{"id":2430,"date":"2021-05-17T21:44:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aghoward.com\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2021-06-02T02:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T02:25:26","slug":"finished-writing-my-newest-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aghoward.com\/?p=2430","title":{"rendered":"Finished writing my newest novel!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/aghoward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mystiquiel-MS-and-cappacino.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aghoward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mystiquiel-MS-and-cappacino.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/aghoward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mystiquiel-MS-and-cappacino-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aghoward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mystiquiel-MS-and-cappacino-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aghoward.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Mystiquiel-MS-and-cappacino-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, although summer\u2019s around the corner, I\u2019ve been swept away by the autumn spirit . . . partly because of the gloriously dreary weather we\u2019ve been having here in Amarillo lately (overcast and rainy days are a rare occurrence indeed!), but much more because I FINALLY FINISHED WRITING MY WiP, MYSTIQUIEL, a young adult urban fantasy set during the Halloween season! \ud83c\udf83\ud83d\udc7b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fun facts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This is book one of a duology. The working title is \u201cMystiquiel: Of Rust and Ruin\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Premise: On Halloween night, seventeen-year-old Phoenix Loring, an amateur graphic novelist still grieving the death of her sister, steps from modern-day Astoria, Oregon into a portal\u2014leading to a dark fairyland that appears to be born of her own imagination\u2014where she must face a mercurial goblin king\u2019s maze to rescue the people she loves. \ud83d\ude08\ud83d\udc51<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The portal world is described by Nix herself as \u201can industrial-faerie dreamscape\u201d and the goblins and faeries as \u201cpart magic, part lore, and part mechanism.\u201d Think: Goblin Market meets Labyrinth with cyberpunk\/horror elements.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Why did I choose Astoria for my MC\u2019s hometown? For one, The Goonies movie was filmed in the port city; there\u2019s also a trolley tour, shops and art galleries, brewpubs, and misty mountains, beaches, and forests galore. This all adds up to a beautiful, unique, and gloomy atmosphere\u2014the perfect parallel to my Goblin King\u2019s domain.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manuscript writing stats\u2014Started writing the book proposal (first 100 pages and a 7-page synopsis) in late fall 2019; sent proposal out to publishers in June 2020; sold the book on proposal July 2020; completed MS May 2021; Final word count: 105,505 (approx. 420+ pages).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019ll be posting insights into the story, setting, characters, and creatures over the next few months. 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