Well, that's a pretty massive chunk of writing in my newest sequel to one of my vampire novels. And no, I doubt this sequel will make it to "novel" status because that would contain way too much boring fluff that the reader doesn't want to read. The plot is laid out, enough already and the characters are finally wrapping up the last leg of the sequel. I can't promise anything super fantastic about the sequel because Lord knows, I'm not the best writer out there. However, I'm not the worst, either. Sure, it'll be a long haul process to get the editing process complete, then revise any confusing parts, edit some more... jeez, it takes a lot of work to write.
As I reflect back on this week (which didn't start off very good), I assume writers can hit that "holiday depression"/ frustration and/ or feel at times its all for naught when their outlook isn't 100 per cent roses all the time. Then again, I tell myself it's the slump this economy is in right now. I call it a "second Great Depression". I pull myself up by my shoe laces and try to put this week behind me and carry on.
Then I've heard the familiar, "If my books sales don't pick up, I'm going to have to find another day job!"
If we all could quit our jobs and live comfortable lives that would be fantastic. Luckily, I'm in a position where I'm not destitute... but I'm light years away from being where I want to be and that's purely my own fault for not planning my life better when I was younger. And I wish I had gotten my priorities straight at a young age, planned for my future-- blah, blah... I'm sure everybody's gone through similar moments of, "If I could have, should have, and the would have done this or that differently,"
I once had a College instructor that never liked to dwell on the 'Should-haves', could-haves and would-haves. They preferred to move on from those and not reflect on those moments. I tend to agree with that advice, but do find myself falling straight back into the 'would-have and could-have' departments.
So as it stands, my lengthy word count remains the same for tonight. I haven't ran out of steam. I'm extremely prolific when writing, often times overworking myself to exhaustion for hours at a time. I do take frequent breaks to get up and stretch, exercise, pay attention to my cat who owns me, by the way and busy myself to stay on top of everything else. Even though this is straying off the vampire sequel topic, I also plan to have a cook book up on Smashwords and KDP in the near future. It's not much, but at least there might be something for everyone.
As I reflect back on this week (which didn't start off very good), I assume writers can hit that "holiday depression"/ frustration and/ or feel at times its all for naught when their outlook isn't 100 per cent roses all the time. Then again, I tell myself it's the slump this economy is in right now. I call it a "second Great Depression". I pull myself up by my shoe laces and try to put this week behind me and carry on.
Then I've heard the familiar, "If my books sales don't pick up, I'm going to have to find another day job!"
If we all could quit our jobs and live comfortable lives that would be fantastic. Luckily, I'm in a position where I'm not destitute... but I'm light years away from being where I want to be and that's purely my own fault for not planning my life better when I was younger. And I wish I had gotten my priorities straight at a young age, planned for my future-- blah, blah... I'm sure everybody's gone through similar moments of, "If I could have, should have, and the would have done this or that differently,"
I once had a College instructor that never liked to dwell on the 'Should-haves', could-haves and would-haves. They preferred to move on from those and not reflect on those moments. I tend to agree with that advice, but do find myself falling straight back into the 'would-have and could-have' departments.
So as it stands, my lengthy word count remains the same for tonight. I haven't ran out of steam. I'm extremely prolific when writing, often times overworking myself to exhaustion for hours at a time. I do take frequent breaks to get up and stretch, exercise, pay attention to my cat who owns me, by the way and busy myself to stay on top of everything else. Even though this is straying off the vampire sequel topic, I also plan to have a cook book up on Smashwords and KDP in the near future. It's not much, but at least there might be something for everyone.