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Saturday, March 19, 2016

Is This The Beginning or the End?

It's been about seventeen months writing books one and two (172,290 words and 187,200 words respectively), a total of 359,490 words in about a year and a half. By comparison the first Harry Potter book was only 77,000 words, but book 5 was 257,000.

To say I'm excited is an understatement. It may have been seventeen months of writing, but it's been almost nine years of world building. From a tiny concept of a story to an outline for a trilogy to a "Ah, the hell with it! Let's make a whole series!" kind of attitude, the series has birthed and is ready to fly.

Some people have asked me if I'm writing this series on a book-by-book basis, and the answer is no. I've got an end game in sight. I know the fate of every character and what the last scene on the last page of the last book will be. Granted as the creative process unfolds some things might change—in fact I know they will—but I think my road map is pretty well set.

I say this because I think it's more exciting knowing when an author has a plan. Knowing that the author isn't just waiting for another brilliant idea to strike, but that he knows what he wants to say makes for a more interesting reading experience.

Whatever your opinion on that matter, I hope you enjoy what's to come. Both books are now available on Amazon in print and digital formats.

Where Serpents Strike: Children of the Falls, Vol. 1
http://amzn.com/B01BZVIHG6

Where Evil Abides: Children of the Falls, Vol. 2
http://amzn.com/B01D6EF6I2

C.W. Thomas

1 comment:

  1. Congrats on the releases of your books. I was thinking of The Children of the Falls today and thought I'd look you up. I loved the premise behind this series the moment you laid it out. The books are beautiful. Well done, Craig!

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