If you read yesterday’s headline, and then today’s, you can probably guess that I’m back in the writing habit. (woohoo! two days in a row!)

I wrote about 1,000 words last night and got myself about halfway through Chapter 11. After several months of slacking off, it feels good to get back to this project. I found that I’ve missed spending time in the world I’ve created. I’m finding that the more time I spend with them, the more the characters come to life.

So now I’m full of fresh energy and enthusiasm. Forget about what I wrote yesterday. 4.5 years? Absurd! My new estimate is 4.5 months, and I have a track record of two whole days to back me up.

All I have to do is keep writing 1,000 words a day.

Fantasy Novelist’s Progress Report:

• Consecutive days of productive writing: 2
• Chapters complete: 10 (and a half)
• Word Count: 39,016

Ok, so it’s been a little while since I posted anything here about my novel in progress. I’ll be honest. It’s been a little while since I’ve worked on it. I think I’ve spent about three days writing this whole month.

So I looked at my last post, got out my handy calculator, and figured out how long it would take me to finish this novel if I continue at my current pace…

Today is January 26. My last post about the novel was November 4. That’s 82 days between posts. I’ll admit that I haven’t blogged every time I’ve written. But I haven’t written that much either. One chapter and about 3,000 words in 82 days.

This is where it starts to get scary. Assuming the novel will be about 30 chapters and 120,000 words, I figure I should be able to wrap things up in approximately 1,640 days, which equates to 4.5 years.

Gosh, I hope I don’t get carpal tunnel syndrome from all that typing.

Fantasy Novelist’s Progress Report:

• Consecutive days of productive writing: 1
• Chapters complete: 10
• Word Count: 38,233