Yes!
I have reached my first writing goal for this month! I am now halfway through the 2nd draft of the third book in the Investigative Paranormal Society series! My next goal is to finish this draft by the end of the month. My long-term goal for this book is to release it around Halloween!
Next month I will do the 2nd draft of my political thriller, then the 2nd draft of a Historical Romance–yes, you heard that correctly–and then I will begin my next 1st draft.
So, I ask all of you: what is the status of your Work In Progress?
Get The Draft Done! is available here: Amazon.com

Gallows Hill can be found here in ebook.
Gallows Hill in paperback can be found here.
An interview about Gallows Hill can be found here.

Please follow the following links to find my novel:
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The book trailer:
Maledicus:Investigative Paranormal Society Book I
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Congratulations on hitting your goal! That’s awesome to hear! Prepping for mine (and by prepping, starting Word docs with an intention sentence). I’m using the July NaNoWriMo camp to finally finish a short story collection I’ve been working on for years.
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Thank you! And you can do it–keep writing!
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Well done, Charles. I have sent my manuscript off to the editor and now I am doing the fun stuff; writing promotional posts and designing the cover.
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That is wonderful! I would be very happy to help promote your book in my blog. Please email me at frenchc1955@yahoo.com and let me know how I can help.
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Great news on meeting your writing goal! I’m currently close to the end of my current WIP. About to write the second to last chapter. Hopefully I can get it finished by this time next week🤞
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Thank you! And that is also great news on your progress. Keep writing!
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Congratulations on your progress! Let’s see. I’m about three-quarters through the first draft of my third novel after 6 months. Could do better, although my first drafts are pretty ‘clean’. Onward and upward…
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I say you are doing very well!
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Thanks for the encouragement, Charles. I appreciate it 🙂
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Chris, you are very welcome.
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In the face of such productivity, I bow to your superior abilities, Charles… you put my efforts to shame…
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Hello, and not at all. I simply put up the progress report to keep myself disciplined. Everyone works on their own schedule.
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I’m not doing as well with it as I’d like.
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Do not give up. Keep writing!
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Thank you!
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Andrew, you are very welcome!
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Iâm about three quarters done with the second rewrite of my novel and Iâm planning to rebrand it with a new title and a new cover.
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Very good! Keep writing!
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Slow but picking up pace.
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Keep writing!
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Congrats! My WIP(s) on various fronts in either edit or flesh out status – coming along nicely given the amount of time free to work on them – :). Congrats on your milestone hit! 🙂
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Thank you very much, and keep writing!
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Wow. You’re very productive and disciplined! I’m finishing up the third draft of my wip and will send it to a reader at the end of the month. Woot!
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Hi, and that is excellent!
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Wow! You’ve been very productive. My progress is on a much, much smaller scale. My WIP is set in a building that I’ve only seen from the outside, and it burned to the ground in 1978. I’ve written the first few chapters, but without knowing exactly where all the rooms are, I can only get so far. There is a primary resource that would have the information, but it’s only in hard copy and inaccessible because of COVID. I finally had the idea to check newspapers.com for articles about when the building was built in 1913. Sure enough, jackpot! Right down to the coal furnace. I’m happy with small victories!
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Thank you! And small victories matter very much!
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Thank you for the encouragement!
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You are very welcome!
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Goodness me. How do you manage to remain focused while working on two books at once? I’ve just finished editing my crime novel Stone Angels. I’m now being a new novel. It’s a follow on from my crime novella published in February.
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Hi Paula, I do not have a good, reasonable answer for you, except that I love doing this.
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That’s a good enough reason to keep on writing.
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Yes, and keep writing!
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Congratulations!!! Keep it up!! Success is the accumulation of many small efforts.
I’m doing good on my current children’s book: I’m creating the illustrations and serially posting them on Instagram and summarizing each weeks work each Monday on my blog. It helps me to have weekly deadlines and I enjoy hearing from my readers.
I wish you all the best. And thanks for sharing…
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You are very welcome, and thank you! Keep writing!
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