Month: January 2015

Done!

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I just put on the last finishing touches to Nicholas, my origin story of Santa Claus. Naturally, it won’t come out until we get closer to the holiday this year – probably some time around September. But I had a lot of fun writing it, and I’m relieved to have it off my plate. One of eight WIP’s I’m hoping to wrap up this year! Off to a good start, I think.

I have at least one beta reader all lined up, but if anyone would like to give it a read-through and lend me their thoughts, I’ll be happy to send you an advance reader copy. Sorry, though, I can only do electronic versions (pdf, epub or mobi for kindle). I’ve also got a day off tomorrow from writing, so I can prep up for the next installment of The Dragon’s Eye Cycle.

Oh, and just because it makes me happy, I checked and saw that I’ve regained my number 1 spot on Amazon.co.uk for The Lost Scrolls. The Elixir of Life isn’t doing too bad, either. I think I’d dropped down to number 2 for a day, but after that I went right back to numero uno. Very cool. 🙂

Still going…

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Okay, not much to comment today except to give an update on my progress so far. Nicholas is continuing to evolve. The story has now passed the 70%, and so far I’ve hit my word count goal for eleven days straight. I have real hopes now that I’ll be able to stick with this ambitious plan and get these novels finished in a timely way.

Sales have slogged for the first week of the year, but I hope to remedy that soon by assembling a long-term marketing plan that may generate some short term results. Getting more books out there is, of course, a big part of the plan. 🙂

So there it is. Ten days in (’cause it’s morning and I haven’t written yet today) and already +11k words. It is shaping up to be a very productive year.

Pipework

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Stephen King once said “Writing is laying pipe.” I’ve found that to be true. Four days into the new plan, and I confess I’m chafing a bit. That’s the nature of discipline, of course, and I’ll push my way through it. But it’s still laying pipe. My goal this month is to finish Nicholas, for which I have to crank out 1,158 words a day. Every day. It’s not that bad, of course, and I’ve met my objective for the past three days (three days?! You’re whining after three days?!), but it’s still laying pipe.

No matter, I’ll push through and have it done. Next month is The Blood-Eater Coven, for which I only need 1,140 words per day. After that, it starts getting harder. 🙂