Jogging through June

Hi all,

Hope you're well!

It's June already - how!? 2015 is rushing by.

May's main success was of course publishing The Wild Colouring Book. It's gone down a storm! I've been overwhelmed by all the people sending in snaps of them colouring it in and generally enjoying it. It's awesome to have created something for people to have fun with!

@Emma_stitch on Twitter getting ready to colour!

I didn't meet all my May targets - alas, it happens! So I have a bit of catching up this month. But it's not a problem, as I had built some slack into June's timetable just in case.

Unfortunately, I've been rather ill for a couple of months and it turns out that I've had glandular fever! The fever is long gone, but unfortunately I've been left with extreme fatigue. Even the most simple, unstrenuous things tire me out and I can't concentrate for long at the moment. That's really shot me in the foot in May! :S

So June will, in part, be given over to getting back to good health and fitness.

My writing goals for June are:

1. Final edits of The Brooding Crown, now I have received it back from my lovely editor Sophie.

2. Proofing of The Brooding Crown (by the end of the month I should have a copy in my hands - how exciting!!)

3. Finish off the tweaks to The Tainted Crown and reupload to sales platforms (will now include a preview for The Brooding Crown!)

4. Start releasing material for Accounting For Authors. (May tweak the title to Finance for Authors too since that fits better...)

My illustrating goals are:

1. Pitch to a pubisher for a follow up colouring book project. ;-)

I'll also start releasing material for The Brooding Crown! The cover and the first few chapters will be released. Exciting times! :-)

What are you doing this month?

 Let me know in the comments, or catch me on social media!

Happy Monday,

Meg

Mad March To Do List!

 

Hi!

Wow, I can't believe it's March already. I probably say this every month of every year, but where's the year going?!

It's going to be a busy month. A really busy month. Like I'd-really-better-get-my-backside-in-gear-last-week busy month!

My to do list for March includes...

Degree related stuff (yawn) -

• Write my dissertation (7,500 words)
  I've already part planned this and collected most of my research. Just need to collect academic stuff to back it up and get it written. Why is this so much harder than it sounds!?
• Plan a handwritten essay on... something (I have no idea, should probably work on this...) by mid March.

 Writing stuff (yay!) -

•  Edit The Brooding Crown!
  94,000 words of fiction to trawl repeatedly through until I want to bash myself over the head with my keyboard and never see the manuscript again. Joking aside, looking forward to this!
• Plan more of my new series!
  No spoilers/details as yet! I've plotted one book, but want to outline a couple of sequals to get a headstart too. This will be a late 2015 project at the earliest, most likely a 2016 project by the time of publication.
• Finish a freebie for my Accounting for Authors series.
  This will give you the lowdown on everything you need to set up your own business as an author. It'll be simple, easy to follow and link to all resources needed. It'll also give exact details of when/how to complete this.

Degree stuff unfortunately has to take precedence! Can't fall at the final hurdle and all. But boy I can't wait to be done there (I finish in May) so I can get back to writing and the things I love. :-)

What are you up to this month? Let me know in the comments!

Meg