So... How Did NaNo Go?

 

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We are now entering into the final month of the year. Many of us are recovering from the haze of words known as NaNoWriMo. This year my goal was to finally finish writing Rage Like the Gods.

So yeah... I didn't exactly finish RLtG, at least not in November as I had originally expected. I gave it my best shot, I wrote 68k words last month and finished three of the four POVs I had to write. However, it turns out RLtG was a monstrously huge beast, and I needed an extra week to finish it up.

In the month of November, I also finished editing and published Of Stars and Shadows. As well as edited and sent A Tale of Gods and Glory out to my beta readers and an editor. So that was over 200k right there that I was juggling on the side.

So, it really is no small wonder that I didn't finish RLtG in the month of November. Still, it's done now. And thank heavens.

I'm so relieved the first draft of Rage Like the Gods is finally done!!!

Coming in at 300,000 words long, it' double the size of what was formerly my largest book (A Winter Dark and Deadly).

This epic fantasy is the first book in a saga full of undead monsters, conflicting magics, and majestic mountains. There are elves, vampires, werewolves, assassins, mercenaries, bards, thieves... and basically anything a fantasy loving heart could want. And it's only book one.

And it's coming out next year (just imagine in less than a month I can say that it is coming this year).

When? You may be asking.

Rage Like the Gods is releasing November 11th, 2022

I'm pretty excited but also terrified, I've never really set a date ahead of time since I know just how turbulent publishing can be and how it doesn't always work out the way you want it to, but I'm hoping that this date will work out. It has certain sentimental value to me (if you know, you know). I'm also hoping to put RLtG up for preorder. And I do intend to have preorder incentives, once I figure out just what I'm doing, so you will have that to look forward to as well.

And yes, I know that November 11th is almost an entire year away. Trust me, I'm about to explode from the excitement of finally holding a finished copy in my hands, but it just isn't ready yet. So, wait we all must.

In the meantime, I'll have more books coming out between now and then to tide us over.

One such book is A Tale of Gods and Glory a standalone set in Ruskhazar, the same world as Rage Like the Gods. I am hoping to release that next month, and so far everything seems to be moving along for the timing of that. It will offer a glimpse into the world of Ruskhazar as well as it will tell the chaotic, sometime humorous and sometimes tragic tale of Taliz of Coldhaven.

Between Gods and Demigods the prequel to the Rage Like the Gods series is also out and available for only 99 cents on Amazon or you can receive a free copy of it by signing up to my newsletter.