A Writer's Tale

I finished the initial rough draft of The King's Heart on July 6th of this year. Over the past few days, I have finally had the opportunity to read through it, and tie up the inconsistencies. I have a tendency to keep copious notes. I haven't joined the modern age quite yet with this note-taking habit, I still jot them all down in a paper journal. I thought I would give a little bit of insight into why it takes so long to finish my novels. Of course, I do have a "day job", and a rather busy life, so that might explain these gaps. Here is a list of the days I worked on each chapter in this King's Tale sequel:

• Chapter One 7/15/10
• Chapter Two 7/15/10
• Chapter Three 7/15/10
• Chapter Four 7/16/10
• Chapter Five 7/18/10
• Chapter Six 7/31/10
• Chapter Seven 9/6/10
• Chapter Eight 9/9/10
• Chapter Nine 9/10/10
• Chapter Ten 9/12/10
• Chapter Eleven 10/2/10
• Chapter Twelve 10/30/10
• Chapter Thirteen 11/24/10
• Chapter Fourteen 12/27/10
• Chapter Fifteen 1/2/11
• Chapter Sixteen 2/20/11
• Chapter Seventeen 2/21/11
• Chapter Eighteen 3/5/11
• Chapter Nineteen 3/6/11
• Chapter Twenty 3/20/11
• Chapter Twenty One 4/2/11
• Chapter Twenty Two 4/3/11
• Chapter Twenty Three 4/17/11
• Chapter Twenty Four 4/19/11
• Chapter Twenty Five 4/30/11
• Chapter Twenty Six 5/26/11
• Chapter Twenty Seven 6/20/11
• Chapter Twenty Eight 6/21/11
• Chapter Twenty Nine 6/22/11
• Chapter Thirty 6/23/11
• Chapter Thirty One 6/25/11
• Chapter Thirty Two 7/6/11
• Epilogue 7/6/11

Many of these dates coincide with holidays, or breaks from school. I keep wishing I could set up a normal writing schedule, but clearly I lack the drive to actually do it.

Now that this initial pass through is completed, I have made notes of the areas that need strengthening. I also have to hand the manuscript off to my trusted beta reader. I have one week left of summer break, and I am hoping this process doesn't get too overly impacted by the school year starting in a few weeks.