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How long did it take you to write IRON? It was amazing, by the way!
Madisyn Carlin
Aw, thank you! I'm so happy you liked it!
IRON was not written in the typical method most books are. In total, it took almost four years. I wrote the first 40,000 words in 2019 with the intention of making it a 65,000 word novella and possibly submitting it to Whitefire Publishing. For some reason, I lost interest in the story, and I shelved it. I'd occasionally have ideas for it after the fact, but I ignored them and pursued other writing projects. Fast-forward to early 2022 and a plan between another author and myself to dual-release fairytale retellings. IRON was my choice, only because it was the only fairytale retelling I had any decent amount of word count for. Now IRON is no longer a novella. It is a 97,500 word monster that is being publishing only by the grace of God.
IRON was not written in the typical method most books are. In total, it took almost four years. I wrote the first 40,000 words in 2019 with the intention of making it a 65,000 word novella and possibly submitting it to Whitefire Publishing. For some reason, I lost interest in the story, and I shelved it. I'd occasionally have ideas for it after the fact, but I ignored them and pursued other writing projects. Fast-forward to early 2022 and a plan between another author and myself to dual-release fairytale retellings. IRON was my choice, only because it was the only fairytale retelling I had any decent amount of word count for. Now IRON is no longer a novella. It is a 97,500 word monster that is being publishing only by the grace of God.
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