Aug 31, 2015

I had real cause to celebrate today!

We hit 100 pre-orders! Thank you so much to those who stepped up in the last few days in response to my request to help us reach this important milestone. Now onto the next one -- more coming soon about the fun I have in mind for us to reach that.

Watching the pre-orders creep up to 100 was exciting for me today. Sunday is usually the day when I write my 15 pages for Blood Dawn. I began writing today with Blood Dawn sitting at 96 pre-orders, so I thought I'd stir up some coals and ask on my social media channels for 4 people to help.

Half of my writing day was spent in one of my favorite Starbucks here in Winnipeg. I completed a Lantis chapter, one that nearly had me in tears. Darn, why does storytelling make me so emotional? I've guess it's because I've walked with these characters for a year, so now that they are going through their dark moments, I really feel their pain. Well, I did my writing then went home for dinner -- and I was so pleased to see I had two pre-orders!

I only had a bit more to write, so I hauled my butt off to a Tim Hortons. This was a Jane chapter. Jane, Rena's adoptive mother, is a lot of fun to write. Think of her like a sort of posh, conniving incarnation of Hallmark's Francine. I didn't think the Jane chapter would be more than 4-6 pages, but I was wrong. I also didn't think it would be hilarious -- and I was wrong about that too. I had a hard time restraining my laughter as I wrote my way to the end of her chapter.

It was nearly midnight, and I hit 23 manuscript pages for the day. This one is a record! But if that wasn't enough, I checked my email and saw ... pre-order #100!

I really don't know what to say, so I'll hand it over to Wilson again.

Thanks, folks! You all rock!