Over the last couple of years, having spent the previous two writing 'Forever Is Over', in my spare time, I have been promoting the book. Reviews on the whole, have been very positive and ebook sales, for a first novel, have been very encouraging (currently topping 48 000). Over the last few months though, I have watched sales start to dip and slowly realised, for now anyway, FIO has probably peaked and I need to concentrate on writing my second book.
So, book number two is under way. I have written around 27 000 words of the first draft so far. It is a bit all over the place, but I just want to write it as the ideas come into my head and I can re-organise it in a later draft. It is not a seismic shift in style from FIO, so hopefully those who enjoyed FIO will also enjoy this but I accept those who didn't are unlikely to like this either. I was advised by a high profile literary agent to "stick to what you are good at" and obviously I am not intending on trotting out a carbon copy, but the writing style will be very similar. Hoping to have the second book out by the summer, but will keep you updated on here!
Published on January 14, 2013 00:30
Sam