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10/27 - Making great progress with Lark's story arc. Could be done with it by the end of the week.

Reached out to the artist who did the cover art for my first book, and it looks like he's on board for the sequel! The best part is, I now have an idea sketch to give him. Super excited about this. He did such a good job with the first one, really captured what I thought my characters looked like.

I've been wrestling with the idea of making a facebook page for my series. I don't have a personal facebook page - I'm just not a fan of social media - but I can't deny that it would improve book exposure. On the other hand, updating that would likely be worse than my mostly once a week blog post, so I can imagine most people would give up on following it after five minutes. It's a lot of pressure.

This conundrum forces me to think about why I'm writing novels in the first place. Can I be content if I never sell any books outside of personal contacts, or is it a waste of my time? Is it about popularity and money, or do I write for the joy of writing?

Of course I know what the right answers are, but that doesn't mean I'm not tempted to feel the opposite. It is discouraging to pour your heart into something and get nothing in return, or to find out that no one cares. It's not like I don't have other things with which to occupy my time.

For now I'll continue writing without facebook, at least until I'm convinced it's necessary. Darn kids and their interweb! I shake my cane contemptuously in their general direction...