A Final WALL#4 Update for the Year
On December 31 I’ll fulfil what is now becoming an end-of-year tradition and post the ten most-read posts of this year here on my own “… on Anything, Really” blog.
I say “my own” because I do blog other places as well, chiefly on the Supernatural Underground on the first of every month, as well as the occasional guest spot like the Women in SFF interview on Fantasy Hive earlier this year. But yep, the end-of-year roundup is all for the home blog and checking out what m’visitors here (yep, all of you!) were into in 2020. ๐
Before we get there, though, I decided I couldn’t really windup the year without another update on WALL#4 progress — and YES, it is progressing! This year I’ve wrapped up another major section of the book, think equivalent to the ‘Bride of Blood’ in Daughter of Blood, and another that’s closer in size and scope to the Grayharbor section in DAUGHTER.
Then (deep breath) shortly before Christmas, I commenced writing the intro into what is effectively the endgame of the book and series. I say ‘effectively’, because as I’ve indicated before, there is a lot of wrap up to do for this series. Nonetheless these are the sections that definitely wrap it up. And although I hope this will not prove to be wildly optimistic (touches wood, takes an even deeper breath, and casts a wary eye toward the muses), I am aiming for the middle of the year to reach the endpoint.
In the meantime, this post is to assure you that I am writing on, and the story is rolling toward its close. Good news, huh — if not quite the best, which will only come when its done. (Of course!)
I’ll try and slip in a few more “Inside the Writing Life” posts for you, too, while I’m getting there, since the most-read statistics suggest you like ’em. ๐
Just finished reading Daughter again and let me tell you Iโm more than excited for your next book! Good luck on the writing process, itโs bound to be difficult with such a large span of ideas to mostly come to an end in one book.
Thank you, Ana. I am hoping that all those narrative threads are narrowing down sufficiently now that the endgame sequences will run—and write!—more smoothly. ๐
Good luck, Helen! For us readers it’s so nice to have something positive and exciting to look forward to in the new year.
Thanks, Marion! Happy New Year. ๐
Yippee !!1 The 4th book is nearly finished !!!
I am very excited and looking forward to reading it – possibly in 2022 ?
There are a lot of wrapping up to do. It is going to be a big job. I hope it goes well.
It is an enormous job, June, but enjoyable so long as I don’t focus on the size of the mammoth!
The publisher will set the date once they accept the manuscript & I know schedules have been affected by Covid, so I hesitate to predict on the basis of usual practice, tbh.