Okay, so maybe the rhyme isn’t the best, but you get the idea. It’s been a few weeks since checking in, so I figured the start of NaNo was good for an update.
For the past three years, I’ve been doing the April Camp NaNo, even though I can never really make it through any of the other NaNo months. In April, I always seem to make the goal. (Knock on wood.) 2019 was 20,000 words, 2020 was 25,000 words to complete the first draft of Ranger’s Odyssey, and this year is 30,000 words to complete the first draft of Realm of Chaos (it’s projected to be longer than Ranger’s Odyssey).
I didn’t write anything the past couple days, but I made up for that this afternoon by writing a full chapter! Just about 1000 words per day this month, and the first draft of Realm of Chaos will be complete!
In other news, the typo giveaway ends in TWO WEEKS! So far, there is one entrant—an informal one—and if there are no more entrants, I’ll be reaching out to the winner after the giveaway closes April 15. I offered the giveaway because I was so upset to discover I had missed so many typos, and I was worried that the typos would negatively affect the reader experience. I’m hoping that the lack of entry means that readers either didn’t notice or didn’t care about the typos. Just one final reminder, though, if you would like to enter, you can send me any typos you found as one single list to talesofambergrove@gmail.com by the end of the day April 15 to enter.
The cover artist is back to work on the Realm of Chaos cover, but she doesn’t have any updates to share. For now, here’s another peek of the initial sketches. This time, Mara and Teddy.
This month will fly by, as it has the past couple years, but I may give some sort of update in a couple weeks when the giveaway closes. And the first draft of Realm of Chaos will be nearly complete by then!
Until next time, adventurers!
Tales of Ambergrove 