i didn’t “finish” the qiao story but nano saw me add 20k words and an extra side storyline so I’m pretty proud of myself.

main problem now is that I’m kind of stuck as to where to end the first book/if I want to do the whole publishing rigamarole again or if I want to keep posting it online.

Given that I’m at 72k words, the ideal ending would be at the current generation leaving the narrative, with the sword being handed off from the eagle family to the snake’s daughter.

BUT, the generation after the snake’s daughter sees the sword truly lost and feels like a more definite ending ending with a lot of old characters getting their denouements, but it’s like, a full character lifetime’s worth of story left to write

lastly I have no clue how to sell this story. “it’s about building a good home for children and losing it, and then one of the children avenging its loss” is kind of the basics but also the revenge plot is barely the focus? it’s more about the people left to the wayside, but that kind of narrative depends on strength of characters and idk how pitchable that is