Okay. That’s it. The first draft is complete. I’ll be in a better position to say when it will be finished and available after I complete a couple of revision passes, but it looks like the end of April or beginning of May. I’ll keep you updated.
The first draft is 82,309 words. This was quite a bit shorter than originally plotted, but I combined quite a few things as I went. The original outline was for a 100,000 word story. Of course as I revise, some parts may be added and others removed, so it will be interesting (maybe only to me) to see what the final length is.
I thought I would look and compare it to the lengths of my other books. Here they are:
Princess of Amathar 94,000 words
His Robot Girlfriend 40,000 words
Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Elven Princess 19,000 words
Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Sorceress 19,000 words
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 0: Brechalon 50,000 words
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 1: The Voyage of the Minotaur 110,000 words
Tesla’s Stepdaughters 44,000 words
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 2: The Dark and Forbidding Land 70,000 words
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 3: The Drache Girl 105,000 words
His Robot Wife 29,000 words
Women of Power 35,000 words
Blood Trade 49,000 words
Astrid Maxxim and her Amazing Hoverbike 31,000 words
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 4: The Young Sorceress 66,000 words
Senta and the Steel Dragon Book 5: The Two Dragons 105,000 words
The Many Adventures of Eaglethorpe Buxton 103,000 words
Astrid Maxxim and her Undersea Dome 30,000 words
His Robot Wife: Patience is a Virtue 49,000 words
City of Amathar 