Hello,
I literally have one of those good news, bad news things to tell you. I know, it sounds so cliché. But before I start, I'm being rude, how are you? All good? You look fantastic today by the way. OK, sitting comfortably? Right, let's get cracking.
I never know whether to give the good news or the bad news first. Personally I prefer the bad news first - the kick in the balls, before the nice cup of tea and warm hot water bottle that is the good news to follow. So bad news first. I really wanted to write a Christmas novella this year. I spent a long time thinking up ideas, writing a few beginnings, a synopsis or two and I even decided on a final story idea...But...I don't have the time to write it. I so desperately wanted to write this story because it's so lovely, funny, charming, and I think it would have been really good. Plus, I love writing about Christmas. The thing is though, I refuse to put out work that isn't the very best I can do. I could have rushed it out, but the truth is it wouldn't have been my best work. So they'll be no Christmas novella from me.
Instead of rushing out a novella, I'm spending all of my time writing book number four. I want this book to be amazing. It has to be amazing. I'm working harder and longer on this book than any other book because I see that it has enormous potential. The story is fantastic, it has great characters, it's funny, sad, heart warming, and all the things I want in a great novel, plus it has a great hook. So I decided that I didn't want to a half-hearted Christmas novella and a half-hearted novel - I'm focused entirely on one to make it the best book I can write. I honestly feel like as a writer we're under so much pressure to keep churning out book after book and financially I need to, but I also believe that writing great books is the most important thing.
So that's the bad news out of the way and so time for the good news. I have a great promotion coming up next week. I can't go into enormous detail - I'll do that next week - but from next Wednesday I have a great deal that I'm super excited to announce. So stay tuned and I'll write another blog for next Wednesday. OK, so I guess the good news is a lot shorter than the bad news. Typical.
Until next time.
Hugs,
Jon X
