Month-End Update: September 2015
Personally and professionally, this September was wonderful. Daniel and I celebrated our one-year anniversary as well as the three year anniversary of the convention at which we met. Also, I began the month with two blissful weeks of “you have a job…but you don’t have to start it yet.” This meant I got a lot done without the distractions of financial worries and job searching. To that end, I am officially a professional writer — in both my “day job” as a copywriter and in my “second job” as an independent author. I can’t even begin to describe how gratifying it is to finally see my hard work paying off in my reality. If only the two would learn to get along better. Being employed again sure takes a lot of time!
But, okay, enough feelings. Let’s look at the facts of what I accomplished this September:
Writing/Drafting
Blog Posts Written — 13
Fiction Words Written — 10,501
# of Days I Wrote Fiction — 5
Outlines Written — 1 (dabbling with a nonfiction idea)
Editing/Revising
Drafts Revised — Completed the second proofread of The Cogsmith’s Daughter (Desertera #1)
# of Days I Revised — 4
Misc. Editing — N/A
Books
Books Finished
Oak and Mist (The Ambeth Chronicles #1) by Helen Jones
The Fairy Wren by Ashley Capes
Self Publisher’s Legal Handbook by Helen Sedwick – review on Goodreads
The Dream Walker (Land of Mystica Series #1) by Michelle Murray
Unknown Sender by Ryan Lanz
Self-Help Made Simple: Straightforward Tips on How to Make the Most of What You Have and Start Working on Getting What You Want by Fia Essen – review on Goodreads
Echo by Lorena Glass – review to come
Books Begun/In-Progress
Rise of the Storm (The Desolate Empire Book 1) by Christina Ochs
Books Reviewed
The Slapstyx by Annabelle Franklin – read review
Oak and Mist (The Ambeth Chronicles #1) by Helen Jones – read review
The Fairy Wren by Ashley Capes – read review
The Dream Walker (Land of Mystica Series #1) by Michelle Murray – read review
Unknown Sender by Ryan Lanz – read review
Author Business Activities
Added another vlog to my YouTube channel, this one on line editing
Took new, brand-appropriate author photographs
Revealed the cover for The Cogsmith’s Daughter (Desertera #1)
Had business cards designed
Made The Cogsmith’s Daughter (Desertera #1) available for preorder!
Distributed advance review copies to my newsletter subscribers
Began working with my print-on-demand distributor to create the paperback version
Organized a blog tour to support my book launch (more information to come)
Goals for October
Officially release TCD in both ebook and paperback formats
Have a fun and successful blog tour
Finally finish my book review queue and transition my author platform away from it
Continue writing Desertera #2
Continue working on this nonfiction idea
Decide whether or not I’m doing NaNoWriMo again
What have you accomplished this month? What are your goals for October? For the rest of the year?
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