c But I feel like I say that every month. The only thing that was really funky was that I did some consulting work for a week and didn’t write or edit the whole week. It was super fun to do something outside of writing, but I’m glad to be back. Then of course, we took the first week of July off so I’m really glad to be back for the rest of this month.
So How Did June Actually Go?
I wrote ~20,000 words of new content for the middle. This is a lot of new content considering this is the 2nd draft. Actually, this is probably not a lot of new content, but it feels like it is. But coming out of the beginning I knew that these new scenes were necessary for the story to actually make sense. So, I’m back to editing. To be honest, I hoped to be further along. At the same time it took me two years to finish the first draft. I think I can give myself a little bit of grace since I’ve only been working on the second draft for six months.
June Goals:
Writing:
- Finish the 2ndDraft…for realz. Actually, if I can get through middle I’ll be really happy.
I did not get through the middle, but I did add 20,000 words. Now I need to delete a bunch of stuffs because my manuscript is over 150,000 words. For perspective that is about a 500 page book…ooof.
- Finish confirming content editor. Again this is predicated on the Dragon Book being a little more finished than it is right now.
I did not finish this because I need to get further along in the book before I confirm a content editor.
Business
- Post consistently on social media.
Completed! Yay!
- Do more research on Indie Publishing.
Did not really complete, but I have time.
July Goals:
Writing:
- Edit 300 pages. This is actually my Camp NaNoWriMo Goal. I’m hoping this will actually put me close to finishing the second draft. So
- My stretch goals it to finish the 2nd Seriously, how many months is this going to be my goal(see these blog posts: 1 | 2 )?
Business:
- Post consistently on social media.
- Start using IGTV.
Reading:
Here is what I read in June:
Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist– Dorothy Gilman
Daughter of the Blood– Anne Bishop
Heir to the Shadows– Anne Bishop
Queen of the Darkness– Anne Bishop
Vision in Silver– Anne Bishop
Marked in Flesh– Anne Bishop
Etched in Bone– Anne Bishop
Lake Silence– Anne Bishop
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms– N.K. Jemisin
Red Winter– Annette Marie
Misc:
I didn’t do a whole lot of interesting things during the month of June. Basically I wrote, did some consulting and for the first time we hosted a couple of BBQs at the house. Then I took the first week of July off and it was awesome.
July is Camp NaNoWriMo. I’m determined to actually finish a camp NaNoWriMo, which I have never done, so I am off to go edit!
