Here I Go Again With the Writing Fog.... (Writing Update)

Here I go again…

I just came up for air, after four amazing days of writing, including today. Feathered Tartan Book 3 is about 2/3 of the way finished – if not more than that – and I’m trying to find the balance between pushing myself to finish this story and not burning myself out.

I first got this idea 2 years ago, according to my notes – the actual start date is July 13, 2020. I remember getting the idea, having it take off a bit for a bit in the fall once schools restarted after a six month hiatus (which included summer vacation 2020) due to the damn plague, and then wound up putting it on hold for a few months while I burned through Eternity’s Gamble last year. Yeah, that was a “fun” start to spring… And insane time, especially since schools went virtual during the month I was editing that one. *head desk*

Last fall, I said I was going to finish this one even if it killed me. Well, it may do it just yet. A week ago, I was at about 51,000 words. Before that, it was about 30K in, working on and off. Now that I know what to do and where I’m going with this one, it just seems I can’t stop.

This week was my first 13,000 week since I was writing Eternity’s Gamble last year. I didn’t write Monday and Tuesday due to appointments on both days, but once Wednesday hit, I burned through at least two chapters, going from 51,000 words last Friday to over 63,000 words after today’s writing insanity. The crazy thing is, I want to keep running with it, but unfortunately, my eyes are starting to get tired, and my brain isn’t exactly computing much. I wrote just short of 5,000 words today alone. Yesterday was another 4600 word day, and the other days were at least 2,000 words each. Yeah, close to 13 thousand words this week. No wonder why I’m exhausted.

I am so freaking close to the catalyst that brings on the finale and kicks off Feathered Tartan 4 that I can almost taste it.

I have maybe two chapters and an epilogue to write, but it could be closer to 3 or 4 chapters. I have to see how things go. There’s still a lot of ground to cover, a lot of issues to explore and a happy ever after to finish – in less than 40,000 more words (books in my genre are on average about 100,000 words or less). Yeah, this is going to be “fun”, but I think I can do it, especially with my co-conspirators from the Maizemerized stories and the rest of my friends, fans and families cheering me on.

If I can write the majority of a 45,000 word paranormal story in less than a month, surely I can wrap this one up in no time, right? I want it drafted before May 19^th, which is Track Day for our district. (Son is on the team again, for shotput, javelin and discus this year!) I want to be able to enjoy hanging out with the other parents and cheer for the PV Panthers without having that story’s unfinished manuscript hanging over my head.

It's time to get this one done. I haven’t released a book with Extasy in almost 2 years, so I am way overdue to have one come out with them. (Decadent Publishing released Eternity’s Gamble).

It is an honor and a pleasure to introduce the characters of Honestly, Feathered Tartan Book 3 – Avery D’Eon and Dana Campbell. 

Yes, Dana is the youngest cousin of Ewan Campbell from Stricken and Sweet Child of Mine. Ewan and Marti, who are now parents of a toddler, are in the story too. 

There’s a few twists and turns I wasn’t expecting in this book but so far, it’s turning out much better than I had originally anticipated.

I’ll share the blurb and information about the story when the time is right – IF Extasy Books takes it…

In other news, I’m doing keto light – none of the fats, some keto recipes and under 50 carbs a day. I don’t eat many carbs through the day until suppertime, and then it’s not that many. So far the glucose is in normal range for the first time in about 2 years, and I’m feeling more and more like myself again. Going off the damn birth control pill – which I really didn’t need after all – was the best thing that happened to me. It was driving my glucose sky high, and made me put on a pile of weight, no matter what I did. I’m so glad I was taken off of it. It’s toxic to a person’s system.

I’m also doing low impact aerobics, weight lifting using wrist and ankle weights, and if the weather is nice, going for short walks.

I’m down 11 pounds in about 2 months. My eventual goal is to drop 100 pounds, but I’m happy with what I’ve lost for now, although I’d like to lose another 10 by the time track day rolls around. Woo hoo!!!

Have a great weekend everyone! I leave you with a song by a woman I deeply admire and respect, even though I generally do not listen to her genre of music... Lady Gaga.