103,375 words
I recently crossed the 100k barrier and came to a realization- this book is way too long. I think I’m gonna chop it after section 7 (90k words, 360 or so pages) and split it into two books-
The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift: The Rise
The Autobiography of Ziggy Swift: The Fall
This means that the first book is technically complete and ready for a revision. I’d like to finish the rough draft of both books before I proceed with a second draft of the first.
Jackie is about to start working heavy on revising the first section- hopefully that’ll mean I’ll have something for you guys to read soon.
Poling was in town and we played DND on Monday night. He said something about you working on a book and that I need to discuss “royalties” for Mongo’s appearances. Anyways, I hope the book is going good and that the fam is good too. Keep in touch.
Mongo? You must mean Mango Yeoger, known to his friends as “The Munger.”
Once I finish a good section of the draft that he’s in, I’ll send it your way (but it won’t be for quite a while).
Sounds good. I guess Yeoger is a better last name than Lloyd… or at least less offensive.
Actually his business partner is a gnome named loyd.