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The difficult middle and a giveaway idea

1/28/2014

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Right now I'm more or less in the middle of Kingdom Asunder. The middle third of a book is often the trickiest, because you don't have the initial novelty and blank canvas that's there at the start, but neither is the end in sight.

Having said that, over the last couple of chapters I feel like I've gotten a better grip on the story and the major characters (there are quite a lot, though not all will survive to the sequel). As well as improving the general quality of the writing (which varies from almost good enough to release to atrocious) the redrafting/editing process will be largely focused on shifting the chapter order early on. There's too prolonged a period of the Royalty half of the storyline, meaning that Regency characters get introduced but then not seen again for too long. A more even balance with some extra development will help address this.

A few characters need a bit more time, although I'm pretty happy with how the lead Royal female is going so far. There isn't so much a single protagonist as an ensemble cast.

Tons of action in the chapters ahead, followed by tying up some storylines and setting some up for the sequel.

I'm also considering a giveaway of one or more of my books to date, via a Twitter 'contest'. It'd just involve retweeting a certain message to get entered into a prize draw for the book (or books).

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