Monday, April 29 --- 4,677 words Tuesday, April 30 --- 5,176 words Wednesday, May 1 --- 6,920 words Thursday, May 2 --- 3,224 words Friday, May 3 --- 4,733 words Saturday, May 4 --- 7,340 words Sunday, May 5 --- 12,075 words TOTAL words for Week 2 --- 44,145 words
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After last week's success, I feel like I'm on a roll (or a bun or a croissant...). As you might have guessed with my terrible joke, I'm looking to do something fun and light after all the heaviness of horror in the first week, so I'm going to start on a twofer that will be a humorous fantasy caper and a sequel - one for this week and one for next week. Here's the description of the series itself: All the unusual villainous creatures of mythology band together Ocean’s Eleven style to steal something from the “good guys.” Golems, goblins, gorgons, harpies, banshees, zombies, etc. Each one possesses a unique skill that helps them have a fighting chance against the so-called heroes. And the first book, which has a working title of Cheaper By the Scoundrel. Golems, goblins, and gorgons all have a bad rap, but it’s undeserved. It’s just so the man can keep them down. And the humans currently putting heel to neck just increased the taxes on the underworld to unbearable levels. Zombies’ arms are falling off from overwork, harpies have laryngitis, and the scorpion tail of the akra-boo-a-meh-loo has lost its sting. Stheno is the mightiest of the gorgons, but she’s as stuck as the next guy. She’s just worked three double-shifts in a row at her construction job, and can see no way to pay off the new taxes and still put food on the table for her kids. While complaining at the local watering hole for disreputable sorts, she attracts quite a crowd by being so outspoken about the current government—usually a one-way ticket to the dungeon under King Robert’s castle. But when others gather near, a plan is soon hatched to Robin Hood their tax money back from the heroes to save their community. What follows is a madcap adventure that involves drunken princesses, greedy oracles, and sex-mad monks all bent on stopping the “bad guys.” What do you think - would you want to read it? Please let me know in the comments below! I'm still working on the draft of The Ink Collector, BUT I have to announce that I DID pass the 40,000 word mark as of today. So, while I'll be completing the novel tonight and probably writing right up to the wire to get to "The End," the project (as of week 1) has so far been successful. While I'm typing up the last few words (and I'll update the word count in the post below, so that you can see how much I got written in 6 days), here's a bit of entertainment for you: me reading an excerpt from my new novel. Tomorrow, I'm starting to write a brand new book in a brand new genre, so stay tuned! I'll be posting about it here and keep you updated throughout the week on how it's going. Until then, hope everyone can get out and enjoy the nice spring weather! :)
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