Andrew Goodman

It's been a bit of a slog, with everything else I'm trying to do at the moment, but the finished edit of Tiberius Crowned is complete! The book rounds off The Emperor Initiative series and sees Daniel face his greatest threat yet... Here's the book blurb, as a taster: Genetically engineered Daniel Henstock – codenamed Tiberius – hoped that with Gregory Dryden dead the Emperor Initiative would be leaderless, its interest in him forgotten. He was wrong, and only two months afte

I think it woud be a fair assumption that most writers feel something similar to me when the 1st draft of a new story is finished. Relieved. Nervous. Knackered. At a bit of a loose end. I started the final chapter in The Emperor Initiative series - Tiberius Crowned - during a self-imposed NaNoWriMo challenge and wrote 55,000 words in a 30-day period starting mid-March. And it's taken from mid-April until now to finish it off. It turned into a bit of a slog but Saturday (3nd M

I was tagged by Pete Sutton – http://brsbkblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/my-writing-process-blog-hop.html?spref=tw - for the My Writing Process Blog Hop. What am I working on? I’m currently nearing completion of the first draft – or as what a screenwriting friend of mine calls, draft zero – of the third and final book in The Emperor Initiative series; Tiberius Crowned. The three books follow the story of 16-year-old Daniel Henstock – given the codename Tiberius – who discovers t

After having reached the 50k word target on day 25 I continued to write out the full 30 days of the challenge. In the five days (26-30) I wrote an extra 5,681 words (average 1,136) bringing the total to 55,737 words, 11% up on target with an average words count over the 30 days of 1,858. To be honest I’m not sure if I could have accomplished this had I been working. Tiberius Crowned is, roughly, about two-thirds written (first draft) and coming along nicely. There were a few

It’s been a few days since my last NaNoWriMo update post on writing 50,000 words for Tiberius Crowned, but here are the totals for days 21 – 25: Words + Total Remaining 21) 1,887 220 42,637 7,363 22) 2,074 407 44,711 5,289 23) 1,776 109 46,487 3,513 24) 1,738 71 48,225 1,775 25) 1,831 164 50,056 -56 So, SUCCESS!! The 50k mark was achieved five days early but that doesn’t mean that I’m going to stop. I might not crank out the

So coming up to 5.30pm on day 20 of my NaNoWriMo 30-day challenge and today I wrote an extra 2,059 words, 392 words over the daily average target, for Tiberius Crowned. So the tally reads: Target amount : 50,000 Previous total : 38,691 Today’s total : 2,059 Total so far : 40,750 Remaining : 9,250 #nanowrimo #tiberiuscrowned

So coming up to 7pm on day 19 of my NaNoWriMo 30-day challenge and today I wrote an extra 2,346 words, 679 words over the daily average target, for Tiberius Crowned. So the tally reads: Target amount : 50,000 Previous total : 36,345 Today’s total : 2,346 Total so far : 38,691 Remaining : 11,309 #nanowrimo #tiberiuscrowned

So close to 7pm on day 18 of my NaNoWriMo 30-day challenge and today I wrote an extra 1,727 words, 60 words over the daily average target, for Tiberius Crowned. So the tally reads: Target amount : 50,000 Previous total : 34,618 Today’s total : 1,727 Total so far : 36,345 Remaining : 13,655 #nanowrimo #tiberiuscrowned

So a little after 9pm on day 17 of my NaNoWriMo 30-day challenge and today I wrote an extra 1,982 words, 315 words over the daily average target, for Tiberius Crowned. So the tally reads: Target amount : 50,000 Previous total : 32,636 Today’s total : 1,982 Total so far : 34,618 Remaining : 15,382 #nanowrimo #tiberiuscrowned

So around 7pm on day 16 of my NaNoWriMo 30-day challenge and today I wrote an extra 2,036 words, 369 words over the daily average target, for Tiberius Crowned. So the tally reads: Target amount : 50,000 Previous total : 30,060 Today’s total : 2,036 Total so far : 32,636 Remaining : 17,364 #nanowrimo #tiberiuscrowned