toby floating up the paid charts, i’m thinking i need to write this next book pronto

Psychics with family issues are hot on amazon today, haha.  Toby is doing so well! It’s SO lovely to sell some books, quite a rush, yum.  And yes, these are real sales, not giveaways—turns out there is usually a pulse of sales after a freebie.  Toby was #83 on the PAID Contemporary Fantasy list this morning when I got up, woo hoo!  Conjuring Raine has also picked up some sales as result—I hope it’s because a few folks have read Toby and liked it enough to want more.  Go Toby, Go!

It all makes me want more books up for sale! I need to get cracking on this new one, working title “the nightmare book.”  My goal (hahahaha!) is to write 25,000 words by March 21, 50,000 by April 21, 75,000 by May 21, and done with a first draft by Summer Solstice.  Is it possible?  I’m only a few 1000 words in at this point.  The goal would mean 1000 words a day, six days a week (six because sometimes life intervenes, nothing to be done about it but factor it in).  Maybe I should get one of those progress bars for my sidebar over there!  Certainly, my yoga practice report mini-blog has helped me get on the mat more than once when I thought, “oh, crap, I can’t write ‘didn’t do shit today’ on the blog!  Better at least do surys….” Hmmm.  I like this idea.  It’s kind of like hanging all my dirty laundry out for the world to see, but so what?  If I’d wanted to be secretive and unknown, I picked the wrong profession.

Okay, then, keep an eye out for a wordcount bar.  And if you haven’t, consider picking up a copy of Toby and helping me keep my selling streak going a little longer!  I’m telling you, selling books is just about better than chocolate.  I’m not even kidding.