ROW80: A Week To Remember
What a week it has been. I cannot remember a week where I was more productive. I averaged over 1000 words a day not including the 1800 words I wrote on Friday. That was just on my novel. I also wrote blog posts on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which were 1700, 500, 500 and 2300 words respectively, so I am sure you can understand why I feel so good about myself.
In terms of where I am at this very moment, I find myself in a sticky situation. I know where my characters are, but it is a new setting and one so vast I want to make sure I capture it correctly without spending too long on it and losing the pace of the novel.
I decided to throw in a little Steampunk section, which is where I am now, because I felt it fitted with the city and the image I had in my head. To be honest it is a cyberpunk city mixed with elements of steampunk. There is a reason I went into this line of genre, but that will be discussed in a blog post next week.
Trials and Tribulations is currently 35,500 words long and I am not sure what percentage I am at. I would say around a third, but it depends on what twists lie ahead. I have the basic plot fully lined up, but who knows what may crop op to divert me and them on their journey to the Castle of Avici.
In terms of the coming week, I am determined to get back to exercising. and that means my evenings once the kids are in bed will be taken up for approximately 30 – 45 mins. I am thinking three days a week and one weekend day, so not too much, and I normally only get a few hundred words written then anyway, but I am sure it will make a bigger dent than I plan for. However, I need to do something to get back into shape and I write in the mornings and at lunch, so it's not like I am abandoning the craft in any way.
Sales have been rather sad this week. In fact they were non-existent and my page on Smashwords was viewed less than 10 times all week. Yet I am not bothered. Ok… I am. It frustrates me because I want to write for a living, but I accept that it will take time and the chance of it happening are slim. I have sold several books on Amazon since the launch 1 month ago (approx). Not figures that are great, but I hope that a few of these sales will be reviewed, I have about 7 copies out with real reviewers so I am hoping that once these reviews come in things will pick up a bit. I have two or three penciled in for the week before Halloween which I think it is a great week for me to really push hard on the promo work.
Well that is about it for my week. I hope you all had a good week and thank you for reading.
