I confess it’s a lot of fun to look at the Amazon dashboard and see people buying and reading AHiP! So far I’ve only had one day in which I made $0 on AHiP, meaning no one bought it or read any pages on KU. I would not be happy if I were trying to make a living from this but as it is it’s great fun.
I’m up to around 75K words on the sequel; as with the first book, my goal is around 90K – this is because if I didn’t have a numeric goal it would end up at novella length. The goal encourages me to take my time, spread out, and tell the story in detail. It doesn’t matter if I don’t hit the goal or if I blow through it; it does matter that the book is long enough that a reader feels they’re getting a good escape to Percival and some real time with the characters. Title is still TBD – so far, my best idea is Plans Afoot in Percival.
Also, there’s a new post on the writerblog – well, there are a few but this is one that belongs here as much as it does there. Here’s the link.