Last night, I reevaluated my goals; this morning, I've only had 3 hours sleep due to being overly excited. Haha! I feel empowered by my choice, and sleep is for the weak. ;)
I lie; I love sleep so, so, so much. So, I guess that just adds power to my empowerment. I should also mention that it's currently 6am and I have not yet had caffeine, so I have a tendency to early-morning-babble. By the time I post this it'll likely be 7 or something, but, you know, at this specific moment in time!
Anyway! I made a choice last night, in regards to my upcoming (eventual) book and how best to go about things.
Due to the lack of response in that recent First Chapter Contest, I've decided to rewrite the whole damned thing for 189912th time. Well, not really the whole damned thing. I know that my issue was my passive voice. A voice that I only use in the First Chapter. It was deliberate. Didn't you ever read those books when you were younger where the first chapter was passive and set the scene, and then the following chapters were active? That was my intention. Maybe I need a new intent.
But before I get into that... last night, I decided to buy my old website back. I've had websites several times over the years, and never knew what to do with them! Now... I have an idea.
Online book on a WordPress blog. Attached to Steemit via SteemPress. Serialised. A chapter a week to force my hand into completion! When finished, it will become a $2-3 e-book with the option still there for people to read it for free.
I know that I'm not going to be a mainstream popular author. I don't really want to be popular, doing book-signings and interviews and everything, ugh. Just the thought horrifies me. But I have since decided that I can become an author in my own right, doing things my way.
It's not the most profitable route, but for me, it's the only way I'm going to get things done, and honestly, I just want people to read my stuff and, you know, possibly enjoy it enough to eagerly await the next chapter.
So, while I was "sleeping" during the night for minimal hours, tossing and turning because I was too excited, because I was finally getting somewhere with my goals and hopes and dreams, HawkHost set up my website and it's all ready for me to tinker with today and over the weekend.
I'm thinking of commissioning someone to make a banner for me, to use on each chapter; an image that if I really love, I'd be willing to pay more for to get additional sizes for ebook and paperbook dimensions. I'm going to be perusing the artists on Steemit to see if anyone has the look I'm going for and if they accept commissions. If not, there's a lovely company in melbourne called 99designs I can use.
I'm not sure when I will be beginning this. But it's all in the works as of 2am this morning and I am super duper excited!
The only thing that gives me worry is that I will be posting Vengeance - Chapter One again, although written more actively, and I'm hoping that @cheetah and @steemcleaners can forgive that.
Anyway! I'm far too excited to write random fiction today, so I'm not sure if I will continue on with Alex's Unwanted Adventure today, though we'll see. Who knows what the day will bring; it's still early, too early. The photo prompt today, from the brief look I saw on my dim-lit phone through my blurry eyes before I pulled myself out of bed, was a cabin in the woods. Maybe there's food in there. Alex and her stomach would be so happy.
But!!
It's time to peruse artists!
And end these babbling babbles!
I hope everyone has a lovely day today :) or has had a lovely day, for those drifting off to sleep.
