Perhaps it’s just the way my mind works, but I find it hard
to concentrate on one thing for a long period of time. Somehow, the time slips
away, but the productivity wasn’t the best.
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I often have three books being written at one time—and by
the grace of a good editor, they characters don’t overlap. Keeping my writing
on track becomes a game of numbers and minutes.
Currently, I have three books going at the same time. One,
of course, will have a release date coming quicker than the others. It’s the
next book in my series. The others are companion books or a trilogy that I plan
to release when all three books are done. So I start imposing some deadlines. I
start with when I want the books done. How many days are there between now and
then? My average word count is 55-65 thousand words. (I write contemporary
series romance. I have 28 books. I know my style.) And simple math. How many
words do I need each day?
I have three books being written, and each day the word
count is met in a ten or twenty-minute window. Why? Because I’m looking at a
few hundred words a day. A scene or two. Yes, I can crank out a book in two
months easy. But when I break down a book by the day, I find that it’s not
overwhelming, and usually, I write twice as many words than I set out to write.
You’ve heard the saying, “How do you eat an elephant?” One
bite at a time. Well, the same logic can be used when writing as well. Make it
manageable, and it won’t overwhelm.
Bestselling Author Bernadette Marie is known for building families
readers want to be part of. Her series The Keller Family has graced bestseller
charts since its release in 2011, along with her other series and single title
books. The married mother of five sons promises Happily Ever After always…and
says she can write it, because she lives it.
When not writing, Bernadette Marie is shuffling her sons to their many
events—mostly hockey—and enjoying the beautiful views of the Colorado Rocky
Mountains from her front step. She is also an accomplished martial artist with
a second degree black belt in Tang Soo Do.
A chronic entrepreneur, Bernadette Marie opened her own publishing house
in 2011, 5 Prince Publishing, so that she could publish the books she liked to
write and help make the dreams of other aspiring authors come true too.
Bernadette Marie is also the CEO of Illumination Author Events.
Twitter: @writesromance
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