A little bit each day...

I am told that I need to have 80,000 to 120,000 word count for a publisher to consider it worth taking a look at, and I have several stupid ideas about trying to write a great novel in 30 days....which I think is absolutely nuts.  I've been researching and note-taking for a year, and now I'm ready to begin the 1st of the 13 book series, which will culminate in a 5 book follow up series.  I expect it to take me approximately 4 to 5 months per year to write each novel, and the rest preparation for the next; I expect a lot out of me, and goddamn't if I fail, it ain't gonna be because I wasn't dedicated to the project!


I'm not just pouring crap onto a page to see if it will sell.  I have an epic idea, with many different nuances and it will take a series and an effort such as this to bring it to fruition.  I try to write a about a thousand or so a day, 10,000 per week, and I don't care if that is too slow, it's the right the pace to produce what I envision this universe should be, and that is how it will be.  If I have to make ends meet by working odd jobs here and there that is the price I'm willing to pay to create my vision into the what I know it can be.

I've written before that I struggle to work at home, unless it is in the middle of the night.  I have two places I treat as an office, the local library, and the local legion.  Either place I set an amount I expect to get done before I leave and that is what I do.  Writing I have found is difficult for me to do continually, I need periodic breaks.  I have A.D.D. which I really should medicate for that but I don't, so I type a page or sometimes a paragraph, then I'm up pacing around. Sometimes, which is helpful at the Legion, after a couple of beers I can sit and type a lot longer between breaks, but I always accomplish more on my book at the library, and more on my research and blog maintenance (the nuts and bolts) at the Legion.

It is my determination that I will have office when I can afford to rent/own the space so that I have a place to go and get my work done...I have to treat my work like a regular job that demands I show up for regular hours and accomplishes daily goals or I just won't hold myself to the task of competing what it is I seriously desire to accomplish.  I want to make this my career, to earn at least enough to focus my energies for the next two decades producing the saga I have in my mind; but honestly, I expect it will be a story-line that is received well with the public.  I have a lot confidence in me and in this story.

Confidence and Arrogance are only separated by a thin line...whether or not I succeed will determine the difference!  :-)

Peace.


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