- This article was kept to track the progress of the book as it was being written and published
AQATWA is the teaser-title for the fifth volume of the Alexandra Quick series, announced 11 May 2012 (1). The title was expected to follow the pattern of the first four novels, reading Alexandra Quick and the [W. A.], and indeed, the official title was announced on 5 May `14: Alexandra Quick and the World Away.
AQATWA is a sequel to Alexandra Quick and the Stars Above and will take place between the Summer of 2011 and June of 2012, during Alex's tenth-grade year. At the same time that the teaser-title was announced, several plot elements were also mentioned as being included "in AQ5" (2):
- Ozarkers
- Dragons
- Crypt spiders and high-behinds
- Students from other magical schools
- Characters from previous books who didn't appear in AQATSA
- More politics
- More powerful magic
- More mysteries
- Some answers
- (....all subject to change....)
Progress
| Date | Words | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 10/20/12 | 4,200 | 4 |
| 10/28/12 | 12,000 | 5 |
| 11/18/12 | 24,587 | 6 |
| 12/11/12 | 29,500 | 7 |
| 12/23/12 | 35,000 7 chps |
8 |
| 01/01/13 | 41,000 8 chps |
9 |
| 04/02/13 | 57,000 11 chps |
10 |
| 06/23/13 | 64,000 14 chps |
11 |
| 07/05/13 | 70,000 15 chps |
12 |
| 08/04/13 | 82,000 18 chps |
13 |
| 08/26/13 | 87,800 | 14 |
| 09/02/13 | 90,000 | 15 |
| 09/08/13 | 95,000 | 16 |
| 09/29/13 | 100,000 | 17 |
| 10/05/13 | 105,000 | 18 |
| 10/27/13 | 114,000 23 chps |
19 |
| 11/10/13 | 122,000 24 chps Part One |
20 |
| 12/12/13 | 131,000 | 21 |
| 12/20/13 | 134,900 | 22 |
| 01/01/14 | 138,000 27 chps |
23 |
| 01/22/14 | 140,000 | 24 |
| 07/06/14 | 145,096 28 chps |
25 |
| 09/02/14 | 149,000 29 chps |
26 |
| 10/26/14 | 152,000 30 chps |
27 |
| 11/11/14 | 157,000 31 chps |
28 |
| 12/18/14 | 166,000 32 chps |
29 |
| 01/05/15 | 172,800 | 30 |
| 01/18/15 | 176,680 | 31 |
| 03/29/15 | 181,000 35 chps |
32 |
| 05/05/15 | 184,000 36 chps |
33 |
| 07/07/15 | 189,000 | 34 |
Speculation
Hypothetical and humorous titles, none of which were correct, have included:
- Alexandra Quick and the Worlds Apart (anonjune)
- Alexandra Quick and the Warlocks Alliance (tealterror0)
- Alexandra Quick and the Witch's Apprentice (anonjune)
- Alexandra Quick and the Wolof Academy (tealterror0)
- Alexandra Quick and the Wings Abscond (anonjune)
- Alexandra Quick and the Word Alive (anthonyjfuchs)
- Alexandra Quick and the World Above (tealterror0)
- Alexandra Quick and the Winds Around (anonjune)
- Alexandra Quick and the Witch's Arrow (tealterror0)
- Alexandra Quick and the Wandless Academy (anthonyjfuchs)
- Alexandra Quick and the Woods Attack (anonjune)
- Alexandra Quick and the Waffle Alliance (klaelman23)
- Alexandra Quick and the Wishes Accepted (anonjune)
- Alexandra Quick and the WODAMND Act (Ookami-no-Seirei)
- Alexandra Quick and the Wicked Academy (anonjune)
- Alexandra Quick and the Wizard's Angst (anonjune)
- Alexandra Quick and the Wand of Atlantis (anthonyjfuchs)
- Alexandra Quick and the Water's Abyss (DrWhopotte of FF.Net)