Mountain Girl

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 starti...

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.