Day Forty-Seven

DAY FORTY-SEVEN

Well, today is another very productive one. I'm now closing rapidly on the halfway point of the chapter. I should zip pass that tomorrow, with any luck.

It amazes me as I see growth in the amount of people following my progress. From here, to Twitter and Facebook, there are more and more deciding to keep an eye out on how I'm doing. 

Thank you all for your support. It is without doubt inspirational.

How this will all turn out, only time will tell. However, I think I'm off to a pretty good start. :)

This would mean that if ever you were thinking of creating any kind of project I would start talking about it early. (With one exception: business.) 

I think that it's probably prudent to wait on that one. 

However, when talking about a screenplay, novel, or whatever which requires you to build a platform before it's launch then you absolutely have to begin as soon as possible.

It takes time. Patience is called for as you start looking at what you want to do.

I also feel that once I have my foundation, the next one should be easier. I'm learning a lot. 

Anyway. I hope today brings you all that you hope for.

Talk to you tomorrow.

Mark

Day Forty-Six

DAY FORTY-SIX

Nice day today. I have the formatting complete and I've begun detailed work of the chapter.

The great thing is, I do have some fantastic material from the first draft that I'm able to keep because it flows so perfectly with the story.

I love it when this happens. Because it's an incredible time saver. It means that I have a chance of completing this sooner and that can't be bad.

So I have people say to me that they can't wait to read my book and I tell them "neither can I"!

While this always gets a good chuckle, it highlights the fact that, even though I have an outline of where this will ultimate go, it is also and should be partly driven by good characters.

You want to always help guide them but sometimes they need to explore too.

I think it helps to have incredible depth to each of your main people in the story.

It also is good to have depth to lesser known people too. Not everyone needs that. Some are just in passing, so you don't (as a writer) really need to understand their whole story.

Anyway, I hope that your day is going really well and I look forward to talking to you tomorrow.

Mark

Day Forty-Five

DAY FORTY-FIVE

Well, good morning (afternoon or evening, depending where you are in the world. :) )

It's Monday here. Time once again to resume letting you know how things are going. 

So, I've well and truly begun chapter ten. The editing notes are complete and the formatting is over halfway done.

In addition, there is large sections that I'm actually keeping. (There maybe some small tweaks but over all, so far I have this feeling that moving through this part of the book won't take as long as the others have.)

Great news from that point of view. Because the quicker I can do that, the faster I can reach the next chapter.

Which of course means the closer I am to reaching the end of the major editing phase.

Does this mean that I will be done and I'll be ready to publish?

Not quite. I have to have the new material reviewed and I already need to make some small changes to the earlier chapters but it does mean that a large part of the workload will be finished!

Plus, the way in which this novel has unfolded, I think will make you very happy (I hope) to read it.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy today and I look forward to talking to you tomorrow!

Mark

Day Forty-Four

DAY FORTY-FOUR

Wow! I did it! I'm done with the major editing phase of chapter nine! 

Onto the next one tomorrow! Whew.........

What a relief. I have this feeling you're going to really enjoy it.

When I'm done with the editing (including grammatical checks, etc.) I'm going to post here, once a week, the first two pages of each chapter for you to read!

This will signal the countdown to publication and of course launch.

Remember, there are thirteen chapters.

That will give me the time I need to start the process of creating my website, moving the manuscript to Amazon and finalizing the cover, etc.

Plus I think you'll enjoy taking a small peak into the journey that the story is. Actually, I really think you'll love it!

At least I hope you do.

Anyway, I'll talk more about that as I get closer to beginning the countdown.

In the meantime, for me this is Friday so, you know what that means...

I'll talk to you again on Monday! :)

I hope you have an amazing day and a great weekend!

Mark

Day Forty-Three

DAY FORTY-THREE

Well, the great news is, I should be done with chapter nine tomorrow. I'm looking forward to moving into the next one. I can't wait!

This journey, I've been told, feels like I am taking you on a ride with me as my book moves into publication.

That makes me feel really happy because I want to share the experience with you. I feel like if I can do this, you may find your voice and want to contribute what inspires you, no matter what that is, to the world.

The question for me becomes the "what if". "What if" you look at this and realize that you are doing something or feel an urge to create but was never sure if you could really do it?

Maybe by watching this you think "I'm going to give it a try!"

Wow! That would be awesome!

If someone asked me what my market was I would say I like to help people feel like they are a part of something special. Because you are!

Not just this blog, of course, but what you are as a person! In my understanding I hope that everyone is able to bring their own uniqueness and believe that they can do it too. If they put their minds to it!

That means if you can stay focused on your passion, the chances are you'll start bring it to life!

Wouldn't that be awesome!

So what's my market? Simply put, it's the belief that you are unique and I just want to share what I do in the hopes that I can inspire you to share what you do.

Doesn't have much to do about the paranormal does it? Lol.

Well, it never really does. We write what we know and for sure I'm sharing a novel that I can speak with to some authority! However, the real knowledge comes in the fact that I can put this together in a way I think you'll really love and at the same time feel like your sharing in the journey!

Pretty cool huh?

I hope your day is an awesome one!

Mark

Day Forty-Two

DAY FORTY-TWO

Okay, so I'm three quarters the way through this chapter. Whew!

It's feeling like a challenge. However I've found that often when writing becomes difficult, as I push through it seems to be a better section.

In other words. Even if there are difficulties in writing, ALWAYS move through it! Getting it down in the beginning (or a second time) will help you complete your novel.

(I'm moving to a larger font mainly because I find it's easier for me to see it while I'm writing. Lol.)

Yes I'm forty-five and I like to see slightly larger words. Lol. :)

Anyway, despite the obvious challenges that I'm having with this one, I am getting there. I'll be very happy when I move to chapter ten.

I think because I already know that I have quite a bit there that I want to keep. Which will ultimately save time.

At the pace I'm currently going, I should be able to start that one by Saturday. We'll see. :)

I hope that you will have an awesome day, and may all of your dreams be coming true.

Mark

Day Forty-One

DAY FORTY-ONE

Okay, first of all, I have to say sorry. I didn't get to posting anything yesterday because, even though I had to be somewhere super early, I just felt too exhausted to do any writing afterwards.

I hope you're okay with that.

The weekend kind of went the same way. So I really didn't get very far at all. (It was my intention and hope to be in chapter ten by now.) But that has slowed down a little.

However, I'm back on track and now surging forward! Woohoo!

As I approach chapter ten, I'm realizing that this is really coming together more and more. Things are starting to move a little faster for me as I prepare for Launch.

There is still much to do:

*I have a website to build.
*A newsletter that I want to put out once a week for my subscribers. (What to say in there is important to me.)
*Making sure the cover is looking good.
*Ensure editing is as complete as I can make it, so you'll enjoy the story.
*Begin the process of countdown to launch. (Yes I have an idea when it comes to this. However, I haven't quite developed my complete picture yet.)
*Synopsis for Amazon and cover too.

I'm sure I'm forgetting something but it definitely shows that I still have much work to do. Lol.

Anyway, I really feel I'll be making great headway this week. Thank you again for your incredible support. Just being here is awesome!

I hope you have an amazing day! (Whatever day it is for you. :) )

Mark