Hello all.
It's been a hectic and challenging few weeks both on a personal and professional level, but I believe very strongly in setting goals in front of us. I believe it's one of the most powerful things a person can do. If you set a goal, you consciously move towards it.
Even with all the on-line tools available to us, I still use a traditional diary, and in it, I'll be quite obsessive about what I list down. Because if I ink it, it has to happen.
They have to be achievable goals and ones that are within your remit. For example 'I want to win the lottery' is great until you realise it really is out of your hands. For that reason alone, I have a go on the lottery every month, sometimes every two or three months. I have to stay practical.
Writing wise, it has been going well. I haven't been blogging or reading as much, and that is the sacrifice you have to make if you want to get some serious writing down.
So, where am I at?
The Kindle version of
The Essence of Martial Arts: Special Edition, is on
Amazon now, with a print edition to follow.
This is the version I really wanted to do, as the original publisher made me clip a lot of what is in here, from the original.
Dark Winter, the first fiction novel I published, passed 1100 copies sold this week. I think sales are picking up again after I got the title removed from some high profile Torrent sites. Remember that Chrome has a 'flag' tool for illegal content, so it's worth flagging these torrent sites as and when you see them appear.
The
print edition is also out now, but you could win a copy by entering the Goodreads Giveaway here:-
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20566064-dark-winter
Over 700 people have entered so far. If you are one of them, good luck!
I actually WON two books in a giveaway, Tom Reinhart's Saint Monolith amongst the books that are winging their way to me :)
And in April, there will be the release of DUN DUN DUuuuuuuunNNN, a new story!
It's called
Stormling, and is a fantasy novel that has been in development for nearly three years. I am hoping I will do the genre justice. It's a far more complex story than Dark Winter, but lighter in tone, so I hope it will win more fans. I plan to release the e-book and print version closer together, if that will offset the piracy crew. We can but hope.
The cover is being worked on right now, and the initial reveal will be given by
Chanzie@MWYA!
The edits on Stormling are what takes up most of my time at the moment, but heavy writing continues apace on Dark Winter (Book Two) and I'm 55,000 words in on what will probably bust another 90,000 words when it is done.
So that's me. I will try and post more often.
So what's been happening with you all?
See you again soon.
