Aargh! Every time I say something about book sales, they slump. Maybe I’ll just say they’re awful and that’ll fix things, but then thinking that way will usually jinx me worse…*stomps off grumbling*
Enough complaining.
I’m in a bad mood–rewrites and edits suck. In this case, I’ve been pushing myself to make WHEN ANGELS CRY what I want it to be instead of what it was going to be for the anthology I had written it for. I like its evolution into a story more fitting of a prequel novella love story. It’s far more satisfying for me to bring it into my expectations instead of someone else’s and incorporate more of my world into it. I’ve added about 3,000 words in the last couple of days yet still cleaned up the writing in a few areas. It is now up to 25K, and my goal is to have it ready in a month, or at least by the end of March for sure. But this has to be worthy of that gorgeous cover. Quite the task. In the end, I expect it to stay under 30K, probably between 26-27K for a final word count.
Then it’s on to the recently finished fantasy for touch-ups on the story and the synopsis (so glad to have a rough draft of that done, and in under ten double-spaced pages). Then back to WAC for another pass or two before heading into whatever else needs to be done, which is a few things. I’ll make at least one more revision of WAC after that before it goes out. I’m a stickler for finding that right flow for my stories.
Okay, it’s late–or early, depending on how you look at it. I’m going to bed.
