Armored Piercing Operations

So, I just counted the last weeks and I did 20+ pages five weeks in a row. Which means I wrote 100+ pages within 5 weeks. This is very positive progress! However, I think I might end up writing less this week because I'll be switching to different groups of characters. I guess it was easier these past 5 weeks because they were mainly focused on one segment, Brazil. I have some France battles coming up but they won't nearly be as long. But I'm still motivated as ever to keep going with this book and hopefully any fans are excited by the progress. I am determined to make the 5+ year long wait since AP2 worthwhile.

I'm now 252 pages into the second draft, which is 25 pages since the last update. I finally finished the meat of the Brazil segment. Only thing left is an epilogue of sorts, but the battle is over. I've been on Day 3 of the war for weeks now and I think I'll finally start Day 4 this coming week. I'm also on page 11 of the outline. So, there is about 4 pages to go until I get to Germany, which will be the biggest segment of the book. This is the fifth or so week in a row I did over 20 pages, which is very impressive. The book is already getting thick and there is still so much more to write. With Brazil alone, I could sell it off as a book on its own. I could also end it here as a part one since what…

I'm now 227 pages into the second draft, which is 23 pages since the last update. I'm still in the Brazil segment, but I think this coming week I will finally finish it. The villain I mentioned in previous posts has finally been introduced and he will bring about a very tense conclusion to the Brazil segment. I think this is the third or fourth week in a row that I managed to hit 20 pages. I'm very proud of the consistent progress and it has really elevated my mental health, which would've been very poor otherwise. Brazil has been so much fun to write, it was also fun when I wrote it in the OG draft years ago, and I think you will have fun too when you finally get to read it.

By the way, I think this is the 6th time I wrote a book that hit 200 pages. The first was AP3's 1st draft, second was an unfinished zombie story, third was an alien invasion story, fourth was AP4's first draft, fifth was AP2's second draft. I don't think I'm forgetting another book, at least I hope not.

It's also going to be interesting to compare the length for the published versions of first 3 AP books. AP3 will absolutely be the longest in the series.