I’ve started writing the revised version of The Mists of Faeron. I’m devoting most of my free time to finishing it. I thought it would be nice to keep tabs here on my progress.

Estimated Chapters: 20
Chapters Completed: 18
Pages Completed: 401

Updates:
April 21, 2009 - Chapter 11 completed.
April 28, 2009 - Reorganized events a bit and had to add another chapter to the outline.
May 4, 2009 - Chapter 12 completed.
May 18, 2009 - Chapter 13 completed.
May 31, 2009 - Apparently I forgot to list Ch 14. Ch 15 completed.
June 5, 2009 - Chapter 16 completed.
June 13, 2009 - Chapter 17 completed.
July 2, 1009 - Chapter 18 completed. This took longer than usual because my daughter is on summer vacation. It’s hard to write when she insists on playing Xbox in the room with me. Plus, I sort of procrastinated. I’m dreading the next chapter a bit. It’s the climax of the book…

The revised version of The Last Incarnation is finally available. I’ve updated the sample chapters and included the Foreward, as a means of explaining my reasoning behind reworking the novel. For those of you that purchased an original version, you can contact me by email with a physical mailing address, and I’ll send you a new signed copy. I have a pretty good idea just who bought copies, though, so no funny business!

Thanks again to Henning for a wonderful cover and all the interior illustrations. It’s also nice to have a map now, even if it is just small corner of the world. You can expect that map to be greatly expanded on in the next book. Speaking of which, DO NOT BUY COPIES OF THE SECOND BOOK. Not yet, anyway. I’m in the process of revising it as well. I’ll post updates and let you know when that revision is completed.

I’m still working on the lore for the upcoming video game Kaos War. A new piece will be available in the Story section of their official site as soon as I’m able to get a few questions answered by others on the dev team. Just as an aside, I wrote The Story of Kaos and The Beginning. I’m in the process of rewriting the other two pieces, which were left over from their old site.

Thanks to everyone for all the support. You know who you are!

I’m roughly thirty pages from finishing the rewrite’s first draft. At my current rate, I should have those done by the end of this week. Once I go through a rigorous editing process and get the remaining interior art (and map) from Henning, the book will be ready to go! No idea on how long it takes for the change to appear on Amazon or Barnes & Noble, but anyone ordering the book will automatically get the new version.

Hang onto those old versions! They might be worth something someday. Nah, not really. A side by side comparison might be fun, though. Anyone interested in a signed copy of the revision can contact me by email. I’ll have a few on hand myself, if anyone in the Phoenix area wants to save on shipping.

Plans for the immediate future, once the revision is with the publisher? Begin writing all the lore for Kaos War: Rise of the Fallen. Once I have enough notes compiled, I’ll be starting the first Kaos novel. My estimates are always terrible, but I imagine two months for a first draft - assuming I continue to stay away from World of Warcraft.

Speaking of estimates, The Last Incarnation revision is currently around 105,000 words. With the changes yet to be made, that should put the book around 375 pages. That’s a sizable chunk larger than the first. Hmm, maybe this should have been a blog entry. Ah well!