I finished this last round of revisions, and I'm thrilled/relieved to say the book finally has a title. Litany for a Broken World by the numbers: - 82,000 words
- Begun November 2018
- Completed June 2023
- Number of drafts: 4
- Number of revisions: 3
A young girl's disastrous first foray through the multiverse cleaves her from her family and abandons her in a homeless encampment, adrift in a body not her own. A doctor struggling with grief volunteers for the annual Boston homeless census and is confronted by the impossible and her deeply buried childhood trauma. A lonely, disaffected seer rejected by those he seeks to help is drawn from his home by a desperate call across the world walls. Three strangers, each broken in some way, become targets of an organization exploiting those with the ability to travel the multiverse. Drawn together into a conflict that has already destroyed generations of multiverse Travelers and damaged countless worlds, the three must risk everything that matters to heal the fractured places in themselves and across reality. This is Litany for a Broken World, book 1 of Entangled Realities. In the nearly 20 years I've been writing novel-length fiction, this was the book that took the longest. I have come to realize that a story takes the time it takes. Some are harder fought than others. If you're curious, I've posted the first chapter on my blog. I hope you enjoy it. |