25,000

I've just hit 25,000 words on my latest story! This will be my second since we've started this venture. I'm hoping to hit the length of a short novel, and I'm just about on track. The mid-book climax is approaching swiftly, now.

I have a tentative title, but in case it changes, let's just call this The Story of the Girl Who Had Her Own Planet. It's a science fiction story, a kind of old-fashioned planetary adventure, about a teenage girl whose family crashed on a new colony world. All is not as it seems, and the girl sets out to figure out what is really going on.

I'm trying to keep TSotGWHHOP light and accessible for folks who wouldn't normally read heavy sf. I have a very specific target audience in mind, actually -- my cousin Emily. I think it might make a great YA book. We'll see how it goes.

I'll leave you with the first line...

The roar of the colonization ship cracking in half collapsed to silence as her drop pod hit space.