Seriously — when I know what I’m doing, what I’m about to write, I have the easiest time writing it. I just wrote the next chapter all in one go. It’s 3546 words. Took me 3 1/2 hours. 33149 / 70000 I typed the chapter straight into the computer because I’d spent so much time […]
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I have a bunch of social things this weekend, but I’m still hoping to write at least one more chapter for the week, another 3000 words. I just finished typing up the latest chapter. I have almost 30,000 words in 10 chapters. 29553 / 70000 I need to think about the next chapter, where it’s
Though I’ve written about 1200 words on the next chapter, I feel like I’m making slow progress, dithering, unfocused, not sure where I’m going. I looked at my word count and realized that if this novel is about 70,000 words long, I’m in the middle of the book. (I’m at about 28,000 words right now,
I figured I’d post one more time about this. Clockwork Kingdom is still available as a free download this weekend. It rose pretty quickly in the ranks again. It’s now holding at #23 for free, contemporary fantasy. Last time it rose to #11. Last time, some of the free downloads turned into sales. I saw
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I haven’t been doing a good job of balancing things lately — there are so many things I want to do around the house, with my writing, with the day job, with the vacation rental. I’ve been pushing too hard. I ended up taking a day off this week just because I was stressed (and
As part of the Kindle Select program, I’m setting Clockwork Kingdom to free this weekend. Last time I set it to free, with no advertising at all, it hit #11 on the conventional fantasy, free, list. Generated some sales, some downloads. This time, I figured I’d mention it a few times. See if that generates
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Sent the final draft of Zydeco Queen off to the editor. ::dances around the room to “What You Gonna Do?”:: (Whatcha gonna do–when the zydeco–turn it up on you?) I like this novel. Of course, my worry is that people other than me won’t like it. We’ll just have to see. Trust that some readers,
No word count on the novel I’m currently writing. But I’m halfway finished with Zydeco Queen, so I figure that’s progress. It’s been beautiful recently in Seattle, so instead of real commentary, I bring you pictures! Plus the tree that inspired this post — I have a Golden Chain tree that must be some kind
My writing goal this week was 10,000 words. I was a little shy of 6,000. I’m actually really okay with that. I realized that, before, the goal of 10,000 words meant 2 chapters, each about 5,000 words long. For this novel, the chapters are about 3,000 words long. So my goal shifted, to 9,000 words,
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Kris Rusch writes a weekly column, The Business Rusch, that if you want to be a professional writer, you should be reading every week. This week, Kris’ web site was hacked after she posted her column. A second site where she posted the column was then hacked. I have removed all the original links from
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