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Finished!

 To Curse the Wyre is finished! On preorder at Amazon for March 5th. Waiting for the link.

I loved writing this novella. Actually, I loved writing the whole series Spells of Air with To Wield the Wind and To Charm the Wind, but I have to say that the book I put up for sale today is my favorite!

Next comes compiling the bundle, re-configuring the three dark fantasy novels in Fae Mark'd Wizard, with the bundle of those coming about in late summer.

What's up next for writing? I want to do another fantasy novella series in Fae Mark'd World next, followed by Dance to Bone-Edged Music (or maybe I'll switch that title out for Kindle a Fae's Wrath). That's 2022 figured out!

Here's the book description:

Hunter. Hunted. Who is who?

The sorceress and her servants, the shifter wyre, seek to destroy Orielle’s allies in the Wilding. Orielle has gathered Dark Fae and Rhoghieri to defeat them.

She rides with the Dark Fae Lord Skull and Lady Bone—but can she trust them?

To Curse the Wyre completes the fantasy trilogy Spells of Air. The novella series is part of Fae Mark’d World, from Remi Black. Also available are the three dark fantasy novels Weave a Wizardry Web, Dream a Deadly Dream, and Sing a Graveyard Song, featuring the wizard Alstera.

For elemental magic and dangerous Dark Fae allies, treacherous shape-shifters, and a twisty sorceress that seeks to defeat a wizard, look no further than To Curse the Wyre.

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Each novella in the Fae Mark’d World is a complete story, yet the stories are interlinked. The concluding To Curse the Wyre is especially interlinked, and readers will experience a greater enjoyment after reading To Wield the Wind and To Charm the Wind.

No Fooling ~ Write a Book in a Month

This blog is taken from Write a Book in a Month, the writing challenge for any writer.

Current Project:  To Wield the Wind

Writing Stage:  Sketching Ideas

Today’s Word Count:  200 ~~ Total Word Count:  5,920 / 33,000

Goal:  5,000 words per week > Weekly Words Achieved 200

Project Start Date:  March 25

Projected End Date:  May 5 Publication

These blogs are a day-by-day account of my writing time, along with method and focus as well as everything that interferes and distracts from my goal.  Sometimes I will have a lot to say;  some days, not so much.

The goal is 1,000 words per working day, with 5,000 words as the weekly goal.  I want to write for 30 straight days, then Proof Plus for 10, and publish on the 10th day.

What is *Write a Book in a Month*?

In April 2019 I gave myself a dare.

I wanted to write a novella, about 30,000 words. I decided to log my successes and failures as an open blog for other writers. That dare turned into this: Write a Book in a Month, #2 in Inspiration 4 Writers.

Prior to April I certainly didn’t have a steady record of 30,000 words in a month. In the previous year, I needed eight+ months to write 96,000 words. That works out to be 12,000 words a month.

It’s actually 24,000 words on average that came through my fingers per month. My work process is to do a complete Rough and a complete Draft as separate documents: the rough hand-written and the draft into the word processing software. 

Handwriting the Rough gives me permission to scratch out mistakes, to fly through scenes, and to slog through problems.

Still, the previous high point of 24,000 words is far short of the 30,000. Not counted in the challenge were the blogs associated with the Daily Log, an account of my writing along with method, focus, disruptions, and distractions. Sometimes I had a lot to say;  some days, not so much.

I set myself this challenge because I needed the push to stay disciplined with my writing.

The goal is 1,000 words per working day, with 5,000 words as the weekly goal. I want to write for 30 straight days, then Proof Plus for 10, and publish on the 10th day.

How did I arrive at this daily and weekly word count as my goal?  The 4 Bes:

1] Be realistic. Don’t push for what I wish, but for what I can do.

2] Be time-aware. Use writing time wisely. Find places in the day to achieve the goal.

3] Be devoted. Stick to the fiction project. Keep focused throughout the day on achieving the daily goal.

4] Be specific. Know what I’m doing, when I’m doing it, why, and how.

Take the dare! Succeed with the 4 Bes.

Come along to see how well I did and get 55 lessons to help Write a Book in a Month. These lessons will help all writers achieve their project goals.

MY fantasy series of the Fae Mark’d World include To Wield the Wind (Spells of Air I) and Weave a Wizardry Web (Fae Mark’d Wizard ~ I). Write to me at  winkbooks@aol.com

The other books in Inspiration 4 Writers are Just Start Writing and Enter the Writing Business.

Celebrate!

 The rough draft of To Curse the Wyre is complete!

The final draft of the novella is 75% complete.

I'm on track for an early March publication!

Then it's putting the three novellas together to form Spells of Air, which is set for April 5.

I'm excited. These novellas are my most magical yet!

I've had lots of fun twisting Orielle and Grim into tough situations.