Writing and rewriting--Oh My

2/28/2015

Interesting. I thought I dropped 30,000 words in book 3 (A Cold Copper Moon). I didn't realize, that to start over, I had to drop 50,000 words. Ouch.
So my solution: Go back to the first draft (about Big Oil) and continue.
And so, I am at 63,000 words--a novel is usually 75,000 to 80,000--so I am almost there!.

The main story line is about Oil drilling in the Everglades. The side story is Cooper's final resolution in finding his son, Maxie.

It's a crazy ending--can't wait to get there.

Connie

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Richard "Connie" Conrath

Richard's first two books in the Cooper Mystery Series, Cooper's Moon and Blood Moon Rising will have a grand finale coming out this summer, 2020...In this next book, A Cold Copper Moon, readers will learn what happened to Detective Cooper's son, Maxie. Remember? Max disappeared 8 years ago. I promise I'll give you ample clues, but the end provides quite a twist! Let's see if you can figure it out... I doubt it. No early readers have so far.