And Then You Fly . . . And Keep Writing

There is a lot happening in my world of being a writer, so much that I'm having a difficult time keeping up with it.

• Today I am uploading the final version of AND THEN YOU FLY, for release on February 14. At the same time, I’ll run another free promotion on FALL in order to continue to build readership. 
• This weekend, my agent sent review copy emails to two stores in East Aurora, telling them about the upcoming article on LINGER, and the release of BOOK TWO. 
• Bullets one and two have all sorts of other behind-the-scenes work that must be done. I have two blurbs to write and press releases. Harder, I must synopsize two books. Boiling a three-hundred-page book down to one-page is one of the most difficult tasks I face as a writer. I am not alone in believing this to be difficult. Like sex scenes, it is a task I wish I could delegate to someone else. The problem is, I end up rewriting it so thoroughly that I insult the person who wrote the first iteration. Which doesn’t make either of us feel very good.
• I have two different books to write, one each for two publishers, that I will write under a pen name, which means I need to choose a pen name. Okay, well, two pen names.
• I have a fifth book to write in the Crested Butte Cowboy series, and the third and final book to write in the East Aurora series. That isn’t to say there won't be more in the EA series, it’s just that this particular story is designed to be a trilogy.

My main point in this blog post is, I am a writer. Primarily, it is what I do. Although every writer I know personally says you cannot make a living as a writer; you must have a day job. They’re probably right.

My agent and I have lengthy chicken-egg conversations. If I had more time to write, would I already be where I want to be? Or, is what I’m doing now funding my passion, and thus, am I able to achieve more? Who knows? Although in August, I will likely find out.