So, after attending the Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writer's Workshop in the spring and being, kind of, determined to self publish, I am now very determined to self publish my next books. Book two is done. I have contacted an editor and she is now going through and editing this book. I am not certain about the title of this book. This novel will be part of the series with The Goblet. However, this second novel is very different from the first book. It is about the Collins family in Maui, Hawaii. The family is being stalked by a serial killer with a cliff hanger ending.
I have started work on the third novel for the series. This book brings the Collins family and the Grifton family together. However, this novel is focussing on Rachel Grifton who has now become an archaeologist. She meets a young man, Wade, on a dig in Israel. They decide, together, that they wish to search for various items from the Bible. They are helped by Wade's uncle, Richard. They start their search in the Qumran Caves in Israel. I am not finished with this novel and I am not quite certain how to end this novel. I am still working on it.
But then I started work on a fourth novel. This novel will not be part of the series. It is in a totally different direction. Still faith based but it is a paranormal novel. I have been fascinated with the many paranormal shows that are on television now. One day I was watching a show with a friend about a family who was being terrorized by a demon in their house. The family fled the house. I was quite angry about this and my friend asked what else the family should do. I said it wasn't right that the family leave and let another family go through such an ordeal. I said that I would stay and fight the demon. My friend just laughed at me. I became indignant and said that I would have help from above on this. Which started me on my writing of the fourth novel.
So, as you can see, I am keeping busy writing. I entered the 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading contest with The Authors Show. I am a finalist but was advised that there is a fee to continue with the contest. Great. I am trying to decide if it will be worth it.
I am also now in the stages of looking for a web designer for my website. Going the free route, by myself, hasn't provided me with much advertising or luck for my book. I just don't have the smarts to figure out all the SEO's, the social media sites, the linking of all of it, how to get a proper contact sheet and do updates. I just don't have the time. Between riding my horse, keeping a house, and all the other things I need to do in a day, my writing has been suffering. I keep picking at it but I just am not devoting enough time in the day to writing. I suppose my fear is, is there anything more to this than what I have already done?
I want to keep writing. I have so many ideas in this head of mine. I would like for more people to read my books. And my blogs. There is a fear of the unknown. But if I don't keep going, if I don't keep writing, I don't want to ever say, I wish I would have given it a better shot.
