Just plugging along with my current WIP, The Unknown Sea. As of right now, I’m 28% done with the final polished draft, 32% done with the revised human draft, 46% done with the rough human draft, and 73% done with the final AI draft (the rough AI draft is already complete).
I’m cycling through all of these drafts at the same time, which is why each one is at a different stage. It’s an experiment to see if that’s a better way to write, as opposed to working on the one draft until it’s completely done, then reworking the whole book until the next draft is done, etc.
The important number is the 28% of the final polished draft, which marks the end of the writing stage. Once that’s done, I’ll send it off to my editor, accept/reject his edits, and then put it in the publishing queue. The preorder is already up at most ebookstores, but I still have to upload the final version by December, which shouldn’t be a problem as I expect to have a finished book by August or September at the latest.
So that’s what I’ve been up to. My wife’s birthday/anniversary is coming up, too—we were married on her birthday, so I’d better not forget it! But since both days are the same day, I don’t think I ever will. Then again, I’ve become a lot more forgetful the older I become. Half the toys our kids own, I have no idea where they came from or how they got here. Is that normal?
In any case, that’s what I’ve been up to. Back to writing!
