HEART OF IRON Ch. 28
I have eight more chapters written out, with at least six more planned and outlined. (Since those six are the climax, they're likely to be broken up into a few more chapters.)
At this point, I just want to finish this thing so I can get started on the rewrite--as well as the revisions of the dark fantasy novel sold to Angry Robot Publishing currently titled Kingdom of Ice and Blood (their idea, not mine; I wanted Color of Death).
But I promised a finished story, and this has been a neat character and worldbuilding exercise. Don't expect Nicole to hang on to that druidic wand in the final draft, but that type of magic item will almost certainly pop up later in the series. (Such wands show up a lot in Irish and Celtic Folklore, usually to turn people into animals, but sometimes for things like summoning the wind or fire.)
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JC really needs to remember they're dealing with one brave badass determined woman
What everyone else said, plus holy shit are you gifted at writing violence!!!!
Oooh that was a fun one :) Nicole has nerves of steel! The way she keeps her head in these situations and has both the ability to keep trying to talk her way out, the gall to just lie straight to the trolls’ faces and the magical power to help lay them out, gods she’s such a badass!!! I love her.
Congrats on the contract! (Your title is better) that’s such good news!!! Now to go read the chapter :)
So I’m not sure how much of it is JCs POV and how much is my type, but damn has this story so far caused a crush on Nicole 😍😂
Sweet Gods, I love Nicole! And I love how hers and JC's very different energies bounce off each other in a crisis and it all works out 😂 excited for the next chapter! (P.S. Colour of Death is a way better title, and I'm excited for that, too!)