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I'm submitting Daughter of Aithne. Chapters 1 (the prologue) and 3 (Summons) are more-or-less ready to go. Chapter 2 (Accusation) still needs a bit of work; I posted a major revision of the final scene just today.  Don't think I'll be looking at any prizes this year, but doing the contest motivates me to polish up as much as possible. I also really enjoy seeing what other folks have submitted. I'll try to stop by and have a look at everyone's entries before the month ends. (And if you look at mine, I guarantee reciprocation, as always!)

Good luck to everyone.

A general message to everyone who has been reading Daughter of Aithne:

Last week I received the red pen mark-up from my amazing editor, Terri-Lynne. Overall she was pleased with the manuscript, BUT she also left me with a lot of work to do. So for the next few weeks, instead of posting new chapters, I will be going back and revising all of the chapters already posted.  Some chapters will go through virtually no change; others are in for a major reworking. When I post a major revision, I'll leave a notice here for reviewers who would like to go back and see the rewritten chapter.

So here's the first notice:

Chapter One, "Accusation" (not to be confused with the prologue "Escape"), has gone through some important changes, especially in the final scene. The essentials of plot are untouched, but you may like to have another look just to stay up-to-date on how events shape up in the early chapters of the novel. And of course, any feedback you have on the new edits would be most welcome.

Thanks to everyone who has reviewed so far; your feedback has been incredibly helpful!

I had originally planned to get this third book out first, and then go back and get EOLYN ready for a second edition, including the new cover. But my editor this week suggested we release the new edition of EOLYN first, at least a couple months before the third book, as having the new edition out will undoubtedly help in marketing the third (and second) book. I thought this was a brilliant idea, and in the space of 48 hours we had everything set up. 

If you can find a good artist to work with, it really is a lot of fun.  Tom and I have been discussing concept covers, and we landed on something today that I'm VERY excited about. I'll leave it at that because it's still way too early in the game to spill the details.

This also reminds me that quite a while back I did a post on my old blog about the making of the cover for EOLYN. You can view this post, complete with the preliminary sketches, at this link:   http://eolynchronicles.blogspot.com/201 … cover.html

As a reader, I prefer shorter chapters. It's purely psychological - short chapters make it easier for me to say "One more chapter before I go to sleep!" So when writing, I try to limit the length of my chapters too. Most of my chapters run 2000-5000 words. Some of them are even shorter.

That being said, I've read and enjoyed many books with longer chapters. But even long chapters tend to be divided into scenes, and one can bookmark the end of a scene just as easily as one can bookmark the end of a chapter.

My first two novels were published without chapter titles, but I will probably keep chapter titles for Daughter of Aithne. My sense is that the ebook format has made chapter titles more attractive and useful for many readers.

I won't be seeing the movie. Love romance, but 50 shades doesn't qualify as romance for me.

This review has been circulating on FB; I thought it interesting and insightful:

http://www.mamamia.com.au/rogue/fifty-s … waterland/

Wow. Very cool. Thanks for sharing. She is one of my all-time favorite authors.

Welcome, Tyler. I look forward to getting to know your work.

"White noise" style. I like that.

I am constantly moving, splitting, merging, deleting, and reinserting my chapters. While I have a rough idea of the order of events going into a novel, I rarely know what the final product is going to look like until I get to. . . well, the final product.