While the ending of this book was disappointing, I did love this quote!
Sunday Sentence.
Week by Numbers.
As usual, it’s been a minute.
I managed to finish an edit of another sequel before leaving on a belated Spring Break of sorts, before coming back and fixing the second draft of Take Two at Mulholland High.
- 166, pages the ‘almost final’ draft finished, Confessions 2.
- 172, pages the ‘final’ first draft was completed.
- 61,534, words. Although I expect that to change, there’s plenty of room to write in new scenes.
- 74,818, words in the Take Two at Mulholland High second draft.
- 73,765, words in my editor’s draft.
- 75,616, words in the final second draft.
- 1, trip outside the country.
- $251, dollars for a PCR test on Silhouette Island (Seychelles).
- Per person.
- 1, cookbook I’ve been asked to ghostwrite (let’s see if anything happens).
- 1, podcast I was on, chatting about the A to Za’atar origin story.
- 14, number of unwritten book ideas I have. How do I know this? I organized my Pinterest boards (yes, when between projects my procrastination gets specific).
- 2, tickets purchased to the States this summer (well, I suppose it’s 4 in total, but still, so excited!).
- 14,064, steps average for the past week.
- almost 1, year since Poppy came to live with us!
Sunday Sentence.
Couldn’t help but include another quote from Delicious, a fun little read, if you’re looking for something different.
The Global Bandroom, podcast.
Hi team! I thought you might want to read up on my recent guest spot on The Global Bandroom. I’m discussing lots of things about writing, including my novel Confessions of a Teenage Band Geek.
Sunday Sentence.
Reading Delicious! by Ruth Reichl. It’s fun, not serious, and keeping me turning the pages. I don’t ask for much more in a novel.
Take One at Mulholland High – now free!
Hey fam! With my birthday tomorrow, I’m running a few days to give back to my readers. Take One at Mulholland High is available to download for free for the next few days. I hope you’ll take advantage, and consider leaving a review.
Sunday Sentence.
A lot of fun sentences in this book. I liked it, but I’m not sure I loved it.
It be like that.
Take Two at Mulholland High: Numbers.
Hello! I come to you from the depths of editing Take Two at Mulholland High.
A few numbers to share with you.
- 69,523, original word count. I knew this was going to have to change, because I (intentionally) skipped writing two chapters.
- 72,709, first draft, after adding and subtracting a lot of words. I have a Google doc with 10 pages of cut scenes, so there was a lot of movement, including cutting a few plot lines that went nowhere.
- 71,104, what I would consider my ‘1.5’ draft. After meticulously going through and removing a ton of unnecessary words, this was the lowest point.
- 74,818, with added chapters and final second draft. I’m not sure where the final draft will end up, but I don’t expect a change too much on +/- 1,000 words, which is nearly identical to the first book in the series.
I’m currently waiting to send this draft to my editor, and once back, I will have a few people read the next iteration (it’s not quite there yet). I will say this draft took longer than I thought it would, but that’s okay. I’m happy with the efforts so far (and yes, I know what the third book looks like, which may or may not get written this year).
What’s next? As Mulholland 2 was one of two books (!) I wrote last year (!!), I’m moving on to edit the sequel to Confessions of a Teenage Band Geek.
And yes, the cover for Mulholland 2 is already lined up.
Sunday Sentence.
And that’s why I keep doing it. This was our Book Club book this month, and while it’s certainly something I would’ve never picked up on my own, there were a few truth bombs.
