With my ear operation drawing closer, I began to get a little too stressed out about finishing Her Demonic Angel by my self-imposed deadline of the operation date. On Monday, I did manage to get the book to around 67000 words, but I also planned out the rest of the chapters in clearer detail and realised that I still have around 15 chapters to write. That’s around 60,000 words for me if they’re around average length. Some would be shorter, so maybe it would be fewer words to write but it’s still a lot considering I only had 6 work days until my operation.
So I had to make a choice yesterday. The deadline of my operation was making me feel icky about writing the book, leaving me feeling as though I was rushing it in parts or that it wasn’t going to come out good, or I wasn’t going to finish it. I have come to terms with the fact I won’t finish it in time, so I made the decision to hold off on writing the rest of it until post-recovery period. Plus, it’s probably better to relax in the week before the operation rather than elevating my blood pressure and stress levels!
After talking to my husband about it during the journey to Amsterdam for our Valentine’s Day trip, I realised it was probably easier to switch my schedule around and tackle editing two of the novellas in my Vampire Erotic Theatre series, Seduce and Enslave, and proofing Crave, and then write the rest of Her Demonic Angel when I’m back. It’s far easier to read just 70000 words to get back into the book than it is to read around 120000 words just to write the final chapter or whatever would have remained had I decided to stick with writing as much of the book as I could before my op.
The upside is that I find editing a lot less stressful so I should be able to get it all done, plus my other stuff like creating the formats for Crave which is out on March 10th, before my operation and should be feeling nice and relaxed in the run up to the day… which I am completely dreading.
Amsterdam was a much needed break for me and I had a really good time with my husband despite the rather cold weather. It was bitterly cold. The canals were frozen! Amsterdam was beautiful and so quiet, and it was great wandering the city. I am very tired today though, and can’t concentrate. It was a very long day with a very early start and late return, and a heck of a lot of walking in chilly weather. Another reason for changing my schedule around! I am a mindless zombie today.
Hopefully I will be feeling far more normal tomorrow. For now, I’m off to read over the paper copy of Seduce!
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