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Maybe I should give these more interesting names. Like, “Sequel Time!”

Listen, I never said it was a good title. Besides, every post is timestamped anyway.

Well, last week I finally published my first book and managed to make a few sales. Thanks, y’all! And in doing so, I finished off all my goals for the year. Hooray! So, uh. Time for a new one. Now. Because I can.

GOAL 1) TAP 2 (actual title pending)

  • My clear target is: Write 50,000 words of sequel to The Atheist’s Prayer
  • My reachable deadline is: June 30, 2021
  • My working days are: Mon-Fri
  • My method of measuring progress: Word count
  • My end goal: Finish the thing (preferably 50,000 words)
  • My daily goal, and number of available days: Write 500 words, 5 days a week. So 2500 words a week.
  • My leverage — WHY I need to do this: To further my name as an author and hopefully sell more books.

Am I completely insane? The thought has crossed my mind. Can I possibly keep up with this kind of schedule, even during my final semester of school? I don’t know. But we’re gonna find out real quick. If I can, I might be able to revise it by the end of next year, and maybe turn this out in 2022.

That may sound like a long wait for a sequel, but by my track record, this would be lightning fast.

Aaaaaaand I already started on this, soooo…

  • My Goal: 500 WPD, 2500 WPW
  • Where I planned to be: 2500 words
  • Where I am: 2507 words
  • On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
I’m already starting out on shaky ground. Which is less than ideal. But the idea is there, words are happening, and if in doubt… that’s what revision is for.

I can do this.

What about the two books you just wrote back to back? I hear someone whisper. (Spoiler alert, it me.)

They are, unfortunately for me, a completely different genre than The Atheist’s Prayer. In fact, they’re even different subgenres from each other (dystopian and post-apocalyptic sci-fi, to be exact). And according to basically every source I’ve come across, genre-mixing is bad for business. So I will be working on them at some point, but I probably won’t ever mention them again here. I’m gonna be a good boy and stick to urban fantasy here.

That being said, running two struggling businesses might be the really insane idea. So the sci-fi may take the backseat for now.

…but if any of the snippets from projects Krasnaya or Survival piqued your interest, or you’re into dystopian or post-apocalyptic sci-fi, and you want to know more about those projects, you can drop me an email at author@meilozaborowski.com and I’ll do my best to keep you in the loop.

Goal Update 12/12

Goal 1) Publish SKoS The Atheist’s Prayer

  • My Goal: Spend at least 10 mins, 3 days/week minimum
  • Where I planned to be: Spent at least 30 mins
  • Where I am: Published!!!
  • On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
I did it! I’m still kinda excited about it/nervous, but I’ve already sold a couple and had at least one person read on Kindle Unlimited. Thank you so much if it was you!

And so concludes all of my goals for this year. “What’s next?” you may be asking.

“Next year,” my sarcastic brain helpfully responds. What’s next is a sequel. And not just one, but absolutely two at minimum. Two.

I’ve got some fun ideas to torture poor Madison and his friends with. And I will continue to blame Matt for any shenanigans that ensue. But damn if he isn’t right.

Goal Update 12/5

Goal 1) Publish SKoS

  • My Goal: Spend at least 10 mins, 3 days/week minimum
  • Where I planned to be: Spent at least 30 mins
  • Where I am: Spent a long time
  • On Target or Behind: On Target, I guess?

How’s It Going:
Fiddling with all the gizmos and gadgets in Mailchimp to get everything working the way I want is so time-consuming. That on top of trying to finish out the semester… But I only have next week to go for that. And I think I’m almost settled working out Mailchimp’s kinks.

Still need to work out exactly what I’ll be emailing out every month, but ah…

With that said, this thing’s going live soon. So I may as well reveal the final cover and title!

And no, I don’t have an official release date… Sorry not sorry.

Goal Update 11/28

Goal 1) Publish SKoS

  • My Goal: Spend at least 10 mins, 3 days/week minimum
  • Where I planned to be: Spent at least 30 mins
  • Where I am: I’ve basically turned this into another part-time job, lbr
  • On Target or Behind: On Target

How’s It Going:
I’ve actually found some amazing resources (all thanks to Holly Lisle… she didn’t make them, but she and her daughter are using them to promote their books and told those of us on the forums about them), so I’ve been devouring a couple of books from David Gaughran, as well as his free marketing course, and Dave Chesson from Kindlepreneur’s free course as well. It’s a lot to take in, but thankfully I seem to already be on the right path.

Unfortunately for anyone who’s actually waiting for this book… all of the work is frontloaded. Meaning I need to get all of this stuff working before I publish.

But I’m almost there. I just need to gather myself, my content, and link it all together. Then I can start my launch.

Really, it is an exciting thing, but all this thinking has given me a headache.