Circle of Ashes is up to ~107,500 words, and I think I might have gotten past the hardest part of it. There’s no chance I’ll finish the book this week, but we’ll see how long it goes, I hope this doesn’t turn into a 150,000+ word novel, but I’ll know when I’m done. I’m not cutting the story short just because it’s gone longer than I expected.

I’d share the cover art, but unfortunately it seems the artist is behind schedule, so it’s nowhere close to complete yet. In any case, that’s where I’m ...