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Well, I wrote the first draft of the first book in my new series, Eternal Mates<\/strong>. It took me 11 writing days in total to complete the 95000 words in the book. That’s pretty good going even for me! I really enjoyed playing in this world and I have so many more books I want to write for it. The further I got into the book, the more I began debating whether I wanted to use this book to approach NYC for a book contract, and whether I wanted a big publisher at all. I had concerns about non-competition clauses and whether it would negatively impact my indie books, and personally, I have such fantastic fans that I’m making enough money to be a full time writer. The only thing NYC can offer me is better distribution and maybe a little kudos. Not enough to make me risk that non-competition problem though!<\/p>\nEternal Mates<\/strong> book one is now going to sit around for a while until I’ve been able to edit Unleash<\/strong>, and write the next Her Angel<\/strong><\/a> book, and possibly the next Vampires Realm<\/strong><\/a> book too. I’m yet to decide the release schedule for 2014, but expect to see the series then, and hopefully it will be a few books in the series too. Ideally, I’d love to release the first three Guardians of Hades<\/strong> books and the first two Eternal Mates<\/strong> books in 2014.<\/p>\n I also announced that while Unleash<\/strong> will be the final book in the Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series<\/strong><\/a>, it won’t be our last visit to the theatre. This is because I’m no longer going to use Eternal Mates<\/strong> to get myself an NYC book contract. I debated the pros and cons of getting a contract with a big publisher, and right now there are more cons than pros. Because I decided to indie publish Eternal Mates<\/strong>, it means I can go ahead with the original plan for the series, which is it being based in the Vampire Erotic Theatre romance series<\/strong><\/a> world. I couldn’t have done that if I had decided to approach NYC with the book because they wouldn’t be interested in a series tied to one of my indie series.<\/p>\n I also spent a week trying to get my marketing plan together and all my marketing information into order. I have so much research on this subject and most of it was scribbled on pieces of paper. I had to type it all up and then use that to construct a really solid book marketing plan, as well as a general marketing plan for myself as an author, aka my brand.<\/p>\n As for my time keeping. Even with writing the first draft of the Eternal Mates<\/strong> book, I only managed to get a 55% against writing in Toggl. I seem to spend most of my time dealing with emails and book tours, and blogging. I thought it would be social networking eating up my time, but alas, it’s not. It’s all the admin sort of things I have to do. There has to be a way to get more writing time!<\/p>\n All for now. I’ll be back next month to look back at my progress in March.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I’m back for another month in review post. What did I get up to in February? Well, I wrote the first draft of the first book in my new series, Eternal Mates. It took me 11 writing days in total … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/vet-unleash-199x300.jpg\" "\\"Unleash")
I printed out the first draft of Unleash<\/strong> in preparation for entering the second draft and then read the book over. It’s better than I had expected. Reader anticipation and expectation for this book is really high and I admit I’m feeling the pressure. That’s why writing the Eternal Mates<\/strong> series was so great and refreshing. Absolutely no expectations about that one! I know people are waiting for this one, and have been since January 2012 when Covet came out. I need to make Unleash<\/strong> the best it can be though and that means it will hit shelves when I feel it’s ready, and not before. I’ll be working on the second draft in March. The plan right now is that the book will come out in May 2013.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/signature.gif\" "\\"Felicity")
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