In between the writing thing, I have a pretty full life. I have a husband. I run a successful business. We have five children scattered across the world(adults we just didn't dump them!) and I am on 24 hour alert for my first grandchild. Everything I do, I do in a pretty structured way. I have to or would never accomplish anything. Morning is my book pimping time. Yuck, the unhappy part of being an indie: I have to promote my own books! I've tucked that into the process of morning coffee with my husband watching the sunrise before he leaves for the office. Then I say goodbye to him, and check in with my kids. Not always easy. Never a complete run. They don't always want to be checked in on. Then I answer work emails. Usually there is about 50 by 9a.m. Then telephone call backs. Then crisis issues. I take an hour in the middle of the day to lay in the sun(it's always sunny on Walton's Mountain) and I write in my head. Then back to my real world work. By 5 I'm doing a second round of selling books, signing books to send out(I've got nearly 100 to do today) then my PA and cover artist usually check in with me, to have me make all kinds of fun decision I'm not very good at~~so excited In just approved the 3rd Half Shell Cover and the 3rd Affair without End Cover~~Then I have dinner with my husband, we visit, and after that I write if I'm still on my feet.
Except on Day 1 of edit. I do not write. Not ever. I give everyone in my fictional universe a day off. They need it. My PA was shocked when she found out what happens in the 3rd half shell book. So my characters rest and I rest, but not really. Even without writing it's a pretty full day.
It's good to have a plan. To stay focused. To stay clear of the chatter. If I were to give one piece of advice to a new Indie it would be to stay clear of the chatter. How can you write when someone's voice (not your own or your characters) is rattling around in your head? Indie Author land is full of drama. Lots of authors have things they are not happy. Lots of authors have conspiracy theories. Lots of authors war with each other. I have a tendency to lose tolerance with that and just slowly fade away from people who are too much drama. You can't achieve anything if you are muddling around in the drama. What amuses me is they think I'm a B&&ch when I do it. Maybe I am. Or maybe I just have a pretty full day every day for 51 years. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm 51. I'm not getting older. I'm getting better.... or at least smarter. I'm not sure which.
As ever, I wish you Peace.
Oh, And One Last Kiss is still on Kindle Countdown UK 99c
The Signature is on Kindle Countdown UK US 99c
Except on Day 1 of edit. I do not write. Not ever. I give everyone in my fictional universe a day off. They need it. My PA was shocked when she found out what happens in the 3rd half shell book. So my characters rest and I rest, but not really. Even without writing it's a pretty full day.
It's good to have a plan. To stay focused. To stay clear of the chatter. If I were to give one piece of advice to a new Indie it would be to stay clear of the chatter. How can you write when someone's voice (not your own or your characters) is rattling around in your head? Indie Author land is full of drama. Lots of authors have things they are not happy. Lots of authors have conspiracy theories. Lots of authors war with each other. I have a tendency to lose tolerance with that and just slowly fade away from people who are too much drama. You can't achieve anything if you are muddling around in the drama. What amuses me is they think I'm a B&&ch when I do it. Maybe I am. Or maybe I just have a pretty full day every day for 51 years. And I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm 51. I'm not getting older. I'm getting better.... or at least smarter. I'm not sure which.
As ever, I wish you Peace.
Oh, And One Last Kiss is still on Kindle Countdown UK 99c
The Signature is on Kindle Countdown UK US 99c
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