It’s 7:03 PM and I’m 2,000 words off my goal for the day. So of course I’m writing a blog post instead of working on the sequel to Hard Day’s Knight. Because that’s how I roll.
My initial goal for ROW80 was to do 5,000 words per week and get the book finished by the end of the challenge. Well, I kinda dedicated this weekend to writing, and I’m floating at somewhere in the 14,000 word range since we started. I hit 5,000 words on Thursday, knocked out another 1,100 Friday and then did a little over 5,000 yesterday. I’ve done 3,000 or so today, and the book as a whole is right at 25,000 words. I think this book is going to run a touch longer than the first one, because a red herring I put in the book is taking longer to resolve than I expected. I needed another twist in this subplot, and I should finish this side plot up tonight and get my vampires out of FairyLand and back into the real world. Yeah, I just wrote that. You’ll have to buy the book to figure that one out.
So I think this book may end up around 70-75,000 words, but since it’ll primarily publish in ebook form, who really cares? Even in print form it won’t be too cumbersome, since I’ll be doing the 6×9 size just like I did with the other books. I also got about 500 words in on a new book, which is a terrorist thriller completely different from anything else I’ve written. If I get back to it, and decide to publish it, I may need to look at a pseudonym for that one. It’s just so far afield from the urban fantasy genre I’m working in that I don’t want readers to go looking for something like The Chosen or Hard Day’s Knight and get all confused. Of course, it’s still gonna be me writing it, so I have no doubt that it’ll have a fair share of snark in it. Either way I’m months away from even thinking about that issue, so it may be all resolved by then.
I’ve started to sell a few more copies. Hard Day’s Knight sales are starting to pick up, but it needs some review love. Hopefully folks will see the Win A Kindle contest and write reviews to enter. I’m not unhappy with it so far, it’s averaging about a copy a day, which is good for me. For now. Hopefully in a year or so I’ll look back on those numbers and chuckle fondly. Alright, back to the grindstone – go buy a book!
This is great work! Good for you, juggling multiple projects and making headway on all of them. Best of luck with your sales. I’m in the same boat of trying to do multiple projects and get sales on the book I have out.