Back to work

Ladies and gentleman, it's official. Drum roll please. I have a book cover!!



So this is the image that will hopefully be associated with my book for years to come. And *pat on the back* I did it myself. *nods*

About the name.... It was brought to my attention that "Nature Lover" wasn't the best name for a young adults book. Since I agreed, I put up a poll for a day or so and we have come up with a nice evolution through the Forces of Nature series:

Natural Selection
Second Nature
Better Nature

I've been slacking and a little stuck in my writing and that stops today. My goal for the day is 2500 words and I will hit it. No excuses. The week before last I wound up writing in the neighborhood of 12,500 words. This week I've written 2,620. That's less than what I was doing in a single day! Admittedly, they can't all be 3,000 word days, but they should ALL be at least 6,000 word weeks. As often as I think about writing, I should be able to whip through it. I am terrified I'll do what I normally do and stagnate and abandon the book.

With this book things are different though. With the HP writing group's help I've taken some steps towards being a more "legitimate" writer. I even decided, despite my vows to the contrary that I would start a Twitter account. I'm up to 64 followers, which isn't too shabby, though I can't keep up. Too many tweets! I don't really know how else to expand my audience, but I'm doing what i can to get people interested in what I have to say. I have so many ideas, if I can get them out of my head and into my computer, I'm going to be around for awhile. But to get there I have to stick to this novel, no matter how hard getting there might be. Amelia wouldn't abandon me, how can I abandon her?

Today I have therapy at one, and I need to do some laundry, bu other than that I will spend the day writing. My goal for everyday this week except Friday is 2500 words. I'm giving myself Friday off since Thursday is St. Patrick's Day and I have no idea how hung over I might be...lol This puts my goal at 10,000 words for the week. I want to get this novel completely written by the end of April so I can start editing. My tentative goal for publication is the tail end of the year. Perhaps that's a little ambitious but if I can't get it done by then, I'm flexible.