I've broken the 30,000-word mark in this first draft. I'm on page six of my twelve-page outline. I'm pleased with my progress and the word-count rate. I add a lot of words during revision, and my goal for this book is a word count that is close to 100k, so I'm right on track.
I've taken very few notes so far. Usually, I take notes during the writing of the first draft, and then I go back over those notes when doing the second draft. Very little in the way of additions or modifications has occurred to me this time, though. That's good, I think. It means I'm getting better at outlining. It also means the second draft should take less time to write.
The past week has seen increased action at Barnes & Noble. After the Bookbub and prior to this last week, I was getting downloads of Clouds of Venus in the 1-4 range per day. This past week, though, that rate jumped up to 20-40 per day. I'm very pleased with this development. Getting traction there will mean I'll have momentum on three retailers instead of just two. Thanks for your support, Barnes & Noble readers. :D
I still need to re-write my outlines for books 5-8 of the series, but I've got a pretty good idea of how I want the plot lines and character arcs to wrap up. If I pull it off, it'll be awesome. Let's hope I can pull it off.
That's all for now. Thanks for reading, folks, and thanks for supporting my work. :)
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