Hello
again,
Hey all it's been a while and I've
been busy and scatterbrained. Mainly scatterbrained; jumping from story to
story to different drafts all trying to tie together the A Daughter's Fury
series. Working on the second book in the series only to get stuck over and
over. I would switch to the third book which was helpful as it gave another
point of view to what and who was needed in book two. I would have a break
through go back to book two continue writing coming from a different angle only
to get stuck again. Over and over. I am living the definition of insanity. Let
me tell you it is not an enjoyable experience.
Every time I talk to someone they
ask how my book is going and I have to think about what book I was working on
the last time I talked to them. Of course, at that point I was working on two
books and like four different drafts, not to mention the drafts I started in my
head but not yet put to paper. Fun times.
While I was trying to nail out a
first draft to book two I start to wonder about book one (which is already
published) about what I could have done differently. It started with one
"oh I should've done this instead" then I would shake my head and try
to forget about it. Because honestly ADF was published and I was sick of its
face. I love Alex I do but if I have to read one more draft of her first book I
might lose my mind. Of course, more and more ideas start coming to me. Old
scenes that I originally created (that I hadn't even written done) start to pop
up. Thus, the great debate begun.
Should I or Shouldn't I.
With this more avenues begin to
open or as I say I started falling down the rabbit hole, again. What if I redo
ADF, maybe then I could try traditionally publishing. I tried this before but
failed and stopped trying and self-published. I love self-publishing its great
I have complete control over everything but how many people buy my book.
However traditionally publishing is the Holy Grail. Only those who have been
traditionally published and were burned despise it. For the rest of us it is
The Dream.
I also thought about continuing
self-publishing and just re-publishing the new version of ADF. That would be
great I could reach more readers and still have my current readers.
Of course, that's hinging on
whether or not I do rewrite ADF.
Why I shouldn't.
Because failure sucks, failing at
the same thing twice sucks more. I might alienate my readers by changing ADF
(even though in my mind it would be better but not everyone would agree) I
would be confusing people with the second book if they didn't read the new
update. Not to mention I was planning on publishing book two this fall. If I
take the time to redo ADF then book two would be postponed until spring/summer
of 2019.
Thanks for reading RawLitCom: True Confessions of an Aspiring Author
Sincerely,
Taylor
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