Well… no updates for almost a month and now two in two days? What the hell happened?

 Chapter 14, The Calm Within the Storm,  is done. No I didn’t write it in a day (productivity like that is in my repetoire) , but rather half of it has been written for about 6 months now.

 ”6 months?!!?” I hear you exclaim. “But why?”

There’s a good reason. Back a few months ago I was in a creative writing class (I didn’t have a job and figured I should keep myself busy somehow, so I enrolled in school) and used it as a great launching pad to get started on Through Bended Grass. I wasn’t able to bend each and every assignment towards my novel, but when we had to write a descriptive piece, I knew this was the scene to do.

 Chapter 14 is one of the most frenetic and important chapters in my novel and one of the first ones to form fully in my head. I won’t go spoiling much, but the end of the chapter ends with Rowan conciously throwing herself off the top of the Cliffs of Moher during a wicked storm  and tumbling 600 feet into the frothing ocean below.

 This ends the second part of the novel with a hell of abang and sets up the rest of the story. This also acts as roughly the halfway point in the novel, meaning it’s all downhill from here. Like walking south.

The next portion of the chapter, a short interlude, was also written almost a year ago and was originally included as the prologue of the novel. The interlude showcases the first moments when Rowan and Lewis’ father meet and then spend a rather twisted, tangled and sweaty night in the sack. I decided it wasn’t the best way to start the novel, but it acts as a perfect foil coming off of the frantic Chapter 14. It also allows me to drag out Rowan’s fate for a few more pages.

Chapter 14 is home to a few revelations and a couple of minor twists, which have been fun to play around with. Hopefully I’ve managed to drop enough hints and red herrings throughout the text to make it satisfying to the reader.

 All in all, I couldn’t be happier with how the first half of the novel has gone. I spent a lot of time beforehand plotting out the novel and outlining things. I’m amazed by how closely what’s been written matches what was in my head when first dreaming it all up. It’s the little things that have reared their heads along the way, however, that really make the whole process so exciting.

 Well, onwards to Chapter 15!