My novel In Bloom has now completed its last edit before going out to the test audience. In its third edit, completed on December 31, 2025, we ended at 50 chapters, 482 pages, 133,069 words. And where did we end up?

50 chapters, 469 pages, 128,937 words.

I did achieve my goal of getting into the 120,000s (just barely) and I have now (as of February 3) begun the process of sending material privately to my test audience. The version with my beta readers’ feedback in it will be considered the fifth edit.

If you follow my work and want to jump on the list to read it before it’s time for the literary agent step, you know where to find me. 🙂