100 Percent!

And not an ounce more. Because it’s impossible to give 110%. Believe me, I’ve tried. Check it:

Here’s the freaky thing, and I’ve had numerous people ask me about this, and I really don’t have a good answer, but the word count came out exactly where I anticipated yet again. Not sure what’s up with that. I put 0 / 80,000 words on my site a while back. These things always end up within 10% of my estimate. I totalled up the word count across all 5 parts, and it comes to 87,832. So weird. I wish I knew what that was all about.

Anyway, the entire work is now in draft. I’m going through my lovely and hilarious David Gatewood edits on SAND 4 for the rest of the day, and then I’ll do my passes on SAND 5 over the weekend, get them edited next week, and we could see this puppy wrapped and published by the 15th. That’s two weeks earlier than I’d expected. It also means, if you want to read the parts individually (which I think is the best way to read these), you could start this weekend and not have to wait long — if at all — before the last piece is out. Or you can wait for the Omnibus at the end of the month.

The Omnibus, by the way, is going to be the most gorgeous book I’ve ever produced. A lot of secrets to reveal about this work when it comes out. I’ve never been so excited for an unboxing. Trust me, you’re gonna flip. All these editions will be available on my site in case you want signed copies. Probably not until February. I have two big trips coming up, which is why I’m holding off.

Cheers, everyone. Thanks again for making this adventure so much fun.