So with the completion of Chapter 19 (whew), I decided to condense all of the chapters into one giant Word document. I was honestly curious to know just how much writing I've actually done for the story so far over the last few years. And, I wanted to compare that to average manuscript sizes (counting both pages and word counts) for potential publishing purposes. Again, just curious.

Well, it turns out that the end of Chapter 19 lands the current story at 101 pages and 61,000 words! Normal fonts and all that, no double-spacing (when double-spaced, it's 197 pages). Typical novel sizes are between 240-480 double-spaced pages and 80,000-150,000 words.

This is cool to me because by the time I finish the story, I'm positive it will be at least 200 pages and 120,000 words. We're a little more than halfway through the story, folks, and there's a lot of story left to tell. It's strange, though-- part of me is panicking at the idea of getting this far into the story and actually sharing what I never thought I'd be able to share (meaning, I thought I'd give up by this point). It's almost more pressure when I think about it. I'm a pro at starting projects and then buggering off or losing interest. Thus far, Seventh Ring has been my longest on-going personal project ever. D: Whoa.

Anyway, just a cool little factoid I wanted to share with you guys. c: Thanks as always for your kind comments, support, and encouragement! I'm glad you all are enjoying the ride and I hope you stick around 'til the end. I'll try not to take as long in getting there as I've already spent getting to where I am now, haha.