May; month of fertility rites and, in UK we hope, sunshine at last. Well,
we had a couple of Bank Holidays and the weather, a topic of supreme interest
in these islands, proved reasonable for one of those. 50% can’t be bad.
As for me; I’ve spent much of the month doing the read-aloud edit of the
last two books in the fantasy trilogy, ASeared Sky. As many of you will know, the first book, Joinings, was published by Fantastic Books Publishing at the end of
March. It continues to sell and attract interest and 5 star reviews. In
response to remarks in a couple of reviews and from other readers, relating to
the character names, I’ve produced a couple of lists of the players and the
names used in myth and legend. Dan, my publisher, converted these to PDF docs.
If you’d like to download or print them, you’ll find the players’ list here and
the myth and legends list here. These are now included in the books for those
who buy from now. I want my readers to be certain that they’ll have an
opportunity to read the entire trilogy, so I’ve been completing the series by
doing the final edit as a read-aloud from a printed script. That entails
reading 868 A4 pages of print. Book two is now ready for the publisher. Book
three is written and I’m a third of the way through the final edit of that
volume.
All that reading aloud has meant I’ve had a diminished taste for other
reading, unfortunately. And I’ve a couple of books I really must read and
review, so they’re next on the list.
The Sci-Fi novelette that’s anxious to escape from the back of my mind is
now really pushing, but it’ll have to wait a little longer before I release it
onto the page.
The month has been domestically quite busy, with my daughter returning
home from her 3 years at university, her final exhibition, and all the things associated
with such effort on behalf of a talented offspring.
I’ve written 17 blog posts, read and reviewed 2 books and penned a dozen
poems during the month, as well as partaking in a few online discussions, some
continuing on a guest post I did at the end of April on a great site, Writers’ Village, and others on a smashing site I’ve also contributed to in the past,
The Blood Red Pencil. I’ve updated the list of my writing successes and posted
that as a table at the foot of the Published Works page here on the blog, for
those who are interested, click here to take you that page. I’ve also answered
questions for an interview on a fantasy website, which should appear some time
at the beginning of this month. So, whilst I haven’t created as much as I would
have liked, I’ve been pretty busy with writing stuff. How’s your month gone?
The chart, explained:
Writing - initial creation of stories, blog posts, reviews and longer
works.
Editing - polishing of all written work to make it suitable for readers.
Research - discovery of info for story content, market research, contests
and blog posts.
Reading - books and writing magazines.
Networking - emails, Twitter, Pinterest, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, and
comments.
Admin - story submission, blog posting, marketing, organisation, tax, and
general admin tasks.
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