Dearly Beloved

Word count tracker for 50,000 words.

The first draft is currently 0% completed.

Dearly Beloved is a LGBT (NB/M), gothic romance-fantasy novel in progress, following the tactical marriage of Evelyn and David. Below are intermittent updates on its making.

After war, comes marriage. Youngest of a dying dynasty, pious Evelyn is whisked from their cloistered convent to warrior-king David's court. Evelyn learns what it means to both be a royal consort, and David's beloved.

Work in progress notebook (Leuchtturm, medium dots, hardcover) and fountain pen (Lamy Safari).


Sunday, October 6, 2024

Absolutely been dogged by this idea- and spent some time brainstorming out a very rough outline (after dabbling in a look at how to apply typical plot structures specifically to romance novels) and picking out a title for it- and the characters I'd like to focus on within the story.

I more so had a general idea of the opening scene than anything concrete- (it's been haunting me for weeks) and sitting down to plot it all out using my fountain pens and a fresh journal for it was a good call. Have got a work-in-progress and makeshift summary for it as well (see: above.)

Even edited the spiffy little tracker I've got Sam and John's novel to adapt it for this purpose... Tone wise, it's quite a lot moodier and darker, or so I've envisioned it- and it'll be nice to hop back and forth between the lighter, fluffier romance of Sam and John, and the difficulties of this rocky courtship.


Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Got a bunch of writing done- 9 pages, a page of each is about 250 words from previous counting. I can already tell that a few spots will need to be massaged in the re-write up, but it feels good to be clipping through and carrying along a decent momentum. Have decided on the core case, and been having a blast writing about the pantheon of gods I've developed through TTRPG sessions. Having a dedicated writing desk has been fantastic for working in the small hours of my study.