Second draft of Feast is finished at 23,525! 

Nearly 8,000 words done in the one evening, still not close to hitting my personal best of 12,000 in one 12-hour sitting. The featured image above is a mockup of the cover I’ll be doing for it – not bad for a photo I snapped on an iPhone SE.

It’s been spit-polished and sent to my lovely editor, who will pick it apart and help me not to look like a repetitive idiot. Once she’s done, it’ll be on here for free. I’ve also sent it to my own mother, which I’ve not done with a manuscript before.

In the meantime, I’m getting to work on the next draft of Dirty Eyes, putting her hundreds of comments and notes and suggestions into practise. While that hill is climbed, I’m plagued with ideas for a sequel to it, which I never thought I’d attempt.

Will also be working on another short to go on this blog for free, with the working title of The House Always Wins. It’s a tight little psychological horror thriller, set on the same streets as Dirty Eyes. In it, a hacker gets a virtual reality interface installed behind his eyeballs, and begins to see terrifying hidden messages meant only for him. Should be a good bedtime story.

Off to have a cold beer and hit the keys like they owe me money (because, in a way, they do) while pizzas are in the oven. Have a good week.