I guess this is like a weekly thing now? Not really sure if anyone reads this besides me, but I figure it might be good to document what's going on either way. 

So my biggest update to report is that I finished the rough draft of WAR DISTORTION over the weekend. 63,000 words. but I'm sure that will go up as I edit. Maybe this will be my longest Squad Treble book yet? 

Right now I'm still on track for my late 2020 release. I don't want to officially announce it on the off chance that I can't deliver. The next big thing is to read the manuscript and make notes. Some places are ROUGH (There was almost a year where I didn't look at it...big yikes) but the ending kind of got crazy and deviated from what I outlined slightly so I'm pumped! I was a huge procrastinator and I have an editing assignment due for the publishing house I freelance for so I'll probably be reading WD while I'm getting (also known as fighting with) the baby to go down for the night. Did I mention school starts in two weeks?

In other news, Semi Sweet is pretty much ready for PitMad. Probably going to do the text to speech website one last time just to check for typos. Probably won't get to that until next week after I finish the editing job. Honestly, I don't think my pitches are that great, but I'm still excited to have something I can actually pitch. The plan is to traditionally publish this one, so we'll see what happens.

Now I guess I can move onto some goals. If you know me in real life, you know that I am all about setting goals. I did it with dance, I do it with skating now. I kinda or do i with work...so why not do it now? Here are some things I'm working towards in the next 3-6 months:

-Stay on top of my deadlines (I can be a procrastinator as mentioned above. If I'm relying on beta readers and whatnot, I need to give them ample time)
-Make around $15 dollars per month. (My goal for August was to double what I made in July which was around that much. We've still got a week and I've almost tripled that amount! I don't think I can count on it continuing to go up exponentially, at least not yet, so I'm going to settle for what I've put. That's nearly 200 dollars if I make that much each month for the whole year, which is probably more money than I made when Enshrine came out in 2017. Not 10,000 a month...but it's a starting point)
-Figure out a marketing strategy that works...(I'm at a loss...honestly.)
-Decide what I'm going to do after I finish my Squad Treble Series (I'm up to three ideas and no...none of them are Eminence. :( Sorry)
-Write book 4! (It's not completely outline, but the BIG stuff is. Will probably (hopefully) start that soon (hopefully))
-Query Semi Sweet regardless of PitMad outcome. (I am not opposed to self publishing this one either, but I plan on giving this one a much for serious try as it wasn't previously published).
-Get back to my Writing Challenge posts. (They claim those posts grow your audience more than these updates do)
-Make a Youtube Channel? (See above, but I also don't have a great place to shoot video so we'll see?)
-Start a Newsletter (I HATE bothering people, but they claim this is a marketing strategy that actually works)
-Make Swag to raffle off/sell (THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN I JUST HAVE TO DECIDE HOW. THERE WILL BE A POST ABOUT THIS SOON!)

Okay that ended up being alot...but I like putting things in writing. It helps me be accountable or feeling really guilty. If you are a writer, what are your writing goals? 

Yours in Writing,

Kay

Hi Friends,

Summer is starting to wind down and I'm getting so sad! This was such a productive time for me and I have to go back to work in just over three weeks. That's not to say that I still won't be writing, but it will probably be less.

That being said, WAR DISTORTION'S first draft is nearly done! Wahoo! I'm winding down and I'm hoping that it will be finished by the end of the month. I have to switch gears and edit SEMI SWEET Again (There's only 2 weeks until PitMad AHHH!) but I'm still confident that I can keep to my late 2020 deadline.

Some exciting news for you paperback fans is that I received my box of 2020 edition paper backs today and they will be available to be signed. Both LIMITED TRUTH and SHREWDEST FACTION will be available for $10 I've got two 2017 versions of ENSHRINE if anyone is interested that would be $15. If you are local we can do swap and if you aren't we can figure out shipping. 

For my eBook readers, there will be a free day (I'm calling if Buy 1 Get 1 free) for LIMITED TRUTH on Saturday, September 12th (In honor of Dominik's FIRST birthday!). It's a perfect opportunity to get the first two books of the series before WAR DISTORTION comes out around the holidays.

Finally, Limited Truth got a 5 star review recently! I waiting to see when it's featured on the book blog I submitted to and see what they have to say. Wahoo!

I hope to have more fun things to share later in the week!

Yours in writing,

Kay