Even The Smallest Progress is Progress

Now for the reading and writing portion of our program!!

As I've been trying to catch up in all aspects of my life after a family tragedy I had lost track with editing CF so now I'm trying to get back on track with that. Besides trying to put my own book into a place where I can manage my time effectively, I have been trying to achieve the clarity I need to in order to get what I need to done.

That my friends is editing. I have to get the editing done so that I can move forward. With this thought I am still trying to figure out what is the best publishing road to take. I am a member of Writing.com and I know that connections on Goodreads will help. I need to take one thing at a time now though and since I have the second book in mind already I have to get moving in a most serious way so I have delved back into the editing process and it's a little bit at a time until I can give it solid time at the computer.

Of course I made it more difficult for myself as I have printed out pages that I edit with good old pen and ink and then make the changes via the computer as well so should I chalk that up to my process? Does it help me see things I might have missed? Everyone has their quirks right? I do acknowledge though that it is a waste of paper to do it and it's funny because I only do it on printed pages when I'm not going to have access to my thumb drive.

I have been reading again too and once I looked at my Reading Challenge I'm now 4 books behind. The time of year has come though that I generally read more, again time management of my organized chaos will come into plan. I typically read when I commute and before bed and I do have 3 books on the go right now.

I'm about halfway through and it's been a bit tough to get into because the perspective is from Chaol Westfall's and all of the regular characters are off doing the things they were doing in her last book Empire of Storms. I'm happy though that she brought in another character from her book Assassins Blade. Still reading it so we'll see how it goes.

Next...

This is a series that I started and stopped and now started again. It was slow going for me but I'm over the hump I had in the beginning of it. I'm only about a quarter of the way through it and only stopped because Tower of Dawn came out but I can't wait to get back to it.

Last up!...

Now this series I blew through very quickly up until this last book, not because there was anything wrong with it but I had to savour it. The only reason I slowed reading this one is because I got it in hardcover and the book is too huge to commute with or read in the tub! I will return to it though since I actually miss those characters right now!

So that is a brief update of where I'm at right now and after just checking my challenge I'm actually 5 books behind...oh my...

Well I best get on it then!

Talk to you soon!
S

A Writers Update

Well today is a two blog post day!

I'm not sure if I told you guys already ( if I looked to previous posts I would know ) but I have started the hunt to look for a publisher or should I self publish??? These are the questions I need answers to. I told myself that by the end of June I would have made a decision and would move forward with one or the other.

It was funny because although I had finished writing the first book I kept looking at my page count that hovered around 170 pages. I kept thinking "OMG I have to write more!!" That was hard because I didn't want to bleed into my draft for the second book and was trying to find ways to extend it. That being said me being completely green to this process I decided to look up Manuscript parameters and what do you know...I gained 300 pages once I converted the whole thing and then it actually felt like it was finished.

Besides a read through and edit it's done and by the end of the month it will be ready to go and I'm excited and terrified at the same time but on top of all of that...whether I get published or not I...wrote...a...book... Something that was in my head is now on paper and that makes me proud as hell of myself.

So what are the next steps? I have no idea but I will research and question and find out everything I can to make it happen!!!

Sometimes I can't breathe when I think about it...

And advice is welcome! Pros, Cons of Self Publishing whatever you have I need to know it all!!

In the meantime I've been speed reading through Karen Marie Monings Fever Series and I'm hooked as hell. 5 books in a week I'm on book 6 now waiting for the last 3 to be delivered this week.

See Ya
S