Gauthic Times #60 News & Other Stuff from Bill Gauthier, or March to the End

Hello, friends! Today’s post is a little later since I didn’t write it on Saturday like I usually try to do. Once again, the tension/stress of the week had me sleeping a lot yesterday and I just couldn’t get myself to write the update.

Now we’re in March and spring is around the corner. There’s a lot still to do and I’m hoping something will help relieve the stress I’ve been feeling, but I’m not going to hold my breath.

Anyway, let’s get into the writing stuff!

Welcome to the 60th installment of Gauthic Times, the newsletter about my writing, my life, and brief stuff.

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This week, about 6,000 words were added to Project: Amusement Park. The novel now weighs in at around 183,300 words and 662 manuscript pages.

Last Sunday I wrote two sessions, each one weighing in at over 700 words. This makes me happy because that’s a lot for one day for me, but also on Tuesday I was so tired I only wrote about 200 words.

I’m basically at the climax of the novel. The final battle or whatever you want to call it is about to begin. Part of this past week’s writing gave me a way for the main characters to beat the monster. Not that there’s a monster, per se, but I’m using that terminology. One of the things that the second draft will do is allow me to plant the seeds and the clues leading up to it.

I don’t want to project too far or too much, but I suspect that this week or next week should see me finishing the book. Certainly by the end of the month

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