It's finally finished. Here's a description of my fantasy novel.
The Sword of Memory
Knife is cruel, violent, vulgar... and his people's only hope against the unstoppable demonspawn raiders. His people believe that he is the Chosen One, destined to defeat the demonspawn commander and end their reign of terror forever. Because of his revered status, the people let Knife do whatever he wants, and the things he does are terrible.
Ankmet is a foreign refugee, hired by a warrior to teach his weapon-crafters how to make composite bows. All is well until he stumbles upon Emerald, one of his students, about to be raped by Knife. If Ankmet intervenes, the much-stronger Knife will probably overpower him and rape her anyway, but he cannot bring himself to leave her. Although brutalized, he fights with a tenacity that surprises Knife and stops the rape. But Ankmet has started a conflict that can't end until one of them dies. Can he become a warrior, defend himself and Emerald, and convince the people that they can't accept a savior like Knife?
After the attempted rape, Knife continues to harass Emerald. She decides to spy on him, hoping to catch him in the one crime that will ruin him--breaking the warrior code. In the process, she discovers that Knife has learned to communicate with a captive demonspawn. The demonspawn takes special interest in her, and tells her that she is the true Chosen One, not Knife. Will she seek her promised place as queen of the demonspawn, or forge a course of her own?
My next step is to revise and edit, which will take me a few months. Then my wife and a few writer friends will read it. I'll use their feedback to improve it even further.
Then I try to get an agent, who tries to sell the manuscript to a publisher.
Then it hits the bookstores, and it's an instant bestseller! Or so I hope.
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UPDATE! I am about two-thirds of the way through a major editing sweep and have cut 196,500 words (about 655 paperback pages) down to 158,000 words (about 530 pages). After that, my First Reader (otherwise known as Christie Shultz) will read it and give me some feedback. I'll make more revisions, then send it out to some other writerly friends and get their feedback. Then make more revisions...
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