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Sick kid home from school means word counts are likely to...not be good this week.  They were already kind of sucky last week on account of a sick author not feeling like doing anything, so now I'm worried about my deadlines. Granted, my deadlines are self-imposed, and if I really wanted to I could just move them...but that's not how you teach yourself to follow deadlines.  On the upside, once I get into the editing/formatting stage, I'll show everyone the cover in the hopes that whets everyone's appetite. In other news, my experiments in caffeine reduction have...not worked.  Seems my dependency on it is integral to me not being a complete cranky pants whacko in the mornings.  I did  replace most (some) of my soda intake with tea, though.  Still caffeine, but healthier all around in other ways.  Also took up a martial art again in an effort to get exercise, which means my Saturday's are shot, but also means that - even after two weeks - I'm starting to feel

So, Book Two is halfway done.  Yay! This means I'm 42k words in.  Plus or minus, since I'm not sure of the exact total it'll end up at, but I'm looking at 85k words so...yeah. Little longer than Book One, but not actually by that much, if you think about it.  I just hope people actually like it :) I don't have a set-in-stone release date, though.  This is largely because I'm sort of flying by the seat of my pants when it comes to this whole 'self-publishing' thing.  I'm learning an awful lot, but really - only one book to my name right now.  Hopefully four by the end of the year.  We'll see. Just have to keep on writing... In any event, I've been fiddling with my newsletter and making it pretty.  Sign up is HERE , for those that want in.  Sorry, I don't have an incentive novella for you (yet), but that's in the works too and I'll let everyone know when it's up and ready to go.

Finally seemed to have busted out of my wordcount funk.  Went for 2500 today (as I've been doing for the past few days), ended up with 3205.  So I'm happy.  My ass is numb, though, from this silly chair.  Even though the bulk of the writing was completed in the 3 hours after the kiddies went to sleep and now.  Worth it, though.  Did a rough bit a of math today.  Book Two is looking to end up in the neighbourhood of 85k words.  If I want that done with enough time to edit/proof/format/publish by V-Day, I need to right 2200 to 2500/day for the next twenty days.  Music helps.  Helps me, anyway.  Also outlines.  Write outlines, people. And now to sleep.  At least until the baby wakes up again.

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So, Smoked Out, Book Two in the Olsson's Pass series, is coming along nicely.  It's currently at 33k words of (approximately) 85k.  If I can swing 2500 words/day for the next few weeks, I should have it done and ready to go by Valentine's Day. I don't want to get too many people's hopes up, though, so be sure to subscribe to my news letter for any updates, or check back here - or at trudierowland.com.

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