State of the Author - 18/08/2023

Here is a summary of the state of my main projects. For 4 of these novels, I've written at least a first draft, and one novel is finished and I've been querying it with agents. All projects not included here are still only at the worldbuilding stage.
I haven't made a lot of progress with the novel themselves this last year because I've been busy with moving cross country and finding and starting a new job. When I'm tired after work, it's always much easier to work on small worldbuilding articles than start a new round of revision on one of the novel. However, I'm hoping that now that the transition period is over I'll be able to get back to them!

Projects

World-building

Plot

Draft

Empire of the Covenant Book 1 - Courtship

MAX Worldbuilding finished

MAX All scenes plotted

MAX Book finished, querying

High Fantasy, following a young heiress going through Courtship Rituals that sees the most powerful mages of the empire vie for her hand, as she hopes to use the occasion to find allies to protect her against the Dark Lord who wants to kill her.

The Magical University of Lille

Worldbuilding not in World Anvil

MAX All scenes plotted

Draft 3 ongoing

High Fantasy set in an alternative 1845 France, following a lecturer attempting to teach and protect the Chosen One from the king and the Dark Lord while fighting academic politics to get funding and a promotion.

Portal to Sérannie

MAX Worldbuilding finished

MAX All scenes plotted

Draft 2 done but problems with the character arc

Portal Fantasy set in a Roman-style world, following a young woman who was called there to help them defeat their Dark Lord but who was forced back into our world afterwards. She is determined to go back, regardless of the cost.

Poisonous Mist

Worldbuilding started

Some last plot problems to solve

First draft started, but problem with the plot

Science Fantasy set in contemporary France as an apocalypse kills 90% of the population, makes technologies stop working, gives people strange power, and unleashes cosmic horrors.

The Engineering Corps Book 1

MAX Worldbuilding finished

MAX All scenes plotted

Draft 1 done

Science Fantasy set in an alternative 1845 France, following the new leader of the engineering corps after most of the officers were killed, showing her dealing with new recruits, engineering science, royal politics, and, of course, war.

Dark Lord Seduction Plan

Background characters & elements missing

Main plot written

Draft not started

High fantasy set in a world on the brink of a civil war between the Light and Dark political parties, following a Dark mages who does not care for the war itself and is only determined to seduce the Dark Lord.

Divine Tyranny

Background characters & elements missing

Main plot written

Draft not started

High fantasy sets in a world where all powerful gods walk among mortals and mess up with their lives, following an archivists whose hopes to escape their attention are dashed when politics suddenly thrust her in the midst of it.

Rome and the Sasanians

Worldbuilding started

Main plot written

Draft not started

High Fantasy set in an alternative 4th century Roman Empire, following the emperor's estranged daughter who is forced to go back to Rome to avoid the Sassanid king's attention.

Academia Romance

Worldbuilding started

Some last plot problems to solve

Draft not started

Contemporary Romance set in St Andrews University in Scotland, following a researcher trying to get funding despite the lack of collaborative spirits among her colleagues.