Lana Voynich

I’ve been working on two different novels (as many of you know) and I keep bouncing between them, unsure of which one to focus my attention on. One is in the rough draft stage and the other is in the revision stage. But, I just submitted a proposal for each of them to my publisher. If she likes either and wants to publish it, I’ll focus on that one and you guys will have another novel from me to read soon.

Sales have been a bit slower this month than last month, but I just received an order for multiple books, so it’s getting close. I’d hoped to sell MORE books this month than last, but I really haven’t been applying myself. In June, my goal is to sell 20 books. (I’m not counting Amazon, Smashwords, Createspace, or Girlebooks sales in that goal, simply because I won’t be receiving my statement from them for June for a couple months.)

I intend to contact several independent bookstores in multiple areas (where I grew up, where I lived for the past 13 years, and where I live now) and convince them to carry my books. Hopefully, now that I’ve posted those goals on here I’ll be more inclined to follow through with them.

I must have fans or something. Thank you to everyone who’s ordered a copy of my book. I’m still waiting for them to arrive from the printer. I hope they’ll be here within a few days.

Yesterday, I came up with some ideas for marketing. I spent a few hours researching different marketing strategies. There’s so much to do and it’s making my head spin (and hurt). So today, I’m going to take a break from marketing stuff.

I’ve been working on a story about a young widow for several years. Actually, not working on it so much as “several years ago, I wrote a rough draft” and I’ve been thinking about it off and on since then. Between then and now, I’ve tried to add two more stories to it as sub-plots but it never worked the way I wanted it to.

A few months ago, I finally sat down and ripped large sections of the three different stories out and made it into what seemed to me a much better story. I finished retyping it all into my computer (that’s what happens when you forget to back up your work) a couple weeks ago and now I’m eager to print it out, read it, and see how much more work I need to do. This one has to be better than Alaskan Healing, simply because I’ve improved as a writer (I hope!) since I finished Alaskan Healing. Going through the three proof copies of Alaskan Healing made me realize several issues that I have as a writer and I’m going to do my best to fix those issues.

Wish me luck!