This is the most fun a girl can have, let me just say that. I'm past the 1/3 point of the book, and I think I started on Monday. I'll need to go look. Yes, I made the cover for the book first on the 21st, which is a little odd, but that's OK. I'm a little odd too. I made the cover first, and now I'm on the 13th chapter; 4 days later. I started writing the book on August 22, which is a great day to do anything. The 22nd of any month is my favorite day. I was born November 22, my best friend was born June 22, my son was born March 22, and my daddy was born April 22. My nephew was born on August 22, and that's the day I met Jeannie (my best friend). Robin and Maurice Gibb were born December 22, so I gave Faith (my dog) the same birthday since she was born near that day. I like the 22nd. It's a great day.
So, here I am, in my office, sitting at the desk typing. I have decided that two chapters a day is a good amount, but tomorrow being Saturday, and then again on Sunday, I could see myself cranking out 3 or even 4 chapters each day. I assume there will be about 30 chapters. I assume there will be about 86,000 words. There will need to be about that many words because I've already made the dang cover and I don't want to have to do that again. Depending on the thickness, and the page count, you have to adjust the spine width. It's good the way it is. I need to go see if I made it a 5x8 or a 6x9. It's a romance book, so I should have done the 6x9. Goodness, now I'm second-guessing myself.
After checking, I found that I did make it a 5x8 book, so that's going to be changed. I want the romance novels to be 6x9 and the murder books to be 5x8. I know, it's the craziest thing, but I like that. My Blog Books are also 6x9; it seems to be a favored size these days. Speaking of the Blog Books, I had to redo the cover on the 2nd book because I made a boo-boo and created it with a PRO or paid cover photo. Oops!! I changed it, and it's available now on Amazon. That only took 2 weeks to get the cover correct. Geez Louise, it wasn't easy. When I got it in the mail I didn't like the thickness of it, so I changed the size of the font and the spacing. It went from 262 pages to 317. OK, enough about that, this blog is about the new book.
One of the best things about writing a romance novel is writing the sex scenes. No, really, it's hilarious fun. You get to be so free and say what you want to say. You can create character flaws, you can be a real jerk about it. You can be humble, and easy-going, or you can rip the wallpaper off the wall in a heated moment. It's all up to you, you're the author!! To get me going on what it is I want to say I typically read other works from authors I think go way overboard with the wording so I can do exactly what they did, but pull out before I completely make a mess of things. OMG...did I just say that? Geez...again, yeah, no. Sorry!! LOL
I sort of do a food-porn thing at one point; making innuendo and using double-speak to make a few points; it's fun. I re-read it and laughed myself silly over what just came out of my keyboard. I can be so blunt sometimes. Other times I can be so sweet and forgiving; even affectionate. I love writing. It really really is the best job out there. I hope I can sell enough books to make it a full-time gig - - oh wait, maybe I should put a lot more sex in the book...yeah, that's the ticket. I'm good. I'll just write and be myself and see what happens. It's good now. I don't want it to be someone someone reads to use as an example of someone going too far.
There will be at least two more sex scenes in the book. One will be real, and one will be a reflection of what happened in the character's life before she moved to Scotland. Oh, and there will be excerpts from writings that are steamy because the ladies have a Pyrate Night in the book; that requires erotic reading, drinking, fun games, and no men allowed...thems the rules!! Just the gals, swinging from a pole, smoking cigars, and trying to outdo each other using their favorite weapons...a pen or a keyboard. Actually, in the book it's going to be only pens. They have to write it out - - there's something about writing it out that makes it so much more personal. I think so anyway.
That's it for today. I'll write more on Sunday to say I'm 1/2 way through the book. I think I will be. Let's see, I'm at 30,450 words now, that's 35%. With 7,500 words tomorrow, and the same on Sunday, that will be roughly 45,000 so yeah, that will be over 1/2 way there. Boom! I love it. I love it. The real character of the book, the star character, is the City of Edinburgh. I'll describe her, talk about how she has existed, how seductive she can be, and how strong of a fortress she has been for so many centuries. She is my long-lost hope -- I will end up living there at least 1/2 the year after I write enough and sell enough books to afford it. She is not cheap!! Nope, she is one expensive and high-maintenance lady.
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