Next!

Rebellion of Mars has been finished to Second Draft and it’s ready for light Author Editing, some spit and polish, (mainly to clean the sweat and tears off) and it can go to Proof and Copyedit stage.

At least that’s what I call Second Draft.

It’s topped 105,000 words and it’s tighter than it was when my Editor looked at it. Gone are clunky framing devices, dream sequences, bagpipe gatherings (ok I never had those) but you get it. Now I have to leave it, re-read it and make sure it hangs together and follows the Structure Arc properly.

It’s kind of gone a bit Space Opera-ish in bits as opposed to power armoured death metal, so in the polish I may snip a little bit of that off.

Feels good to finish it to this stage and no, I am not re-writing it AGAIN, as it’s had three passes in total now and I’m getting it done and out! I don’t care anymore – it’s leaving the nest!

I’m a heartless author sometimes.

So, what’s next….? Got a sequel already. For now though, I’m going to put my feet up. Maybe for a day.

Take it easy Adventurers. 🙂