Heather Howland invited me to do an interview on her blog today. Thanks so much, Heather, for letting me talk about my self-publishing journey! If you’d like to check it out, you can find the interview here.
Tonight, I hit another huge milestone in my career as an Indie author. As of midnight tonight, I have sold a total of 10,154 ebooks!!!!!!! It took me about four and half months to reach this milestone, which to be honest, was a lot faster than I ever dreamed it would happen. This is the total sales for all three of my Peachville High Demons series books. I haven’t separated them out to see how the sales break down in terms of x amount sold of book 1, etc. but I know they go in order. I’ve sold more of…
Tonight, I finally sat down and got started on Book 4, Shadow Demons. Getting started is usually one of the hardest parts. I always struggle with finding the right place to start a novel, but in the end, I always end up rewriting the beginning. Every single time. So this time I’ve decided to stop stressing about the beginning and just enjoy writing. Enjoy getting back into Harper’s world. My plan is to write at least 1800 words a day. I know this book is going to be a little bit longer than the others since the story continues to…
Since I’m at the very beginning of plotting Book 4 of the Peachville High Demons series, I thought I would do a post about the way I plot a novel. In writer’s circles, there is a lot of talk about whether you are a “plotter” or a “pantster”. Basically, a plotter is someone who plots their novels out ahead of time. Often, these plots are detailed and exact down to each scene and character motivation. A pantster is someone who writes ‘by the seat of their pants’. No plot. Maybe a general idea of the central story action, but nothing…
G and I just got back from watching Battle: L.A. I really enjoyed it. It was a pretty typical war type movie, but with aliens, which is always fun. In some ways, it reminded me of Cloverfield with the shaky camera and running through the war-torn streets to try to find safety. I guess you could say it was like a combination between something like Black Hawk Down and Cloverfield. The story follows Staff Sergeant Nantz, a rugged military man who has put in his twenty years, seen combat overseas, and is ready to retire after losing several men on…
I think I’m addicted to writing. I mean, I always loved it, yes, but now that I’m actually out there publishing and getting feedback and reaching out to actual readers? I’m addicted. I want to write more and push the boundaries of my own imagination and creativity to try to write something better than anything I’ve written before. Now that Book 3 of the Peachville High Demons series is out, I haven’t been able to stop thinking about Book 4. Even though I’ve given myself a week off, I still am thinking of the characters all the time. This weekend,…
