February 18th, 2010 by Neal

Three novels, one year. And this is not counting the 20,000 abandoned words of Hal 2. Shee-it.

I’m pretty pleased. So pleased, in fact, I’m gonna give myself a week of light duty before I pick up the editing. Reading. Research. People watching. Considering my next project. I will probably break this vow, but hell.

I added about thirty thousand words to the last two books, but they were ten thousand words shorter, so Hal 3 will probably be about 100-105 K, I am now estimating, though it is my goal to be bigger with the description despite minimalist inclination. Rough draft final count:

I begin to think I could just write novel after novel non-stop. This is a fairly leisurely pace since I’ve eliminated any and all side projects and distractions, and I’m still getting a lot done. That said, I would not be averse to doing a novel while doing comics, or a novel then a comic. I’ll think on it.