
regards,
bob
Glenn Bullion
December 9, 2016 @ 8:17 am
Wow, a lot of comments I missed approving. Sorry about that guys. ๐
I really wanted to, but I won’t have the book out before Christmas. I will be done editing though TODAY (joy). So the beta reading process will be next week. Of course that will take some time, too.