Current chapter progress: 12/20 complete (or 12/21 since I may need to split chapter 19 for flow/pacing purposes)
Current word count: 15,291 (including chapter headings and the title heading)
Estimated draft completion date: June 18th or 19th, may not be able to write my daily chapter on the 15th so let’s go with the 19th.
Estimated alpha/beta reader recruitment time: Probably around early-mid July. I want to complete at least a couple rounds of edits (mostly expansion/content edits) before I send the draft out to alpha or beta readers. Also keep in mind I may just have a couple IRL friends be the initial alpha readers so don’t expect a recruitment post for a while.
Some additional info on the novella below:
It’s set in Earitei, of course, and starts Neyah, with Inez as a prominent supporting character (deuteragonist(?)) as well. Neyah’s parents are also important in the first half. It’s split into two parts, with the first half tackling stuff listed as backstory material on Neyah’s Th page, and the second half detailing what’s described as the ‘present’. Can’t share any more for spoiler reasons. I’d overall describe the novella itself as being very ‘contemporary story but with fantasy backdrop’ due to the nature of the story.
Also, the story does deal with some potentially triggering material, such as child abuse and suicidal ideation, so keep that in mind if you want to volunteer for alpha/beta reading in the future.
Also also after I finish the first draft I’ll probably go back to writing short stories as well so look forward to seeing those 👍🏼
