Two things happened last night. First of my favorite daughter had her last volleyball game of the season. They lost, but they fought hard. Today, no more practice. Tryouts for club aren\u2019t until the middle of November. We\u2019ll be doing things to make sure she stays in shape until club starts up, but for now, she\u2019s got herself a little break.<\/p>\n
Secondly I wrote 4000 words last night and finished off Of Gnomes and Dwarves Book 1. I didn\u2019t just finish it off, but I feel really good about how the ending came out. I think it\u2019s a lot stronger than the original version (which was good, but bumpy). As I\u2019d been saying I wrote this book the first time with a lot of passion, and not a lot of talent. This time around I think my writing skills have improved to the point where I wrote the story the way I\u2019d intended to. Only one character didn\u2019t come out the way I wanted and I\u2019ll be fixing that in the rwrites. Overall I\u2019m happy with the effort, but it\u2019s time to let it sit for a month before I jump in and start to edit.
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I\u2019ll be editing the next edition of the Action Pack Podcast tonight. Mike and I will have that up and available hopefully tomorrow. Now that I think about this, I think I know what I\u2019ll be doing today and tomorrow. I\u2019ll be writing the December edition of Golden West. This story is also coming up on its climax and the writing on that will go quickly as well.<\/p>\n
I also need to do a little plotting on V&A Shipping II. I\u2019m finding I write better and faster when I have at least a little understanding of where my story is going. I\u2019m excited to start this project fro NaNoWriMo. It\u2019s been too long since I\u2019ve been in this universe. Once I have it completed, my favorite daughter wants me to write Astel II (Astel: Chooses). At least that\u2019s the working title. Then I want to write Of Gnomes and Dwarves Book II.<\/p>\n
So many words, so little time. In the past 4 days I\u2019ve written 14,500 words. I feel great about that. I\u2019m hoping I can keep this pace up for at least the Month of November. That means I\u2019ll be able to crank out V&A Shipping II during November, and jump right into Astel II. Maybe I\u2019ll even circle back around and finish off To Fall From the Sky and get to work on Life of Lists. I have a lot of works in the air that are partially started and need to be written, rewritten, and finished.<\/p>\n
At this point I\u2019m not 100% sure what I\u2019ll be doing with them. My hope is I\u2019ll be able to get them written, edited, get some cover art, and I may self-publish some of them, I\u2019d like to podcast some of them, I\u2019d like to make them available in print. I\u2019m getting to the point on this year and coming into next year where I\u2019ll be able to put out work faster than ever before. This means I truly can treat this like a part time job and start getting works out there and available for people to read. In some ways I want to seek out a publisher, in other ways I want to do this on my own. It\u2019s a confusing time for me as a writer right now. I just need to get past this mental block, get more work completed, and then make a choice.<\/p>\n
What are you thoughts? Should I seek traditional publishing for some, self-pub others, podcast some? If I keep writing I\u2019ll have work coming out faster than a traditional publishing could handle and even though I\u2019m patient, I don\u2019t want the first books held up while I pump out second books in a series. While I work through NaNoWriMo I\u2019ll have to give this a lot more thought.<\/p>\n
First I need to go to a CPR training class, so I\u2019d better get ready and go.<\/p>\n
Until Tomorrow!<\/p>\n