Hey 3.5 Readers.
I originally said I was going to try to write three books and then edit and publish them one right after the other. I realize now how long that will take. After 6 months, I have 80,000 words and I’m not done yet. If I wait, it’ll be years before I get anything published. I don’t want to rush anything but I now realize that I will have to think of the best ways to drop bread crumbs in this book for future books and then as I write the future books, I’ll have to just deal if it ends up there was something I wish I had added in Zombed.
To that end, I’ll need to do a rewrite.
As I rewrite, I’ll need to do a lot of things. For example, I’ll need to create:
- A list of characters so I don’t repeat any names.
- I’ll need to come up with a master time line so I don’t have something happen that cuts off something else from happening.
- Bios of some of the main characters.
- Notes on why I made certain choices, went off on this path or that.
I don’t want to put a ton of time in it or have it distract from my main operations here at Bookshelf Battle, but I do think all of these things would be helpful to a rewrite and I don’t see why they couldn’t become content that the 3.5 people who buy the book might enjoy.
I could add the occasional interview with a zombie and/or a western author.
What ideas do you 3.5 readers have for such a blog?
And which WordPress theme would look good for a Western blog?
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Series writing can be really tricky, I haven’t been brave enough to try it yet, so good luck! I hope all the books turn out really good!
Eh. I’ll be lucky if I finish one and get 3.5 dollars in profit.
I write a series. I’m about to publish book 4. Creating character biographies, a database if you will, and a timeline spreadsheet for the story is absolutley essential. The first three books in my series were sequential so not a big deal. The fourth book, however, picks up a thread from book two and progresses in parallel to book three. Trickier! And 80k words is awesome! Best of luck to you!
How long does it take you to write one of your novels if you don’t mind me asking?
I took longest with the first, about 6 months, 3-4 months for the subsequent ones. That’s rough draft, not fully edited and published. 18 months total for three books published.
3 books published in 18 months?
Alas, I am very lazy.
It’s essentially one continuous story, though… It flowed out all at once! Book 4 has taken forever! Because of what I was telling you about the parallel plot. Much more tedious and slow going!