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LOL. This will be my ninth publication since I first published Looking Over Your Shoulder October 13 last year. I am working on publishing a large backlist, but I wrote By-Pass just last December.
You can see a pic of all nine on my Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
Hoping that link works. If not, the main page is https://www.facebook.com/pdworkmanauthor
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My five-year plan (I guess I am down to four now...) is to publish a total of six per year, and to write at least three new ones per year. Then by the end of the five years, I should have a better idea of what kind of an income I can bring in from writing alone. My boss is retiring at that point and I'll need to know whether writing will bring in a full-time income, or whether I need a new full or part-time job to supplement it. We've worked together for 20 years.
With that goal in mind, I know I need to be pretty strict with myself about getting books edited and out the door on schedule. I fell behind a bit to begin with, but now I have a spreadsheet of what I am publishing and what my various deadlines are, detailed checklists so I don't forget important steps, etc.
At that rate, it will take me fourteen years to get through my backlist! Then maybe I'll have enough admin support to write and publish six new ones per year...
Can you tell I like to write? ;-)
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I have a friend who is traditionally published who swears by it and got me to read it. She said the first thing her publisher did when they signed her was to send her this book. It's amazing!
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I have a friend who is traditionally published who swears by it and got me to read it. She said the first thing her publisher did when they signed her was to send her this book. It's amazing!
Yes, you did. Must get my hands on it!
Could still use some more readers for By-Pass
I am looking for beta readers for By-Pass, book #3 of the Breaking the Pattern series. While it is third in a series, it works as a stand-alone; you don't have to have read the previous two to understand it.
Let me know if you are interested! Description is below.
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"It’s better when she’s happy."
Bobby is a geeky teen who is convinced that his new foster home is everything he has ever hoped for.
His foster mom Katya is so different than any he has ever had; but as her behavior becomes more and more unpredictable and disturbing, he comes to realize that both he and Katya’s daughter Zane are in trouble.
The crazy thing is, Bobby doesn’t want to leave her, and new revelations from Bobby’s own forgotten past throw his quest for a real family into further turmoil.