Update — 32. (Patreon)

I keep getting conscious that I'm not posting enough on here and I apologise for that. The academic burnout is only just lifting, and additionally, this whole time I've been chipping away at chapter 10. 

I can tell you that my biggest worry for the chapter is that I've revealed too much about the ros too early, however, the first book of Golden may end up being a little less than 20 chapters, and it's only a trilogy — and a lot is going to happen, alongside the fact that I'm always coming up with ideas so I think it'll be fine.

I'm definitely past the halfway point of writing this chapter now. Since the last update I gave, the tragic backstory scenes are all done and written out for each ro, they all ended up being about 2k words each. I'm pretty excited to see readers' reactions to each of those scenes, especially as you as the reader get to see the ros' pov before the mc (let me know if ro pov scenes are things you enjoy, I know for some it's not all that likeable). 

Secondly, I'm on the ro x mc individual scenes — K's is done, I'm on A's now, and then it'll just be B and P left to write up before the mc goes in to see Zillah themselves which will be... an interesting experience. 

There's a lot going on in this chapter, a lot of information to gain, mysteries to follow, a big reveal and then Zillah Arryn as a character as a whole is huge in itself — so I really hope this ends up being an angsty and enjoyable chapter when it's out. 

Still no confirmed release date, but I'm really hoping for and pushing for a May release! The remainder of updates will only be on here until the chapter is actually done and sent off to beta readers, so hopefully these are a nice delve into my writing process.

Snippet:

"How did that happen? The blood?" 

Total word count: 356.9k (+ 13.9k — almost 14k in two weeks!)