My blog posts have slowed down a little in recent weeks, partly because there are only so many times you can say, “This is where I am with the manuscript, and here’s where I plan to go next,” and trying to write a creative blog post for the sake of it takes away creative energy from the manuscript I’m working on that I think we’d all like to see me finish as soon as I’m able.
So you’ll forgive me if all you get are weekly updates on how the work is going.
That said, following up on last week’s update, I’m happy to say that I’ve overcome the roadblock I’d written myself into. I’ve expanded the fifteen hundred words that introduced a new character into about four and a half thousand. I just need to finish that scene off, which will be maybe another couple of hundred words, and then I can move on to the scene I’d originally glossed over but would like to expand into the next chapter (chapter twenty-five).
There is still the small matter of the event that will define the end of the book, but I need to mention it in passing and not make a massive deal out of it yet.
It will become a big deal. But not yet.
I’m not sure how I’m going to handle that.
Separately, I’d just like to thank all those who have signed up for the Postgraduate level membership on Ream, I really do appreciate it. Given the stats on the various stories available only to those on the Undergraduate level, I’m guessing that those who have signed up did so to get the early (& unedited – can’t stress that enough) access to A Healing Love, so I hope you’re enjoying what you’re reading so far. Chapters 15, 16 & 17 will go up this week. The early access manuscript is rapidly catching up with my copy of the manuscript, though, so it won’t be long before updates dry up a little when the early access manuscript is up to date with my own.
Just a reminder that I’d love to hear your thoughts on what you’ve read so far. Is the story heading where you expected? What do you think/expect to see happen next? All feedback is useful at this development stage and could lead to changes to what’s already available or shape what’s to come.
