And thus my first-ever novella is completed. (Making it my thirteenth story)
I'm very pleased with actually getting a story to stay under the 40,000 word limit considering my first "short story" hit 497,000 words. My second attempt at a short story was in response to a prompt, which hit 127,000 words (which, ironically, happens to be A Starship called Starsong, which this novella is based on).
I've been wanting to write this idea for some time, and the Open Novella Contest seemed like a perfect occasion since the story idea was too small for an entire novel.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped me catch errors and polish this story into something that flows better (there were quite a few of you who helped as I posted the new chapters - thank you as well!)
A big thank you to all the readers who spotted typos and flagged them for me! (There are too many to name, but I appreciated each one of you!)
Please give a round of applause to my main editors: FireAlwaysReturns, Kittychan89, decadentduck, Heartfire_Ace, BookWyrm11, Repeat932, Misain, JacksonRop2442, and Hippopatacampus - who helped me sort out my persistent typos and questionable grammar as we polished it up for posting.
Also a huge thank you to wingedalpha for helping me with my cover background, and SayWatt74 for the cover font and some alterations!
Some statistics on the story:
This was my thirteenth story (and first novella!)
Writing time: 8 days (Lots of free time. Very rough draft)
First chapter posted on: February 27th, 2024 (updated Tuesdays and Thursdays)
Completed: March 28th, 2024.
~26,400 words (54 pages in a Word document – single-spaced)
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In the Shadow of the Starships
Science FictionWhen Jennisa delivers a spaceship database to a suspicious group, she covertly takes a copy of the group's files when she helps them connect it. She gets far more than she bargained for when the young spaceship AI figures out how to use her Bluetoot...
