HOW'D I DO THIS WEEK? (March 24)

Long Project

The spreadsheet is really helping to flesh things out, including character and structure. Odd for such short little summaries, but every little bit helps. It's especially helpful for moving things around in the order of events and from chapter to chapter. Very handy with something as large and complex as this. It also shows me where I need to fill things in as I go, which makes the development really organic and natural. Next Steps? Keep on with the spreadsheet!

Short Project

The first thing I did was kill chapter eight, which didn't make sense. Then I moved chapter nine into its place and I'm pretty happy with the change. I blocked out chapter seven, and chapter eight looks like how the ending should look. I'll have to cut some stuff out of it (stuff that would have been GREAT), but that'll make it a lot tighter. Next Steps? Finish, that's right, finish the blocking. Woo-hoo!

Did I ever mention that this will be a freebie? Details later.

Marketing

I set up something pretty cool for Turning Springs. It's not finished yet, however. No peeking. Next Steps? Finish the cool thing, and work on my email signature. I'm also going to continue on reading the Smashwords dot com Marketing Guide (download here) for more tips. I've already changed my Twitter and Facebook profiles so they look like they belong to a grownup.

Summary

I'm not getting as much done as I'd like, but I've been pretty busy. This weekend looks even busier than usual, but hopefully Sunday will be clear by time it rolls around.

Thanks, and keep reading!