This is how I would describe my life right now.
Waiting for You is out! Yay! Star-Spangled Weekend is back from beta-readers! Only You (Falling for You, #4) is with my first tier of beta-readers. It's been a bananas week. Craziest of all, I really just want to write my next book! I've been outlining and researching and making fancy pinterest boards for inspiration. So, as soon as I get my beta-edits done for Star-Spangled Weekend and get Only You into the hands of a few more readers, I will be free to write away! I can't wait to dive into Hunter and Sadie's story. Lastly, my oldest is turning six on Friday and I can't believe it. The years are going by very quickly. I hope you are having a good week, whether it be bananas or not. Love always, Lucy
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I’m a cyclical person. It’s not a new thing. When I used to teach group fitness, I would cycle between thinking my classes were some of the best in the studio to thinking they were the worst. When I was a children’s librarian I would go between “I’m going to be the best librarian in the world!” straight down to “I hate this work, why did I ever spend so much time and money on this masters?”
I do it with parenting, too. Some mornings, I’m super mom and everyone eats a healthy breakfast and then we play outside with rosy cheeks and learn about what’s growing in the garden. And some mornings, I wake up after less than three hours of sleep with a sick three-year-old, a nightmare stricken five-year-old, and two needy 18 month olds. I can barely get everyone dressed before 10 am. (Just now, I stopped writing here for ten minutes to be mauled by twin one-year-olds and to read an animal sounds book twice because I am worried about how few words they both have and today is their well-check at the doctor. Fingers crossed she doesn’t suggest early intervention for speech, because I don’t think I could take it.) Writing is the same. I get so excited when I have a new release! I get some sales (not many). I get some pages read in KU (some). I get some reviews (usually good!). And then, it all stops. I run ad campaigns. They don’t work. I post links on twitter and on Facebook. Nothing really. I use a penname and only 3 people in the world who know the real me also know this penname, so I don’t get any added sales from relatives or people from high school who want to see how horrible my writing is and gossip about it. But then, I start writing a new book, and I get into it again. I feel like, this, this is the one that’s going to get readers excited! Excited enough to tell their friends to check it out. Excited enough to buy all my backlist and pre-order whatever is coming next. Doubt will inevitably creep back in, as it has this morning, but for a little while, it’s nice to ride that hopeful wave. Here’s to the hopeful waves, writing community. May yours be often and strong. Love always, Lucy is available for pre-order! Click here to grab your copy from Amazon :) I love this story and I super love the acknowledgements page. If you pick up a copy, don't forget to read it!
I was out of town this weekend for my sister's bridal shower so I got little to no work done. It's definitely hard to get any writing/editing/marketing/publishing done when sharing an adjoining hotel room with your mother who doesn't know about your secret writer life. I'm home now and able to work freely, lol. My ARCs for Waiting for You are on booksprout, so if you are a member, go grab a copy! Tonight, I will start my pre-editor revising of Only You and I'm excited! Because I wrote this story twice, and it's been since February since I looked at it, I'm sure there will be things in there that surprise me! This story takes place in academia and thankfully my editor/ roommate from college is a professor and has promised to make certain everything is correct. I told her to be merciless (and she will). I had originally planned to write half of the next book I'm going to work on this month, but I'm really glad I pushed it back. Between traveling, releasing Waiting for You, having Star-Spangled Weekend beta read, and now editing Only You, I probably would have lost my mind if I was also writing. In other news, I will be gardening this weekend! I'm adding a raised garden bed and considering three apple trees. Every year I grow lots of flowers and veggies, plus a blueberry bush, a lemon tree, and strawberries. This year is going to be even more! I'll post pics for those of you plant-inclined people. Have a wonderful week! Love always, Lucy |
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