Yes, I've been neglecting this blog. I've been in the obsession stage of writing my hybrid fan fiction novel, The Feral Bond, where I have a hard time justifying any writing time that doesn't go into the book. Estimating 12-18 more work days. This one I might just be over-estimated for once. It's progressing, which is why I'm posting here today.

My underestimating the time a project will take has become a joke. It's not like I've been slacking off or I've been distracted or creatively blocked. Just getting the words down on the page correctly has taken this long. I did have to rewrite the first few scenes, but I was done with that weeks ago. 

I thought I would have this thing complete by the end of summer. At the time, I thought it was just twelve pages. Well, it quickly expanded to over forty and one chapter twinned into two. I'm putting them both up together to complete the story. 

I could only work as hard as I can as much as I can and hope I get faster at this. At least my estimates are now a lot more mathematically based. How long does it take to create an exploration draft. How long does it take to revise, rewrite and then edit. I now have a measure to go by per page. 

In other news, I have a sixteen-year old fan in Australia who loves The Feral Bond. I've been giving him help on his writing, though very slowly for much the same reason why I haven't posted here.