Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from happening all at once. Lately it doesn’t seem to be working.
- Anonymous

American Male Prostitute - A Novel by Wilfried F. Voss

I felt, I should be writing an update on my novel American Male Prostitute. I am still in Germany (see also my blog entry The Lonely Cold Hotel Room), and traveling here, plus the preparation, took all my attention away from writing. I am finally in the right mind set, and whenever I have time to write I make good progress, usually between 2,000 to 3,000 words per writing session.

As a general rule-of-thumb, a good-sized novel should have at least 60,000 words, and the 60,000 word mark is my ultimate goal. In all consequence, I could write a novel in less than thirty days, if only I had the time. Add to this two months of fleshing-out, proof-reading, and editing, and, theoretically, I could publish four books a year…if only I had the time.

The current word count is a little over 16,000, and the first draft will be in the neighborhood of 40,000. Adding another 20,000 is not difficult. The scaffold is up, and filling the interior with more details is as intriguing as writing the first draft. It is always a thrill to watch the story line take turns that you hadn’t expected, even while you’re writing it.

That being said, I will now add a few more thousands of words.

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