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7/24/24 (Yikes… it’s been a while)

Hi! I suppose it is life update time. Simply because I want to update you on my progress to beat you at publishing 100+ books!
So, Gord. I was wondering. Is the challenge to write more books than you, or to publish more books than you? I’m working on both of them but there are quite a few kinks I’ll have to iron out for the publishing part.

So, here’s the update. Over spring break, I decided to write a book. TLDR; I found a Christian guy on Discord who wanted to write a Christian fantasy and we are doing it. 

So, I wrote it! I finished the first draft and I’ve gotten an editor to look at it. Both of my parents have read it. Really liked it. (My mom went nuts!) And now I’m on the second draft. 

It’s a trilogy and we’re (self-*)publishing the first book this year, hopefully. So, be ready to write that fan letter! You know, I was seriously thinking of keeping it a secret from you and being like “oh, surprise! look what I did!” when it comes out. But I just… couldn’t. Gord, you’ve been my inspiration and an encouragement for many more times than you realize. The amount of times I have kept the Forum tab open beside Google docs as I wrote at school! Insane! But I wanted to let you be a part of this journey since you have been in spirit for the past forever.

Anyways. Back to yapping.

I’m also telling you this because it’s a 57,300 word long first draft that I wrote in 11 days. Yes. 11 days. 

Do you know what that means?

That means I’ll beat you. At least for the writing portion of the challenge. This may be my first (unless you count that old first draft from almost two years ago) of many. Right now my goal is just how many books you’ve written + 1.

My mom also said that she fully, 100% supports me in my writing career which made me tear up a bit. It’s scary, but she is letting me (double-) major in Creative Writing for college!

So, writing life update over. Thanks!

 

Now, unrelated. PAG. I’m taking it really seriously this year and I will tell you about the ideas I have for it when I get them. We’re thinking of making those “free library” box things and putting them around more lower-class apartment complexes and neighborhoods because those are the places where the literacy rate is the lowest. Plus, since the kids’ parents are working so hard they probably don’t have the time to take the kids to the library. They also, unfortunately, probably have less expendable income for books, especially with how inflation is looking nowadays. (PAG thinks these boxes would help a lot!)

 

Okay, that’s all. I’ll tell you if I remember more.

Be blessed,

Jade

(*It’s not entirely self-publishing, he has this small studio where they publish entertainment stuff and a lot of it is Christian which I really appreciate. I’m really excited.)