Weekly word count: 4200
I had a very slow week until Saturday when I managed to pull off 3000 words in two hours. Part of it was catching up with life, but part of it was also trying to work through a difficult transition before the start of a key plot point. I wasn't happy with how the two scenes I needed were progressing. I tried a couple of different techniques to deal with it: I switched point of view characters, I tried telling the necessary information as a flashback and I worked on the next scene, leaving the transition scene as a blank. Eventually I found my rhythm again, which was nice.
I had some promotional work to do as well. I ordered copies of Revelations to sell at Prose in the Park and ORWA's 30th Anniversary Event. I also ordered some promotional buttons to give away. Learning to use the button design template was a definite challenge but after a couple of days, I made it work.
The highlight of my week was the review of Revelations by Ella at Writer in Progress. The interview she provided was thoughtful and well put together. I was chagrined to realize I'd miscalculated the end of my Amazon card giveaway, so I offered one of her readers a free e-copy of Revelations. I didn't like the idea of people missing out on the giveaways.
I sent a notice to the winner of the Amazon gift card and I arranged for the two copies from the Goodreads Giveaways to be mailed out. It was a pretty busy week but a good one in the end.
No comments:
Post a Comment