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Five things I did at work last week (and a question–wanna read a free e-arc?)

Things have been so busy around here that I forgot to do this on Monday! But here it is, just a day late.

Last week, I:

  • Wrote about 4k human words in Bloodfire Legacy,
  • Revised about 18k words in The Soulbond and the Sling,
  • Generated another 10k words for The Soulbond and the Sling,
  • Used AI to revise through another 56k words of The Soulbond and the Sling, and
  • Started the outline for the second book in the Rise of the Soulbound King Trilogy, The Soulbond and the Lady.

I am super excited about The Soulbond and the Sling, though I will not release it until the first three books are out. Maybe I’ll post the AI draft to my blog? I think it’s good enough that I can do that. Or maybe I’ll release a free e-arc or something. Still need to think that through–but I would really love to find a way to share this book with people, because it is really a lot of fun. Also, my most ambitious book to date. The final draft will probably clock in somewhere between 150k and 200k words–a solid epic fantasy. And that’s just the first book in the trilogy!

Anyhow, I will try to be better about posting this week, but I am really trying to make as much progress on this WIP over the summer as I can. When the fall comes around, things are going to be crazy busy insane, with our family moving back to Orem, my wife starting a new job, and having a new baby. I may not be able to do any more writing from September to the end of the year, so I’m trying to do as much now as I can!

Five things I did at work last week

Last week, I:

  • Generated 157,560 words to incorporate into The Soulbond and the Sling (I had a lot of Sudowrite credits that were expiring),
  • Revised or incorporated 38,113 AI generated words,
  • Did 21,111 words of human revisions,
  • Completed 25% of The Soulbond and the Sling, and
  • Published a new box set for the Sea Mage Cycle.

I haven’t been blogging a lot lately, but hopefully that’s going to change soon, as there are a lot of thoughts and updates that I ought to share.

Five things I did at work last week

Last week, I:

  • Wrote about 7k new human words, most of them in Bloodfire Legacy,
  • Did about 38k words of AI revisions, most of it in The Soulbond and the Sling,
  • Did about 10k words of human revisions, most of it also in The Soulbond and the Sling,
  • Wrote and sent an email newsletter, and
  • Started writing Fantasy from A to Z.

Five things I did at work last week

Last week was kind of crazy. My in-laws were gone for half of it, and we did a deep clean on the house before they came back. We also did a whole lot of Easter stuff as a family, which was fun, but it kept us very busy (hence the near total lack of blogging). And finally, our two year-old son who has zero pain tolerance came down with hayfever and barely slept at all, which was much less fun. But in between all that, I managed to:

  • write about 17k human words in Bloodfire Legacy, passing the 60% mark on that WIP,
  • touch up the prologue and chapter one of The Soulbond and the Sling, about 10k words or 5% of that WIP,
  • generate a cover for Return of the Starborn Son,
  • plan out the chapters (ie blog posts) for Fantasy from A to Z, and
  • wrote and scheduled this blog post. 😛

Five things I did at work last week

Last week, I:

  • Passed 28% of the rough human draft of Bloodfire Legacy,
  • Generated new cover art for Star Wanderers and Children of the Starry Sea,
  • Reworked the book description for Stars of Blood and Glory,
  • Wrote and scheduled an email newsletter, and
  • Published my first collection of author’s notes: Thanks for Reading!

Five things I did at work last week

This post is a day late because I sprang for the paid version of ChatGPT over the weekend, mostly to generate… er… images of my wife. For research purposes. But here are my five bullets.

Last week at work, I:

  • Wrote about 10k human words in my current WIP, Bloodfire Legacy.
  • Evaluated my AI writing in the previous draft of this WIP to figure out how to better prep for human writing.
  • Did a monthly planning session.
  • Generated a new cover mock-up for The Soulbond and the Sling with DALL-E3.
  • Launched a $2.99 ebook sale on all my books for the month of April.

Five things I did at work last week

  • I passed 10% of the revised AI draft for The Soulbond and the Sling (about 16k words).
  • I started working on Bloodfire Legacy again, making some progress on the human draft.
  • I made the covers for Thanks for Reading! my forthcoming compilation of author’s notes.
  • I wrote the book description for Thanks for Reading!
  • I ran a promotion for Genesis Earth.

Five things I did at work last week

This post is late because I was too busy yesterday with writing. The Soulbond and the Sling is coming along slower than I would like, but I’m making steady progress, and really excited about this project. I suspect it will end up being the longest book I have ever written.

Last week, I:

  • Finalized the text for my next book release.
  • Finalized the book description for The Soulbond and the Sling.
  • Added some key details to the book’s magic system, clarifying the costs and adding some important visual elements.
  • Wrote and scheduled an email newsletter.
  • Finished the AI draft of the prologue, at 3,077 words.

Feel free to add your own!

Five things I did at work last week

  • I generated a 153k word rough AI draft of a fantasy novel.
  • I ran a free promotion for my title The Call of the Tide.
  • I wrote and scheduled two email newsletters.
  • I finished updating my paperbacks. They are all now available on my online store.
  • I decided which book I plan to write and submit for the Ark Press America 2076 contest.

Five things I did at work last week

I’ve been so busy, I almost forgot to do one of these posts! Here are my five bullets from last week, feel free to add your own in the comments:

  • Wrote a detailed scene map for The Soulbond and the Sling. I estimate the novel will be 20 chapters, 80 scenes, and 110,000 words, though the word count estimate is probably low.
  • Wrote seven-point outlines for the other six books in the series.
  • Generated all of the characters and worldbuilding cards for The Soulbond and the Sling on Sudowrite.
  • Wrote and sent an email newsletter.
  • Conducted a monthly planning session.