Hey Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk! Anchored in the Bay (True North Book 1) is on sale through March 5th for $.99 in the US and 99p in the UK. Don’t miss out on your chance to start this series at the beginning for a great price.
AND…don’t forget! Tidal Patterns (Golden Shores Book 1) is up on Kindle Scout through March 5th. If you nominate the book and it gets picked up for a Kindle Press publishing contract, you’ll get a free ebook copy before it releases.
2016 is off in a big way for me. Across the board, I’m challenging myself to learn more and get better.
I started a weekly strength training class to push myself to get stronger (and after many weeks, I’m really starting to feel it. Rebuilding my core has been a big undertaking). Getting fit has nothing to do with looks and everything to do with health. I want to be able to take care of my family to the best of my ability.
I’m challenging myself to learn even more about craft in writing, listening to podcasts, taking online courses and seminars, working with more experienced authors to really understand things like deep POV.
And I’m pushing myself to work every day.
My first job is Mom and I love my role. Writing is a passion that’s a part of me and I relish the time I get to pursue it. But my priority is my family and my time is limited. Working after everyone has gone to bed and I’ve been awake and taking care of everyone’s needs all day can be taxing. It’s important that I keep at it though because I’m seeing how small progress each day adds up in a big way.
At the moment, Tidal Patterns (Golden Shores Book 1) is ending it’s Kindle Scout campaign. (Check it out here!). On the Rocks (True North Book 3) is at the editor and I’m finishing up my edits of Across the Lake (True North Book 4) to send to my CP (then I edit again, then to my editor, edit again, then Kindle Scout). I’m excited to see all my efforts from last Fall pay off now and am planning out what I’ll be working on next (Golden Shores 2 and a novella for Golden Shores).
I don’t think I’m ever, actually, “in the mood” to write when I’m working on a first draft. Plotting and planning is exciting. I love a rogue moment of inspiration and jotting down notes on my phone. Even editing, although it takes twice as long, is more supremely satisfying and purposeful to me. It’s always the perfect time to be tidying up all the stray pieces and messy dialogue with critique partners, beta readers, and my editor.
But I’ve never found a perfect moment for writing something new.
So, everyday (or night), I find time to sit down and work. Some days, after a few minutes, my fingers fly across the keys and write a couple chapters in an hour. Others, I can barely get a paragraph done in the same time. But every day I make an effort to work on the raw material of the next project.
This past autumn, I gave myself permission to take a break and took an entire month off first draft writing. I learned what a huge mistake that was when I tried to jump back in to finish up my True North series. Getting the final first drafts finished (which, hooray! They are and I’m editing currently) was rough.
As I wrap up True North, I’m looking toward my next series. I’m in a sort of limbo, waiting to hear back on one project. I could freeze and wait to find out what is going to happen. But instead I’m going to work on a novella and develop the idea for what would be a full-fledged sequel-both accompanying my So You Think You Can Write entry, Tidal Patterns.
I hope to have good news to share soon. If you’re looking for me, I’m behind my computer screen any free moment I have editing and writing the next series.
PS-Tidal Patterns, my sweet romance, is up on Kindle Scout. Come check it out here. If you nominate it and it’s selected for publication with Kindle Press, you get a free copy.
Rachelle Paige Campbell 