A Writer's Life

How is your story coming along?  Getting a lot of writing done.  Are you writing everyday? I want to say that my story is doing great.  I want to say that I am reaching my word count everyday. That would be a lie.  I lie and tell you that the writing life is awesome.  That would be a lie. Yesterday, I had a meltdown.   What is wrong with me? I got up and was ready to write. I started writing.  I didn't go on line or Facebook.  I was writing and then I thought.  "This is so stupid.  So I backspaced everything I wrote.  I started over.  Then I said.  ""What is wrong with me.  No one is going to read this."  So I backspaced everything I just wrote. I continued to write.  Then I screamed.  "I am so stupid."  I backspaced everything I wrote. I am sure that I wrote at least a thousand words all together. Then I just got mad at myself.  "You are stupid.  No one is going to r...

How long should your story be? Short Story? 5,000-10,000 Words Novelette? 20,000 Words Novella? 20,000-60,000 Words Novel? 60,000-100,000  Words I Googled for some info. Readers who read on their phone or Kindle, sales are up on shorter stories.  Since they are reading on a tablet of some kind, they can read a quick story on the tablet. Shorter stories sell better as E-Books. So how short should your story be? I then Goggled price on short stories. Under 20,000 words are usually priced as $1.99- 99Cents  and 35% royalty  A Novella  are usually priced at $2,99 or $3.99  75% royalty Novels are priced at $2,99 - $4,99 I have decided to make my word count around 50,000 words.  A Novella and price it at $2.99 The only downside I found was that some readers will leave a bad review because the book is only 50,000 words.  They said to mention that it is a Novella in the book description. I want to write 4 books a year.  ...

Happy Easter!!! Hope you have a great day with your family/ Squeeze some writing time if you can. Check out my  My Other Blog    I talk about the true meaning of Easter and Why Jesus dying on the Cross is so important to Christians. Happy Easter!!!

Are you organized as a writer? Is your desk clean?  Books on the book case?  I am here to proclaim, I am organized in my own way.  I have books, legal pads and magazines on the floor, but I do know where everything is.  It might look like a mess to others, but to me it is an organized mess. I cannot have a perfect desk and everything in their proper place. In my office, I have to step over things to get in the office. I have chicken feed, water container for the chickens, basket of the eggs in the entrance of my office.  That is fine with me.   It is all right by the door.  I have what I need when I go and check the chickens and I have no problem stepping over things to get in my office.  I also write in my bedroom.  I have my pillows propped up and sit back with my laptop on my legs and I write.  Needless to say that I have books, magazines and legal pads on the floor. I went into my office this morning, and found a...

Wrote 5,000 words so far today. What is your word count for the day? I did not go on Face Book.  today. I posted my blog and then started writing.

Write Everyday. You hear that all the time.  You go to writer's conference's they say "Write Everyday" You read books on writing, they write, "Write everyday." That is great advice, when you are on a schedule. I quit my job to write and blog.  I like blogging.  So I blog.  I have another  Blog So I do write everyday. That does not mean that I am productive.  I write in notebooks, on the computer and on my blogs. This week not so much on my book.  Why?  I just didn't feel like it. I don't have a reason, I went on Facebook to promote my books, I got distracted for about 2 hours scrolling on Facebook.  Time I could of been writing.  So I need to stay off Facebook. Then I have to go and check chickens for eggs. Then my boyfriend wants to watch a movie with me. Then I have to go check for eggs. Then, I just am tired. I am sure we all do this. We know we should be writing, but hey, there is always something that ...

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