DRAGONSKULL: SWORD OF THE SQUIRE rough draft done and cover!
I am pleased to report that the rough draft of DRAGONSKULL: SWORD OF THE SQUIRE is done! 86,100 words in 22 days, with two 10k word days in the mix.
Additionally, I wrote 8,800 words to finish the book, and then 1,200 words of short story, making yesterday my 8th 10,000 word day of 2021!
Next up is THE FIRST RIDING, a short story that will take place shortly before the events of SWORD OF THE SQUIRE. Subscribers to my new-release newsletter will get a free ebook copy of THE FIRST RIDING when SWORD OF THE SQUIRE comes out.
I don’t usually share the cover image until I start editing, but I said if I finished the rough draft by the end of the week I would share it, so here is the image below!
If all goes well, DRAGONSKULL: SWORD OF THE SQUIRE will be out sometime in October.
-JM
Amazing work! Your industry is inspiring. I hope to be a fiction writer soon and your no-nonsense approach to writing is helpful and encouraging. Looking forward to this series.
Also, I’d like to remark that I almost always enjoy your characters. Too many authors make their characters incredibly unlikable. For example they exhibit chronic unexplainable gullibility, excessive self defeating stubbornness, or just plain unrelenting short sightedeness. You do not seem prone to these errors. : )
I don’t know if you’ve read the Kormak series, by William King, but it’s enjoyable and bears similarities to your series.
Thanks! I quite like the KORMAK series and recommend it frequently.
Keep the Ghosts series going. Have all of them and really enjoy!
Ghost in the Sun should come before the end of the year!