It's been ages since I last visited here, I know, but I've been busy, almost frantically so.
In most of my posts in this thread, I mention The Cult of Hahn and how I am struggling with it, or that I have just 2-3 gaps to fill or whatever. I am pleased to say that I am nearly done with it, and those two gaps are now down to just 2 scenes. I was stuck just under 80,000 words, but now I am at just over 103,000 words. My initial prediction was about 120K, but I think it may be less than that. One of those scenes is probably only 1 chapter, since I have written all the lead in now. The other gap should be about 3 chapters, which are already sketched. My chapters are running between 2-4K, so 4 chapters of 3K will put me at 115K, and then I'll need to rewrite the last chapter, which might expand a little. Also, each chapter will have a poetic prologue - most are quotations from the bible of the alternate universe (The Book of Cyrus) or other reportage from our universe, excerpts from a police report or notes from the main character's journal. I've done about 2/3s of these. (It's a lot of poetry to write!)
So, I could have a finished first draft by the end of this week. I started this novel in 2007, and only now am I ready to finish it. The only way to do that was to serialize it on my WordPress site. That seems to be the only way I finish anything.
In the intervening 15 years, I have also self-published a set of short stories (including a novella) The Veil of Sheera and Other Tales. Also, a series of three novels of a 4-part series: Late Nights with Ezzie Dryar, Round Midnight, and Nocturnal. A stand alone, Writer's Block, and 80,000 words of The Fantastical Adventures of S-69 Lost, which may be the first of a series if I can figure out how to logically finish the first book. I'm on hiatus with it at the moment. I've also started another, which I haven't posted any of it.
Rather than littering this thread with any more, I'll go over to my profile and blog it there with some links.
