Tuesday, April 9th
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alexandraerinThe Daily Report
Well, the first Tales of MU Kindle book has debuted at number 26,360 in the Kindle store, a position similar to the one I was so proud of having pushed I Do Not Fight Monsters to with a couple of weeks of exposure. That's only all of 9 sales, of course, but those 9 sales are worth more than fifty short story sales in terms of royalties. It even has its first review without me having to remind anyone to do it.
The whole thing has me feeling a bit more optimistic and motivated about the whole thing, to the point that I started the document for the next ebook this morning. I've also been thinking about the stories I've written under the MU "Other Tales" umbrella that can stand on their own as short stories.
Today's a posting day for Tales of MU. I have a 2,000 word draft that I'm going to need to spend some time with this afternoon. I'm going to take a slight detour from my relentless optimism about the writing ahead thing to admit that the further ahead I get, the sketchier the results have been. But two things I'm keeping in mind.
One, this may be due to non-permanent factors. For instance, for this last week, I've been out of some of the braining pills that my brain uses to brain (I'm getting more tomrorow). For another thing, I'm doing something that's very new, so it's perfectly natural that I wouldn't be perfect at it right out of the gate. I may get better at time.
Two, even having a sketchy and incomplete outline of what's coming up is better than not.
I've been thinking of myself as having been writing these chapters in a single day, but the fact is that every single one of them gets at least a little revision or expansion before going up. This is really a two-day process. On production days (the days I'm writing and not posting), I can focus on keeping to the schedule. On publishing days, I can focus on making it good. Eventually I might get far enough ahead that I can polish in advance of posting: produce, polish, publish. But one thing at a time. I'm still getting used to the idea of writing to a deadline that isn't for immediate publication.
The State of the Me
Were continuing to edge into the weather where heat makes sleep difficult for me. A late night thunderstorm dropped the temperatures a bit, though.
Plans For Today
I have a chapter of MU to finish off and post, as mentioned before. I also have to get my act together on Wander... my resolution to post an update every day this week didn't last one day. I know I can do this. I think the problem is that so far I've been relying on the idea that it doesn't take much work to carry me through... it's easy, so of course it will get done. What I need is an actual process, and I do have an idea for how to make it work.
Well, the first Tales of MU Kindle book has debuted at number 26,360 in the Kindle store, a position similar to the one I was so proud of having pushed I Do Not Fight Monsters to with a couple of weeks of exposure. That's only all of 9 sales, of course, but those 9 sales are worth more than fifty short story sales in terms of royalties. It even has its first review without me having to remind anyone to do it.
The whole thing has me feeling a bit more optimistic and motivated about the whole thing, to the point that I started the document for the next ebook this morning. I've also been thinking about the stories I've written under the MU "Other Tales" umbrella that can stand on their own as short stories.
Today's a posting day for Tales of MU. I have a 2,000 word draft that I'm going to need to spend some time with this afternoon. I'm going to take a slight detour from my relentless optimism about the writing ahead thing to admit that the further ahead I get, the sketchier the results have been. But two things I'm keeping in mind.
One, this may be due to non-permanent factors. For instance, for this last week, I've been out of some of the braining pills that my brain uses to brain (I'm getting more tomrorow). For another thing, I'm doing something that's very new, so it's perfectly natural that I wouldn't be perfect at it right out of the gate. I may get better at time.
Two, even having a sketchy and incomplete outline of what's coming up is better than not.
I've been thinking of myself as having been writing these chapters in a single day, but the fact is that every single one of them gets at least a little revision or expansion before going up. This is really a two-day process. On production days (the days I'm writing and not posting), I can focus on keeping to the schedule. On publishing days, I can focus on making it good. Eventually I might get far enough ahead that I can polish in advance of posting: produce, polish, publish. But one thing at a time. I'm still getting used to the idea of writing to a deadline that isn't for immediate publication.
The State of the Me
Were continuing to edge into the weather where heat makes sleep difficult for me. A late night thunderstorm dropped the temperatures a bit, though.
Plans For Today
I have a chapter of MU to finish off and post, as mentioned before. I also have to get my act together on Wander... my resolution to post an update every day this week didn't last one day. I know I can do this. I think the problem is that so far I've been relying on the idea that it doesn't take much work to carry me through... it's easy, so of course it will get done. What I need is an actual process, and I do have an idea for how to make it work.