Post NaNo//What I actually ended up doing

(art of Azern and Magnar by Maddy Moore)

In case you didn't notice, I have a new tab on my blog dedicated to the art that other people have created of my books and characters, definitely be sure to check that out because it's full of gorgeous pieces. 

But now as I'm sure you are aware of, even if it took me a little while to realize... it is now May. Camp NaNo is finally over and I have crawled out of my writing cave to assess the damage.

What I wanted to write: 65,000

What I ended up writing: 26,000

Which is a far cry from my goal, but hey 26k in a month is nothing to sneeze at. I'm not complaining about that number. Maybe it wasn't what I wanted to get. Or even anywhere close to it. But I'm proud of it regardless, especially considering that this month was chock full of unexpected developments

The highlights of NaNo include:

I am now 50,000 words into Eirik's POV (I had thought that I would finish it this month, but apparently there is still a good chunk left to go). That puts me at 126,000 words in Rage Like the Gods as a whole.

I hit 20k on Of Stars and Shadows

Made it to 90k in A Winter Dark and Deadly's rewrites

And basically wrote 1k in An Immortal's Guide to Betraying the Gods

I also ended up finishing the edits on Between Gods and Demigods which hadn't been originally part of the plan, but was still necessary. Only one last read through to go!

What's ahead?

AWDaD basically. My goal is to finish it before June.

I'm hoping to publish Between Gods and Demigods on May 22nd

With that said if you are looking to get a first look at the cover or be one of the first to read the book I have opened up sign up forms to participate in the cover reveal and/or to be an advanced reader of this novella.

Cover reveal sign up

ARC reader sign up

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I'm also hoping to finish up Of Stars and Shadows in the next couple of months.

And I have a new book to start working on relatively soon, hopefully this month as well, so you have that announcement to look forward to as well.

How was your April? What are your plans for May? Comment below!