A lot of what I've been doing recently is trying to get my head back on track with all this. I know I've got to get these stories edited. Getting fresh work isn't going to get me where I want to be. I can work on new stories and keep rewriting the ones I've already got until the end of time and it's not going to get me where I want/need to be.
I know the chances of me earning enough to write full time are very slim, but you know what? That doesn't matter. I want to have my work published. I want people to read it. I want to grow as a person and as a writer. I think the two can go hand in hand. Even if I just break even, or make a loss for the rest of my life I'm going to write and try and get my work published. Whether that's through publishers, or self-published or a bit of both I'm going to try and get my work published.
What does that mean for the foreseeable future? Well, at the moment I'm working without much of a direction. I know the three main projects I need to be working on, with one in particular that I should really bump to the top of the list because that one is the one that'll be out first.
Speaking of out first. I've given the artist a heads up that I'll want him to resume work on the cover for the zombie book (absolutely love what he's done so far). I've spoken to an editor and got a quote, and I've spoke to someone about formatting, and gotten a quote for that as well. So, I know what it's going to cost roughly for me to get this out. So I'm going to be putting as much away as I can to get that sum together. It's doable, just. Like everyone I've got bills to pay, and expenses, but I can do it. Anything I earn from writing until I've got that cash together will go to it as well. So anything I receive through this website will be a part of that. All my writing costs (.com fees etc.) are covered for the year, so I don't have to worry about those until the new year.
So there it is. Not much of an action plan, but it's a vague direction until I get my head settled properly and I can get a proper plan in place.
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