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hi! great question! i would also like to know the answer

no but in seriousness, when i write, i “waste” a lot of words. i keep track of everything i write, not just what ends up in the final product, and the ‘graveyard’ documents for a novel are usually anywhere between 15-30k. i like to make sure that what i actually put in the draft belongs, and sometimes what i write in the beginning just doesn’t (which is okay!)

some of the words this year went towards the massive project i’m always working on with @ghostcasket, or the murder mystery we’re writing.

as for actual novels, by the end of this year i’ll (hopefully) have 4 new first drafts (one of which got me my agent and sold at auction!), 1 edit & polish (which has now been published!), and 2 halfway-finished rewrites that i ran out of steam on.

if you’re interested in what i’m currently working on, the introduction to the project is here :)

thanks for asking!

what a lovely compliment—thank you! i’m thrilled it turned out because let me tell you it was a labour of LOVE. (and loathing)

i did all of the formatting myself! fortunately there are a lot of guides out there, but this video by dane mcbeth publishing was a godsend in particular. kdp formatting is notoriously nitpicky, so it took a lot of trial and error (and saving as a pdf instead of a docx so it would honour my margin format) & i don’t think anything in publishing has brought me that much ragequit fury, but i got through it. (and i guess it was worth it!)

if you have any more questions or even want a second set of eyes on formatting when you get to that point, give me a shout!

ahhh pictures of them out in the world make me so happy :’)

thank you! truly such a day of good news that i think my brain is shorting out and i am the most excited about the burrata we’re about to have for dinner out of everything 🥸