7-12-2011

This morning I received an email from a man named Thomas Pitock. I almost deleted the email because I didn’t recognize the sender and the subject line said “keys?” and nothing more. I don’t know what made me change my mind, but I opened it, and to my surprise, this Tom Pitock had found my missing keys and flashdrive! I’m still in awe that anyone managed to find them. My gratitude is greater than I can express. I lost those darn things eight months ago! J

                So I’m now working on Chapter XIII. I never like writing the thirteenth chapter of any book. It makes me nervous, as it is my unlucky number. Hopefully I’ll finish it soon and get on to the Kingdom of the Condemned scene. I’m hoping to finish this draft, another light edit, and order my first editing proof by the end of the year. After research of several different online printing companies, I decided to use Createspace, which I believe is also a POD publisher through Amazon. But they’re prices are decent, so I’ll have them print my editing proofs. It will cost about $70.00 for ten proofs. Another site I looked into would have cost me $400.00 for the same number of proofs!

                I’ve been having a lot of self-doubt about my writing lately. I just feel as if it will never be good enough for the general public, let alone the publishers. I know I’m really going to have to improve my skill if I ever want to get anywhere. I’m mostly worrying about character motive and credibility right now. I suppose it would just be best for me to finish the current draft before I try to start smoothing things over again.

                I got Nichole a puppy for a late birthday present. I brought her home on Saturday, the 9^th. Nichole named her Mika, and I’m stuck puppysitting the darn thing until Nichole gets back from her vacation!