{"id":167,"date":"2010-12-15T01:35:16","date_gmt":"2010-12-15T05:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/?p=133"},"modified":"2017-02-07T18:39:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:39:09","slug":"the-final-calling-progress-report-twenty-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethshar.com\/serials\/2010\/12\/15\/the-final-calling-progress-report-twenty-seven\/","title":{"rendered":"The Final Calling: Progress Report Twenty-Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chapter Twenty-Seven<\/a> is now online.<\/p>\n

I’m $39.61 short of paying for Chapter Twenty-Eight.<\/p>\n

The writing’s gotten a bit weird. I’m nominally writing Chapter Thirty-Three, but it’s running very long, and there’s a natural break-point a few pages back, so I’m thinking I may actually be writing either Chapter Thirty-Four or Chapter Thirty-Five — I might either just split this one, or split it and then insert one from another viewpoint between the two halves.<\/p>\n

I’m already well over 100,000 words, which was my original target for the finished book.<\/p>\n

I don’t know how many chapters it will be; every time I make an estimate, the confounded thing gets longer. My best guess is thirty-six to forty, but I wouldn’t put too much faith in that. I’m going to write until it’s done, then stop, however long that may be.<\/p>\n

(Yes, I do know where I’m going. It’s just taking longer to get there than I expected.)<\/p>\n

As mentioned in my previous post, the fine folks at Wildside Press<\/a> don’t think The Final Calling<\/i> is a grabber title for readers who don’t already know what the Calling is. Therefore, we’re looking for a new, catchier title, and so far the leading contender is Allen Dobkin’s suggestion, The Unwelcome Warlock<\/i>.<\/p>\n

I won’t be re-titling the serial, though — that would be too confusing. It stays The Final Calling<\/i>, but I’m warning everyone here and now that the finished book may well be called something else.<\/p>\n

Guess that’s everything for this week. Hope everyone’s surviving the harsh weather that seems to be hitting pretty much everywhere.<\/p>\n

Addendum:<\/b> Noon Thursday: It’s snowing.<\/p>\n

Chapter Twenty-Eight is now paid for, and will be posted on Wednesday, December 22nd, but not at the usual two-minutes-after-midnight, give or take. I’m picking someone on a late flight up at the airport that night, so I won’t be able to upload the files until I get back; depending on weather, traffic, and other variables, it could easily be 4:00 a.m. before I have a chance to post it.<\/p>\n

My apologies for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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