Swift Retribution Update
I have almost completed the first draft of Swift Retribution, finally. The upheaval of selling a home and then buying another in a different town right after back-to-back visitors really put the brakes on my writing time. For a while, all I did was pack and unpack, not to mention clean two homes like they were a full-time job.
I have to confess that it hasn't been easy to get back into the rhythm of writing after that hiatus, which was compounded by the discovery that my new office is an iceberg in winter.
My laptop also decided to go belly up after multiple crashes that occurred completely out of the blue at random times, resulting in me revising and rewriting the same group of chapters multiple times, too.
Finally, I realized that it was down to either purchasing a new laptop or spinning my wheels indefinitely. I chose to move forward with a new laptop that is faster and hopefully a lot more reliable than its predecessor, which gave me ample years of service before retiring itself.
I currently write on the dining table, in a warm space. Once the weather leaves these below-freezing nights (we're currently in the 40s during the day instead of the seasonal 50s for temps, too,) I will be able to repaint the office to get rid of the hideous mauve walls the previous owner left and get myself back at my desk, which will make me more productive, I know from experience.
Even when the laptop was crashing, I was making good progress with the draft. Now I tend to get distracted. But perhaps that's because I have a videography class to attend, joined the local branch of Willamette Writers and have two upcoming appearances this weekend. Life has become busier again.
I'm going to be working on the cover for Swift Retribution this week. I have a rough blurb for the back of the book and an equally rough logline already. I've set myself a deadline to complete this book by the end of summer.
I have an upcoming reading and signing at the La Tea Da Tea Room in Tillamook in September, and I want to have Swift Retribution, Book 3 of the Indelible series, available for purchase at that time.
I have to confess that it hasn't been easy to get back into the rhythm of writing after that hiatus, which was compounded by the discovery that my new office is an iceberg in winter.
My laptop also decided to go belly up after multiple crashes that occurred completely out of the blue at random times, resulting in me revising and rewriting the same group of chapters multiple times, too.
Finally, I realized that it was down to either purchasing a new laptop or spinning my wheels indefinitely. I chose to move forward with a new laptop that is faster and hopefully a lot more reliable than its predecessor, which gave me ample years of service before retiring itself.
I currently write on the dining table, in a warm space. Once the weather leaves these below-freezing nights (we're currently in the 40s during the day instead of the seasonal 50s for temps, too,) I will be able to repaint the office to get rid of the hideous mauve walls the previous owner left and get myself back at my desk, which will make me more productive, I know from experience.
Even when the laptop was crashing, I was making good progress with the draft. Now I tend to get distracted. But perhaps that's because I have a videography class to attend, joined the local branch of Willamette Writers and have two upcoming appearances this weekend. Life has become busier again.
I'm going to be working on the cover for Swift Retribution this week. I have a rough blurb for the back of the book and an equally rough logline already. I've set myself a deadline to complete this book by the end of summer.
I have an upcoming reading and signing at the La Tea Da Tea Room in Tillamook in September, and I want to have Swift Retribution, Book 3 of the Indelible series, available for purchase at that time.
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