Another month has flown by — how did I do?
Finish the Chaos Connection (Jackpot Drift #2) rewrite and get it out to my critique partners. I feel like I owe them each a bottle of their favorite spirits for putting up with me. But I think the book maybe is turning out well? In any case, it’s not the disaster it used to be.Done and off to be critiqued!Send out another newsletter. I’m sure I’ll have something to talk about in a few weeks, right?Done!Get the first 30k words written for the Vella serial currently titled Dragon Freehold. It has thieves, magic, dragons, and much more! I started writing this today, and it is good cheesy fun and such a joy to write. I have no idea if Vella will be a viable platform for authors, but this particular serial may be addicting. Still not sure if Vella will ever have an audience, but I have 35k written and I’m releasing two episodes of Dragon Freehold per week. For everyone who doesn’t read serials, I’m hoping to release the fully book around the end of the year.Writing Fiction Sales Copy class. It’s put on by the same people who did the Covers101 class. It will likely be very painful, but my sales copy needs help and this is going to force me to get better.Painful, but helpful.Outline the next Penelope Standing mystery.This goal has been crushed! I have an outline and I’m 11k into the first draft.
August 2021
- Write another 30k on the serial (Dragon Freehold).
- Edit the serial episodes not yet loaded and send them off to the very patient proofreader.
- Get the next 30k drafted for the cozy.
- Update the website. Getting it to do what I want using WordPress has been a challenge, but I think I’m almost there.
- Writing Fiction Sales Copy class. There is an assignment due today, and one next week. I can do this.
- Redo the keywords for the books already published. The goal is to make it so people who might be looking for my books can find them. I still have a lot to learn.
- Depending on feedback from my critique partners, move The Chaos Connection to the next stage of edits.
Obligatory Pet Picture
Look at this handsome dude!
I bought a 15 pound box of dog biscuits, and he is definitely working for them.
