Halfway Point for next novel…
I’ve finally reached what I consider the halfway point of my follow-up novel (a sequel of sorts). I’ve so far written 45,000 words, most novels being between 80,000 and 100,000. I don’t measure the progress strictly in terms of word count, but it does help to have a sense of the scope of the story. I knew I was at the half-way point even before I read the word count, having gotten to the point where the tension of the story was consistent and the plot just beginning to fully form. Unlike Jody Brae, this novel will require a little input from outside sources and I am waiting to hear back from a “forensic” knot expert so that I can confirm some of the technicalities of the storyline. I never knew there was such a specialty as “forensic” knot expert but indeed there is. Much has change since Jody Brae and this story will be very different in scope and tone, but the core characters are the same, except with more depth and detail. I scrapped the working title, “Tommy’s Rock,” which my publisher didn’t like. I can’t say I blame her, since few people outside of the Boston area would know it was the nickname of a neighborhood in Roxbury long ago. Otherwise, it sounds a little childish. My current working title, which I am trying on for size, is “The Desolate Hour.”
