Just a quick word to say that my second novel “Shrouds” has reached the end of its first draft.

I started writing that one on August 22nd, 2010, so a little under a year ago. At times, I felt like I was running in mud with that one.

Yes, for the first one, I only wrote, while there, I wrote the book on week days, and edited the first one during weekends, so I spent less hours per week overall than I did on the first one. Still, an increase of +140% in writing delay can’t be put on writing one less day a week.

Yes, I’ve been feeling sluggish here, partly because for most of the time, I felt like I was walking blindfolded in the dark dragging a fully loaded sled behind me. At least, for the last few weeks, as I was closing the story, I got to write much faster. My usual 1000 words writing session turned in 1500 or 2000 words, especially in the last days. I’m quite pleased with that.

Now, I got to think about novel number 3. The main idea is here, I have to find some characters to play the parts. The fun begins!