The End
Today was my scheduled day to finish Cocaine Cowboys, and I just added those two words at the bottom of the 57,195-word manuscript, which I started on October 14.
I took one full week off when we went to Florida a couple of weeks ago, so that's a total of 13 weeks or 65 ...writing days, meaning an average of 880 words per day.
Next week, I'll read the whole manuscript start to finish, cleaning things up, and it should end up around the usual length of my novels, 60,000 words.
The following week, I'll be working with technical advisors to polish it up a little more, before the manuscript goes to my editor on February 3 for two weeks of editing. And during that time, I'll begin the process all over again with the next book.3
When I get the manuscript back from my editor, I'll have another week of rewriting, then another week with my final proofreader.
Cocaine Cowboys is available for preorder on Amazon and my online store, where it's discounted, and preorders will be delivered a week early.
The Ship's Store release is scheduled for Monday, March 24.
And the Amazon release is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1. No joke.
Six weeks after its release, Dominica Blue is still in the Top 5 Sea Adventures on Amazon.
Thanks to all who have read my books and continue to buy the new ones. DB is #29 in my main series.
New year, new plan.
On TalkWrite tonight at 6:30 Eastern, our guest will be Damon Courtney, creator of Book Funnel, my direct sales distribution partner.
Damon appeared last January 1, and as we did then, our main focus will be direct sales trends over the past year. We're going to ...dig through the data, and maybe find some trends that may help Indie authors in planning 2025.
We'll be live streaming on YouTube and if you're subscribed and get notifications, you'll get an email reminder around 6:20. If not, go to YouTube and search my name, subscribe and click the notification bell to Get All notifications.
As 2024 draws to an end, I just want to say thank you to my readers who have helped support me and my family for yet another year.
It's hard to believe that my dream of being a full-time author not only came true, but has been sustaining us for over ten years now.
Some time ...last night, probably around the time we went to bed, 2024 became my highest income year ever.
Bring on the next quarter-century!
Psst...
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I passed the 2/3rds mark in writing Cocaine Cowboys this weekend. All through the last ten weeks, I've managed to stay about half a day ahead of my writing schedule.
I won't finish it until after the first of the year, though. We're taking a week off after Christmas to go to ...Florida to see my daughter and her kids, and my great grandson.
Cocaine Cowboys will be the third novel in my new Jesse McDermitt Tropical Adventure Series.
He's Jesse. Just younger.
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