GOOD EVENING, LIKERS!!! Happy #humpday!!!

Well...some progress is better than no progress. That has been the theme this week. I might not be getting things done the way that I like, but it was still getting done. Delays be damned.

But before we get into it...don't #forget that #decemberwitches was still going on. This week it has been Darkened Soul: WITCH'S ABYSS. If you want a good dystopian mystery...here it is. And that can be found at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkened-Soul-Witchs-Darkchilde-Epilogue-ebook/dp/B07HRH2V5Z.

As for the rest of the week...let's talk about it. AKA It's time for EDITING, TYPING, AND WRITING!!!

EDITING. So I started a thing.

And that thing...was a new writing project. It took a few days and was written around my #december work schedule. But it was done. I took the last few days off to let it breathe a bit. But I hoped to get back to it this weekend. Let's see if I can get rid of 1,000 words.

Meanwhile, I was at the #library today. The goal? To do a THIRD drift to the short story that I finished a little while ago. I know, I know. But when that #author intuition kicks in...

Fingers crossed that I will get that research in for DARKENED SOUL: THE BREAKING OF CIRCLES this upcoming weekend as well.

TYPING. I decided to put my forthcoming #blog on hold to work on the new writing project. I have every intention of #looping back around to it though. Going back to that #intuition of mine...I would rather get some of the current little projects that I have in play finished and out and about. And as an author/artist, we do have a problem with finishings.

But that didn't mean that I was not about to get some typing in. Well, I have been. I've been getting used to the wiggle room of time to be at the library. And as a #counterpoint to other things I would be working on, I was using the time to type up my current WiP...which I was almost caught up to.

Speaking of...

WRITING. Break.

I believe that I mentioned that I would take a brief one last week to get caught up on my aforementioned other projects that I had in play. So for my #WiP, I made it to the climax that I've been working on since I started seriously writing it.

I feel it will be a good #break. I've done such a great job the last few chapters, having something in them that resonated. A word of advice/pearl of wisdom. A look into a secret relationship. And...my main character getting her heart broken. And the messy chaos from that last one. It was great working on it the last week, always ending on a cliffhanger so I was eager to work on it the next day. And now I had to wait to find out the fallout.

This week, my focus was on ANOTHER new writing project. I liked that I thought about it a few times last week and already had a name for my main character. I hoped that I did the concept justice. And it was going to be...interesting. There's something that I wanted to work out of my head. This would be a good exercise for that.

GOOD MORNING, LIKERS!!! Today we start #monday morning with more #Decemberwitches.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkened-Soul-Witchs-Darkchilde-Epilogue-ebook/dp/B07HRH2V5Z.

Darkened Soul: WITCH'S ABYSS is on sale at #AmazonUK.

GOOD EVENING, LIKERS!!!

MUST...NOT...DOZE...OFF. And that in a #nutshell, has been how my week has been going. I've been busy with work, my #Decemberwitches sales over on Amazon (check out https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/LaTorre-Mays/author/B00E0LUID4?ref=ap_rdr&shoppingPortalEnabled=true to see what sales are going on!!!), my changing routine, and of course...#writing.

And speaking of writing, what else did I have going on? Well...let's talk about it!! AKA it's time for EDITING, TYPING, AND WRITING.

EDITING. I had mentioned that my routine had been changing. And the time I was used to using for writing was going to life-ing. And life-ing...LIFED. However, I have been slowly maneuvering. I was shocked that I had been doing it so unknowingly. But I had a routine that appeared to be working. And the #fruits of that?

I was happy to report that the second draft of my short story was done. I still had some worries. And part of me might do a third draft off of responses to it. But yay for finishing a new short story.

Meanwhile, I had made it back to research mode for Darkened Soul: THE BREAKING OF CIRCLES. Fingers crossed, I will finish this first leg of research for Draft 2.

TYPING. I had my next project lined up. However, I have found that I kept getting #distracted. Distracted by sleep cuz DUH. Distracted by my busy schedule...and some days I just kept my focus FOCUSED.

I really liked the intro. Sometimes it was nice to have a clear style. A clear voice. And it was there in #spades. I wanted to be sure I hit on all of my points. I was looking forward to having some time to just brainstorm the structure of my project.

Meanwhile...I had enough of my #WIP written out again. So you knew what that meant. It was back to typing up chapters.

WRITING. Writing has been great. I was actually sorry that I didn't get time to write today. But...#theweek wasn't over yet.

Poor Alicia. She was going through it right now. If you have been keeping up with my page cuz #algorithm, I have been mentioning my progress. I knew my main character was heading for a fall. And the fall HIT.

What I've enjoyed over the last week or so has been the carefulness of my words. The direction of the scenes. The appearances of characters. Scenes had really been resonating, reminding me of things from my #restaurant experience. As well as other times. Yeah...I know it's my story echoing again but not triggering. Just...feeling it. One day after writing, I stayed in my feels. You would have thought I was Alicia.

Also...stopping on cliffhangers. That made me more eager to get back to writing the next day. That good ole writing flow.

That said...I think after this week, I might take a brief break.

I know, right? There was a short story idea that I wanted to squeeze into my schedule. I also wanted to get caught up on some typing projects. No more starting things that I don't finish.

Keep going.