Even though I'm still in the writing process, I'm aiming for a summer/early fall release date. Because of that, I have to start promoting Dark Jealousy now.
Dark Jealousy follows Sheriff Dawson as he investigates another murder that plagues Willow Grove. This time the victim is found nearly decapitated by her mothers woodshed.
Thus the who done it's begin and as more and more evidence pile up, you'll never know what's going to happen next.
Some of you might wonder why there are female's on my covers instead of a male like my main character. Well, it's because of two reasons. The first is that there aren't many stock photos out there of Victorian men. The second is that within both books, there is a female connected to the central story.
So, without further ado, I give you the book cover for Dark Jealousy:
Progress Updates
So, I've been working on Dark Jealousy endlessly. I've got a lot of work to do if I'm going to make a Summer/early Fall release but don't worry I can do the work. Right now I'm on my second draft, and am sitting at around, 23k words of about 80k words. That might not seem like a lot, but I'll most likely at least double that this week. I write probably between 10-12 hours a day on average, off and on, so we'll see how quickly I can make it till the third draft. My best estimate is that I'll be on the third draft by sometime in mid April. After I'm done rewriting the third draft, that's when I'll do edits and read the manuscript over and over until
I think it flows right. As I do this I'll be promoting both Dark Jealousy and Guilty Deceptions.
Later today, I'll release the first Teaser Trailer for Dark Jealousy on my YouTube channel.
Reviews
Currently, I've been working on reading a fellow author's book for review. I've been doing my best to fit it into my writing schedule but I'm going to set aside this coming weekend to really put a dent in the book.
Guilty Deceptions
I've been working hard promoting Guilty Deceptions this week, and I still have something coming up concerning that. So, while I'm writing I'm still going to promote Guilty Deceptions. I'm kicking myself for not doing enough promo for Guilty Deceptions in the beginning. I didn't really do anything until after it's release, and then I just left it to it's own devices. This was a big mistake that I'm constantly trying to fix. I could also use your help.
If you haven't yet given me a written review on Amazon or on Goodreads please do. Reviews help to sell the books, and Guilty Deceptions hardly has any. Also, please follow at least one of my Social Media accounts, and share, share, share my posts. This helps get me noticed by others. Don't just share about the book, but also my website, my Facebook Link, invite your friends.
YouTube Content
The book teaser for Dark Jealousy will be released today, tomorrow Vlog #2 will be posted this time with an intro and outro. My editor has a 5 minute time cap unless I want a watermark on my videos which I don't. I have a great vlog coming up for you all, I'm going
to talk more about Dark Jealousy, A Facebook group called Author's Boost, and about how you can help to support me, by following my social media and sharing content that I post.
Content Bucket for March
I'm going to have to try and tweak this a bit. Yesterday I ran a #writerslift on Twitter that didn't preform as well as my previous ones. It seems Monday's isn't a good fit for this particular thing. So, I'm going to look at my content bucket and move a few things around to see if that helps at all.
March is going to be a lot of fun, and I hope you all follow my social media, and please share, share, share. I can't stress that enough.
Until next time,
D.C.
Comments