RoW80 Update: Selling Out.

Things have been a little quiet on my side of the Intrawebz this weekend, despite having the weekend off from my part-time job. Having miraculously been giving a block of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off, I took advantage of an actual weekend to hold a very timely yard sale to get rid of some of my junk before I move into a much, much, much smaller apartment with two more roommates than I have at the moment (plus two more cats and a rat). Yeah, I’m moving at the same time I’m planning on releasing a book; that was smart. But, considering that The Slayer Saga: Soulless comes out THIS FRIDAY, I’m back to my usual grind, and back to finalizing the coding so that it’s ready and raring to go on August 15th, which is what this RoW80 update is essentially about.

See, the funny thing with me and deadlines is that I tend to hem and haw a lot in the week before hand, then bust it out last minute. I work best with a deadline, but the thing with Soulless right now is that, yeah, I have so last minute touches here and there, then the coding, which I can bust out pretty quickly, but, other than those things (which I can’t help put off), I’m all set. I just have to click a few buttons. Also, I have Thursday off, too, so whatever I don’t manage to do these next few days, I can devote that day to brushing things up. Unless the boy and I go to the zoo. Because we’re terrible vegans and love the zoo. We’ll probably go to the zoo.

…and then I’ll stay up way too late finishing and poking and prodding, and remembering exactly why I’m so adamant about a deadline when I decide on one. Because if I don’t stick to it, I will never feel it’s ready. Will Soulless go out into the world imperfect and flawed? Ohgodyes. Is that okay? Totally. I will release it into the ether to do its own thing, with its imperfections and flaws and what have you. And the world will go on, and I’ll move on to the next thing, and, soon enough, two books will become three, then four, then five, and so on.

I’ll bet it never gets any easier, though. I’ll bet I got through the same cycle with book thirty as I do book three. At least, I certainly hope I do; that thrill and excitement is part of the wonderful thing about this writing thing, that awful, terrible, wonderful, excited, glorious tumble in your stomach and flutter in your heart as you agonize over not having done a better job while simultaneously glowing over all you’ve accomplished.

This post is going into rambling territory, and I’ve got one more chapter to finally finish (LOL) and infuse into the main document, so I’ll leave you all to it and get back to work. If you get the chance, check out my fellow RoWers here and see how they’re doing.

Happy writing, everyone!