Discount for the holidays

I thought this is one way to gain new readers and appreciate the fact that people have loads to spend their money on and this is some way helps to reduce that cost. So from now until 12/24 my novel is .99, enjoy and happy reading. Inside Out - A Perri Stone novel

Tool to help the distractions

It's so easy to become distracted as a writer. If you have a regiment you stick to, it's a lot harder to let those pesky distracted bother you to the point that you don't get your pages in. The dishes can wait an hour, the kids can watch a little television or a lot, turn off the internet and write longhand so that you aren't tempted to check email, Facebook, Twitter. We all do, me too. But I am trying to become the writer who doesn't put everything else first and then go to bed tired and never having written that day because I just didn't get to it.
SelfControl I like this product that someone else mentioned and I put it on my net book. So that when I want to write, I can't log on to all the distracting sites for the time limit I set. If I don't have the self-control not to peek, this program stops me. And no, I am not an affiliate or anything else associated with this program. I just like it as a tool.

How do you sustain and build at the same time?

I just read a wonderful post Where Do Indie's Find New Readers?. And I have wondered the same thing. On twitter and other social networks were other writers are asking each other to promote and support their endeavors, what happens when they aren't returning the favor? I have purchased lots of ebooks lately, some in genres I like, and some because I have tweeted with the person and thought okay "I'll give their book a try" but my own numbers aren't changing when I check them. So what that is saying to me is - they are potentially downloading a copy and because it isn't in their comfort zone for books they like, they aren't purchasing a complete copy. I asked my partner is I should offer the ebook version for .99 to build a readership. But why discount, when there are others who have purchased the ebook and/or paperback at the asking price. It's like remaindering your book before you've had a chance to build anything. What a conundrum.
What are others experiencing?

Getting the work done

It's so easy to procrastinate and then beat yourself up for not finishing anything. Why not do the things you are avoiding and then it's complete before you know it. I did my pages today during my lunch. Hell, I was just going to eat and watch a television show on my tablet. So instead of that, I worked on my pages. Every page down is that much closer to finishing the novel. The first draft is also the hardest. After it's all on paper, the real work begins. Happy writing.

screenplay for Inside Out

As you may or may not know, I have a degree in Screenwriting. So, my draft for Inside Out is complete. I saw this book visually, long before I wanted to write it in novel form. But I have both. Yeah me. Don't know if I will write Quiet Riot in screenplay form or not.

outline complete

The note cards are complete (mostly) - Quiet Riot is on track.

snowy days/lazy days

It snowed last night and the white coolness spread out across the land as far as my vision can see - okay so it's not poetry. But it's time to get in the saddle and get some writing done. Although the peach cobbler I am going to make today is also enticing. What to do, what to do? How about Facebook first, Twitter second, cobbler third and writing fourth. So the wrong order. :)