#manuscript complete

[author-a-holmes]

FINISHED THE BOOK!

So... 9.03am December 7th...

I typed the final words of Darkling.

144,865 words, 47 chapters & 1 epilogue, of my completed manuscript!!

Don't get me wrong, I know I've now got to get this beast through self edits, and check in with my editor about what space she has in her 2026 schedule for an almost 150k manuscript...

But assuming she HAS space in the next few months, Darkling should be out sometime next year.

[author-a-holmes]

First Draft Completed

*Crawls into the room, panting*

*Staggers over to the desk*

*Slams down a stack of papers*

Fucking did it!

The manuscript for Changeling, Book One of the Fey Touched Trilogy, is complete at 108,623 words.

*Collapses*

Tiny sneak peek from the final chapter, beneath the cut

"I am a fey of Arbaon," Booker sneered, "I don't answer to you or your council."

It had been a long time since Lizzy had heard Booker utilise his court voice, and if the room had been coated in ice it couldn't have felt colder than his hissed words.

Turning, Booker looked over his shoulder at Walcott and raised a single eyebrow, "I assume our discussion will remain... confidential, Headmaster?" Booker all but demanded, and Lizzy watched the headmaster raise his eyebrows.

"Of course, Master Reed."

"Good," Booker said simply, before turning back around, placing a hand on Lizzy's elbow and marching them both out of the office without another word.

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[mkengland]

Manuscript: Complete.

Done. Finished. I'm shaking. 

I'm a firestarter.