Weekly Progress Update:

Weekly Progress Update:

I’m behind on editing, wooooooooooooooooooo!

Hah, not a big deal overall. I wanted to be at 50% by the end of the weekend but only sat down and worked through 3 pages so far. I have more time tomorrow with the holiday, so maybe I’ll crank out the last 23 pages to reach that point. We’ll see!

For those who follow my Facebook, you may have seen that last week my local Barnes & Noble put two copies of Orcblood Legacy: Honor on their shelves. On Friday I stopped by and noticed they only had one copy left. Believe me, that was a surprise. I even went and asked an employee to see how many copies were in stock, just in case the other was sitting in the back. Lo and behold, the other had been sold.

I’ve got to tell you, that was a pretty great feeling. Knowing that, out of all the other excellent selections neighboring it, someone took mine home. It gave me the confidence to submit an application this morning for the Barnes & Noble stock program to attempt to get my book in every store. I’ve never really considered myself successful or unsuccessful when it comes to writing. Most people judge that based on revenue, but I write mostly for myself and the love of it. But if I can manage to get it accepted into the Barnes & Noble program, I’ll consider that a huge success.

The process takes about 3 months, so I won’t have any updates on it for a long while. We’ll see what happens!

In other news, some of you may remember that this month I kept a daily score of which novel I felt strongest about. The most prominent in my head received a 3, followed by the next with a 2, and last a 1. For the entire month, the three novels next in my queue were scored to get an idea of which stood out the most over the test of time. Here are the results:

Prequel = 43 pts
Side Character Spin-off = 78 pts
Book 3 = 65 pts

Now, it’s still my opinion that by the time I finish editing Madness (i.e. Book 2), I’ll probably feel the need to move into Book 3. That would make the most sense, after all. But, the spin-off is definitely the one I’m most interested in. You should never feel forced to write something or it’ll show in your writing. Your lack of enthusiasm will definitely be picked up by readers and it could kill your entire story. So, let’s just wait and see.

That’s all for this week, orcs. See you on the battlefield!