{"id":37131,"date":"2019-11-04T06:30:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-03T17:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=37131"},"modified":"2019-11-03T22:44:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-03T09:44:42","slug":"its-not-the-end-yet-but-i-can-see-it-from-here-a-wall-4-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2019\/11\/04\/its-not-the-end-yet-but-i-can-see-it-from-here-a-wall-4-update\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Not \u201cThe End\u201d Yet \u2013 But I Can See It From Here: A WALL #4 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_27467\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27467\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27467\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/etching_keep-of-winds-182x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/etching_keep-of-winds-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/etching_keep-of-winds-91x150.jpg 91w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/etching_keep-of-winds-622x1024.jpg 622w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/etching_keep-of-winds.jpg 1437w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Keeping the WALL vigil&#8230;<br \/>credit: PJ Fitzpatrick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The essence of this WALL #4 update is pretty much encapsulated in the title.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, I told you that I was working to a deadline of 1 July this year for completing the WALL #4 manuscript. Unfortunately, life and the muses did not cooperate with that date, so I\u2019m still <em>writing<\/em>, <em>writing<\/em>. However, although there is some way still to go, I can actually now see the end up ahead&#8212;which feels very positive to me as author, and\u00a0I *hope* will prove encouraging for readers as well.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of writing forward and\u00a0knocking off key sections, the current tally stands at six sections drafted, with the seventh nearing completion, and three more plus the epilogue to go. There\u2019s a lot in those three remaining sections, though, hence the note of caution, i.e. I may be able to see the end, but I\u2019m not there yet.<\/p>\n<p>As there may be some vagaries of the creative wind and tide yet to weather, I shall not estimate another &#8220;when&#8221; but assure you that I am writing steadily on and will let everyone know as soon as I do type &#8220;the end.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, stopping me shouting the news from the rooftops would probably require all the superheroes in both the Marvel and DC universes &#8212; or alternatively, a major power outage. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, your support,\u00a0patience, and faith in the story are always very much appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29607\" style=\"width: 105px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29607\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-95x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-95x150.png 95w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-190x300.png 190w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe-650x1024.png 650w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Daughter-of-Blood-by-Helen-Lowe.png 742w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 95px) 100vw, 95px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UK\/AU\/NZ<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29736\" style=\"width: 103px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-29736\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-93x150.jpg\" alt=\"daughter-of-blood-by-helen-lowe\" width=\"93\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-93x150.jpg 93w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover-186x300.jpg 186w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daughter-of-Blood_Front-Cover.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-29736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USA<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Celebrating <em>Daughter of Blood<\/em>:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"> Don\u2019t forget, too, that to support the Kindle Monthly Deal for <strong><em>Daughter of Blood<\/em><\/strong> in the USA\/Canada and related markets, I\u2019m celebrating DAUGHTER all this month here on the blog, with a Q&amp;A Thursday.<strong>*<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">And maybe a few additional DAUGHTER posts for forthcoming Mondays as well \u2013 watch this slot!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300;\">*<em>See last Thursday&#8217;s post, <a style=\"color: #003300;\" href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2019\/10\/31\/a-kindle-monthly-deal-for-daughter-of-blood-a-month-of-qa-thursdays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>, for a few Q&amp;A provisos<\/em><\/span><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The essence of this WALL #4 update is pretty much encapsulated in the title. A year ago, I told you that I was working to a deadline of 1 July this year for completing the WALL #4 manuscript. Unfortunately, life and the muses did not cooperate with that date, so I\u2019m still writing, writing. However, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about-my-books","category-about-what-im-doing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37131"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37144,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37131\/revisions\/37144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}