Milestones

Despite all of the traveling we’ve been doing lately, and all of the switching back and forth between projects that that entails, we’ve managed to inch Sibling of Music Novel up over 100,000 words.

Crossing such a momentous threshold feels great, especially since not too long ago we had a first draft that came in mysteriously short (for a Rune Skelley first draft, anyway).

We have a hard time not trying to anticipate how long our drafts are going to be, and this one is no exception. The short answer is, we really have no idea. All we can say for certain is that we’re more than halfway done.

Lately we’ve been batting around the idea of setting a deadline. We’d like to have it done by the end of the year. That ought to be doable if we can keep our butts at our desks for a while.

A writing partner is the one who gently reminds you that there are still a couple more roadtrips on the horizon.