Deadlines, set backs and expectations on #MusicalMonday

These are so pretty aren't they?

I really am working very hard to get the rest of these babies on the shelf soon. I was hoping to have Any Way You Dream It out in March but I think April now looks more realistic and Any Way You Fight It Will Follow in May.

As some of you know I write under two names and as my pen name I also have two new books coming out in the next two months. It isn't like I'm not trying very hard. It takes a long time to write a book and honestly,the e-space, which makes everything seem instant required speed. It's hard to get a balance. Not enough books and you lose readers. Too many books that might be under-written or under-edited and you will also lose readers.

As you can see by this little ticker I am writing. This is my word count so far this year. I am a little behind where I wanted to be because I lost a whole chunk of a novel  (10,000 words) and had to rewrite it to meet the deadline.  So I lost 10 days. When you consider that I'm only one day behind so that's not too shabby.

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58,000 / 365,000 words.

It's really hard to maintain your momentum after something like that. Picking oneself up and the dusting off are not really my personal strengths so the fact I did it so well this time I'm taking as amoral victory. Maybe I'm finally growing up? Yeah, I doubt it.

Anyway I'm busy writing book 4 in the Upper Crust series while the Beta readers work on Book 2 and hopefully Book 3 this week. I always feel so nervous sending the books out and usually they tell me what I already know to be true. You can usually feel where the lags are or where the story doesn't quite gel but that outside voice saying what you already know is so very helpful

I really need to get a newsletter out. The mailing list is the big thing so I better do something to grow mine. It would be nice to go back to the days where writing was all about the writing I sometimes think. There are aspects of the marketing side that really don't overly appeal to me.

Enough of my ramblings (I should be writing anyway). It is of course Musical Monday and I heard a great song yesterday and of course now I can't remember the name. In my defense I'm just home for the doctor and we established I've probably been living with a sinus infection for six months so I think all in all I could be a lot more ditsy.

And because there is indeed a school reunion in Any way You Dream It, here is a lovely school yard song for Musisal Monday - we're kicking it old school today.