3,621 and counting

Dear Shell,

I'm behind schedule on writing for the challenge. I hit 3,621 words last night, and I should have been closer to 5,000 words. But that's okay because I have plenty of time still to get caught up and on schedule. The story is going fairly well so far. The hardest part is stopping myself from going back and editing as a) the story progresses and things change or b) when I read back over what I wrote to make sure I'm on the 'write' path and realize I made a mistake.

Here is an excerpt from my story:

The other man stared at the wizard, a curious look in his dark brown eyes. “Do you know who she is, or how will I be able to tell it is her?”

Jolenek spun around again. “She has the dragon’s eyes. She alone has the dragon’s eyes. Blonde. My seer tells me she is blonde, and tall for a female. He could not see her face.” He glared at his seer. “Namak! Why can’t you ever see what I want you to see.” Disgusted, he stalked to the table, picked up a goblet and drained the contents.

“So, I am to search all the tall, blonde females I find then, to see if they carry the dragon’s eyes?” the man said sarcastically before folding his arms across his chest and leaning back against the table. “While it would be fun, that could take forever. There’s something else you’re not telling me.”

Jolenek threw the goblet against the wall, shattering the cup, red liquid droplets splattered across the grey wall. “You don’t need to know any more. Just find her and bring her to me!”

J said he would help out with any battle scenes, which of course there will have to be since the book involves elves, dragons, assassins, evil wizards, and more.

Well I need to go pick up some veggies to toss in the chicken soup, then get back to writing. I hope you enjoyed the little peek into my novel.

Shell