Finally finished the first week
Day Six was completed and put straight online and within hours I was getting a decent amount of downloads. The feeling was strong at that time so I went straight into Day Seven and what a difference it turned out to be!
Day One was a short story that started as 7000 words and because I kept going back to it and messing about it ended up being 20,000 words.
Day Seven is just over 80,000 words on its own and writing it was simply amazing. There were times when the story just poured out of me and my fingers couldnt keep up with the images i was seeing in my mind, but there were also times when it was one word after the other and each one of them was hard earned. Block deletes again and again until it snapped back together and I was off again.
The ending was hard, the entire series is about 300,000 words so the build up was awesome and I was scared witless that no matter how I wrote the end it would never do justice and would always be an anti-climax. I fretted and worried and made a million excuses to avoid the computer. Eventually though, I realised I knew I couldnt leave poor Howie just stood there waiting any longer.
So, with a lot of coffee and some loud music I started it and what came out surprised me a great deal. Even now I scratch my head and think "where did that come from." But it felt right, it just sort of felt right, so it stayed.
The feeling of accomplishment was very strong, coupled with the masisve caffeine crash and I was a wee bit drained after.
I then found an editor / proof-reader through Elance as I was worried that my many, many, many grammer mistakes were letting the side down. I posted on the site, requesting bids from proof-readers and I was inundated within minutes with offers from all over the world, each one of them quoting several thousand pounds.
I gave up then got a message from a lady called Tania. We chatted and she took a look and offered to do the lot for a very reasonable price. She has been fantastic, editing sensitively and being honest enough to say when something did not read properly and being brave enough to make necessary changes. The end result was brilliant, each day was formatted in its own right and then all added together as one big compilation edition.
The feedback has been very good, on here, authonomy and amazon.
For now, I will have a short break and then crack on with the next week.
It's funny, but in my mind, Howie and the rest are still stood where I left them, chatting amongst themselves and waiting for the story to resume while patiently tapping their feet.
Best get the kettle on, more writing to do...
Day One was a short story that started as 7000 words and because I kept going back to it and messing about it ended up being 20,000 words.
Day Seven is just over 80,000 words on its own and writing it was simply amazing. There were times when the story just poured out of me and my fingers couldnt keep up with the images i was seeing in my mind, but there were also times when it was one word after the other and each one of them was hard earned. Block deletes again and again until it snapped back together and I was off again.
The ending was hard, the entire series is about 300,000 words so the build up was awesome and I was scared witless that no matter how I wrote the end it would never do justice and would always be an anti-climax. I fretted and worried and made a million excuses to avoid the computer. Eventually though, I realised I knew I couldnt leave poor Howie just stood there waiting any longer.
So, with a lot of coffee and some loud music I started it and what came out surprised me a great deal. Even now I scratch my head and think "where did that come from." But it felt right, it just sort of felt right, so it stayed.
The feeling of accomplishment was very strong, coupled with the masisve caffeine crash and I was a wee bit drained after.
I then found an editor / proof-reader through Elance as I was worried that my many, many, many grammer mistakes were letting the side down. I posted on the site, requesting bids from proof-readers and I was inundated within minutes with offers from all over the world, each one of them quoting several thousand pounds.
I gave up then got a message from a lady called Tania. We chatted and she took a look and offered to do the lot for a very reasonable price. She has been fantastic, editing sensitively and being honest enough to say when something did not read properly and being brave enough to make necessary changes. The end result was brilliant, each day was formatted in its own right and then all added together as one big compilation edition.
The feedback has been very good, on here, authonomy and amazon.
For now, I will have a short break and then crack on with the next week.
It's funny, but in my mind, Howie and the rest are still stood where I left them, chatting amongst themselves and waiting for the story to resume while patiently tapping their feet.
Best get the kettle on, more writing to do...
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Mar 17, 2017 09:57AM
I just started reading Day One, and I'm already loving the suspense! Can't wait to continue, my darn lunch break isn't long enough! Question, I have a friend who want to read this series that have a Nook, will this be available on that platform?
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