Gothic Novel Progress

It's been a while since I updated -- mainly due to the fact that I've been spending quality time revising my GothNoWriMo and NaNoWriMo novels. My gothic one, "The Necromancer's Apprentice," is practically done. I'm letting other people read and critique it, as well as commissioning an artist to do the cover. I've made up my mind to go all out on my gothic novella -- and who would've thought this story would be the one to inspire me? I've never written a gothic-themed novel before; and yet, I felt the story was told exactly the way I wanted from start to finish -- a rare thing, indeed.

My NaNoWriMo novel is a different story (in more ways than one). I've still not finished revising the raw November writing. This story will be considerably longer -- to the point that I will most likely end up making this story into a trilogy of sorts. Editing this thing has been a slow and painful endeavor, and I will eventually find myself writing entire chapters from scratch since I skimmed over tons of information during the November rush.

I can now understand why writers are always working on more than one novel simultaneously. Sometimes I just need a change in mood in order to get my motivation back. Lucky for me, I'm working on two novels whose genres are practically opposite from one another. It's been making the editing process much easier as a result.

"The Necromancer's Apprentice" will most likely be publshed first; I'm already working on an author's website and looking for a way to get it published. I want to avoid self-publishing, if I can; however, I'm not going to completely dismiss that option.

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