May Update: Plot Twists, Coffee Breaks, and a Bookish Peek!

Hey friends – hope May’s treating you well so far! Over here I’ve been juggling too many coffee cups and not enough hours of sleep, but last month ended on such a fantastic plot twist. One I’m excited to tell you all about. For now though, let’s chat about what I’ve been up to lately.

As you all know I started writing book four in the First to Fight series in April and let’s just say the book is a bit darker then I thought it was going to be. Not that I’m afraid of the dark or anything. Let’s just say, book four is going to be a bit of a tear jerker and Tyler is a bit more stubborn than I thought he was. Yep, if you didn’t know book 4 in the First to Fight series is Tyler’s love story. Hearing all of that you would think that was the plot twist I was talking about, guess what it’s not. Are you ready to hear the big plot twist I mentioned?

 

So the major plot twist that came to me at the end of April was in the form of another story, this one is for an anthology that will be published later this year in November. I have to have it written and turned into the publisher by August. That means, the plot twist is new characters, new story plot, and the amount of words it’s allowed to be. The amount of words being the biggest plot twist of all…I have to write something short! Can you believe I’ve agreed to this?

20,000 words! 

Yep you read that correctly, it has to be only 20,000 words at the most. It’s for a good cause though and it was a perfect fit for me. The story came to me instantly as well. I’m not releasing the title just yet, but for now I’m calling it Project Grief. It’s for a charity anthology for Wounded Warrior Project. If you don’t know what that is, CLICK HERE to find out more. It’s a cause that I support fully and I’m so honored to be part of this anthology. More about the actual story coming very soon.

 

So, this month I’m also trying a new daily schedule for a special secret project. It’s the first week and so far it’s going pretty well. I’ve gotten a lot accomplished. I had been struggling with motivation and waisting so much time during my days. That of course was driving me insane so I came up with this project to see if anything I did would help. I’m going to be trying a few different schedules out for the next month or so and see if one sticks. Then I’ll be writing up a blog post all about it to share what worked for me and what could work for other full time authors.

Only part that my schedule is missing is coffee breaks though, so I’ve got to figure out where to add those in there. Because we all know my coffee breaks are important!

 

My main goals for May is to honestly finish the first draft of Project Grief and go through revisions for Beacon in the Darkness so I can get it ready for Preorder! I have a few other goals but these two are the main ones for this month.

I would also like to:

Get my Discord Server up and running (organized)Give this new schedule and honest tryCreate and Schedule my Social Media posts for the monthAs well as get my Ko-Fi tiers ready to go for the start of Project Romance next month.

So much to do and honestly it feels like there’s never enough time, but I’m hoping this new schedule will help with that.

So, I did promise a sneak peek into my newest project, so here’s a glimpse at the first couple lines of Project Grief. Now, keep in mind this isn’t edited and the first lines could change. It’s still the first draft and during second and even third drafts I tend to change the first lines.

I couldn’t help but stand there.  My hands holding a cardboard box that now held some of her things.  Staring at the house that was once was filled with so much joy. Now, it was empty. 

 

I’m excited about this project, it’s going to be sad writing it though. I started writing it on my Twitch Stream the other night and almost cried twice while writing. So, we shall see how it goes. I will ask that you cross your fingers and send me some good vibes that I can keep this story at 20k words. I tend to be an over writer as most of you already know.

Anyway, I hope you all have a good weekend and as always happy wording/reading!!