The Writings on the Wall #45

Word record of the year... so far!

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Greetings from the Xen’in Universe!

I am happy to report that June was an even better month than May as I managed to write… (drum roll)… 85,281 words! I think I finally recovered my writing habit from a few years back.

That’s pretty much all of Book 1 in my espionage series plus the entire first chapter for that ambitious epic fantasy project I mentioned last time—and I’m extremely happy with both! That number also includes a few more installments in my ongoing space opera serial.

So what’s next? Two things. Book 2 in the spy series, but most of all I have to focus on the first novel in the Dragon Dice trilogy.

OK, let’s see if I can top last month’s word count in July :o

Coming up this month

And speaking of that ambitious epic fantasy project (let’s call it SBS for reference, it’ll make things easier!) you’ll get a taste of it in a few weeks, as I’ll be posting here one of those four short stories that uses the setting.

Ironically, I still have no title for this one! What I can tell you is that the plot is somewhat of a blend between “The Thief of Baghdad” and “Romeo & Juliet.”

I’ll be sending that your way on July 16.

And that’s all I’ve got for now.

See you next month!

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