Well... I did the math, and it's obvious that I can't finish this book in a year's time if I only post a chapter every other week... so I need to move to weekly installments.
Here's the math:
A commercial novel should be at least 60,000 words. Since a standard page is 250 words long, that translates into 240 pages. So... at least 60,000 words, at least 240 pages. My chapters average 6 pages, or 1500 words. That would mean my novel needs at least 40 chapters (40 x 1500 = 60,000).
Of course, my output isn't really dictated by the muse of mathematics (if such a non-romantic goddess sister ever existed, and I don't think she did). My muse lives more in the right-brained universe, a muse of storytelling and imagination, quite untethered from any practical metrics.
But the "practical metrics" are, in a very real way, the purpose of this blog. I need deadlines and measurements. So... you will now read a new chapter of my novel every Friday.
Starting today.
Can two muses peacefully coexist in the same mind?
Probably not.
But we'll see.
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