Writers Block and Bad Words

Today has been one of those days where I realize the last two chapters make no sense with the first 2/3 of the story and need to be redone. It’s OK though, just hit delete and start over! I've kind of written myself into a tight space between a rock and a hard place. The worst part is this is coming off of a week of writers block! Oh well. I don’t mean to sound whiny, really I’m not. I am very happy I went back and reread before writing more. Time to stay up late and play catch up!

Also, still waiting to hear back on Dragon’s 1.5, however, it’s only been a week.

I have a new idea for a totally unrelated book once I finish the current project. I am pretty excited about the idea I’m spinning and have gone so far as to start writing it down and mapping out the characters. 

Submitted!

Hi guys, a small update here. The manuscript has been send and hopefully I will hear back in a few weeks if they want to publish it! I really hope they will, I think my readers will appreciate a little more of Gavin and Sebastian while I work on the next book. Based on my word count goals, book 2 is 90% done. So I just need to get a few nights of writing in around work and school and we will be good! I’m really motivated now, this is my favorite part of the process. 

Dragon's Egg 1.5

Hello everyone! I am really excited! Taken was my first publishing endeavor and I think it has been successful. I surpassed the number of books I thought I would sell, and amazingly, the number of reviews I thought I would get. On Goodreads I have 92 ratings and that just blows my mind. I read the reviews, both good and bad, and I have immensely appreciated each of them.

The thing I heard the most was the people wanted a little more of Gavin and Sebastian, so I wrote a short follow-up. It flowed so fast and I can’t say how many nights I stayed up working on it because I just had to get it out. Today I am going to do my first read through and correct any big errors. Then I plan to print it and do the “big edit”, which for some reasons works out better on paper.

It was difficult writing this one, I wanted to write so much more. The other difficult thing, which it both good and bad, was writing in some new characters. Now I find I want to write their stories. But, after Matt’s book I am thinking about putting this bit on hold to finish my other series (3.5 or 4 books already done).

Matt and Ingor’s book is at 40k words, so about 10 more to go and then I can start the editing there. It’s all coming along so well and I am just so amazed by it all. 

Buy the book: http://www.bookstrand.com/taken-leigh 

Good news everybody! I just wanted to take a break and check in for a quick moment to say Dragon’s Egg 1.5 is done. I have written the last word. Now it’s time to ignore it for a few days and start editing! In the meantime I am working on Dragon’s Egg 2. Matt and Ingor are well on their way to a complete story, it is about half way done. 

Hello everyone! Book 2 is coming along well! However, I have been waylaid by a small Dragon’s Egg 1.5 follow up for Gavin and Sebastian. I really feel they need some more happy before I let them go completely. I have about 5k words and I am hoping to get to 20k, so a short but sweet story. I am really excited! So please, don’t be too mad at me for taking longer to get the next one out.

One the bright side, I have 3.5 books of a different 4 book series written. I want to finish the last, close the series, and then submit for publishing. So by the end of summer I expect to have those moving as well. Shifters, vampires, elves and more! 

Hello everyone!

I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who read my book and especially those who rated it or wrote a review! I have enjoyed all the comments and appreciate the constructive criticism.

With that said, I am hard at work on Book 2! This one will be Matt and Ingor’s story. I know they are an established couple from book 1, but I think you will like where I go with it. I have been suffering a terminal case of writers block over the last few weeks, but I am back into writing mode. I am about 15k words in, hoping to reach 45k.

School starts Monday. For those who are curious, I work full time and attend college full time. It’s a busy schedule, and I tend to spend my entire weekend writing. Please bear with me as I get into a new routine for this semester. I started taking the bus to work last semester, I discovered that gave me 30-40 minutes of proofreading and editing time. It also saves me money because parking downtown is rather expensive. I am really excited! I have set a word goal to write each week to keep myself on track.

I am taking part in the MM Winter Fantasies contest as well where you can win a kindle loaded up with books from your favorite Siren authors, including Taken.

Here are a few related links:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23770610-taken?from_search=true

Contest: http://manlovefantasies.blogspot.com/?zx=c4d0ba16dfc0cf10

Buy my book: http://www.bookstrand.com/node/882140

Rennie Leigh

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