I completely spaced on doing an update last week. I am still working on The Shadow of Vale, I am just having to do it very slowly because my children are not a fan of me being on my laptop lately. (I have two little ones under the age of 4) So that has been a complication keeping my daily writing down to a hundred if I am lucky.
I have a lot of ideas for this book and a deeper understanding of the meaning of the story and the character arcs, so I am happy with the progress and when I do get the chance to sit down and write, I haven’t been struggling to come up with words or ideas.
This draft is currently 72,500 words give or take.
Harkin is going through it unexpectedly. haha! I have always known he had a rough backstory, but a bit of the darker notes surfaced in a scene I wrote recently. I have also written back in a relationship that I was planning to cut from the story, but it just really feels like it belongs there for some reason I can’t quite pin point just yet.
Maybe when I get to the point of letting other people read the full draft I can work out some of that stuff.
At any rate, here’s a little snippet (Be aware, it’s a dark one):
A scream broke from his lips as he recalled the feeling of the maternal link. The bright warm light that soothed him and acted as his strength and sanity through the merciless beatings and terrifying tests. His mind frantically reached for that light, but it was long since gone.
He was alone in the dark again.
Thanks for reading!
