I’ve been wanting to write about this topic for a while but just didn’t know how to put it into context until now and that’s why there haven’t been any new updates on the website.
It’s now been around 4 months since Origin was first published, and i’ve loved every bit of being a published author, but even though i’m self published and work completely for myself, the pressure is immense.
Now you know if you’ve been reading this blog or following me on another platform that Origin is the first novel of what is meant to be a trilogy, but trying to produce that is a struggle for me on a daily basis.
I’m still fully enjoying what i’m doing, but because of having this pressure on me to get straight on task and finish the second book for the readers out there that loved Origin, i haven’t been able to wallow is this amazing feeling of being a published author.
Yes i work completely for myself, so yes i could take as much time off as i need to recuperate and find myself in my writing again, but it drives me crazy not to be working on it daily and progressing with my characters story.
It’s an extremely contradicting matter.
Origin, and finishing Origin good enough for it to be published is the best thing that has ever happened to me, and i love being in this world and having such an opportunity at this career choice, but sometimes i find myself just wishing that the first book i’d published had been a standalone.
I absolutely adore this series, and the characters are outstanding with the stories they’re making me tell, but i’m also so excited for when this is done and i can put down the laptop and start finding myself again in the real world and read as much as i like without telling myself that i should actually be using this time to write.
Book two update
Right now i’m just hitting 200 pages into writing book 2 so it’s coming along nicely, but i’ll admit that i’m not as far along as what i’d like to be.
I was slower then i would’ve like to have been starting this draft after Origin was published, but that was me putting off all the planning that book 2 needed for the plot and character story lines.
I’m at this point again now, because i’ve written everything that i’ve planned and am now stuck in limbo with the rest of the plot line.
I’ve got the end game, i’ve just got to work out the adventure to get there. But, i’m more then confident that my characters are going to plan this out themselves the more i keep writing along the road.
I’ll be back soon beauties, love and light!
The Thoughts of a writer 