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A novel idea

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My constant war . For a long time, I doubted I could write a story of novel-length (40,000 words min). My friends never had this doubt in my ability. Either to write to this length or to keep the readers interested in the full story. One thing that many of them enjoyed is that my stories were not formulaic and could keep the tension until the final pages. When I stopped  A Sailor's Love , the story, in my mind, had a long way to go, I stopped at 35,000 words because I kept asking myself if anyone was interested enough to buy a copy, and nobody is.  This is the problem, I could easily spend time writing a novel , but what for? I have been asked why I don't enter  NaNoWriMo ?   I had thought about entering several times during the years when I was working, but these days, the thought of writing, on average, four pages a day (1,000 words) for a month is beyond me. In the last three years, with the decline in sales for my e-books, I doubt I have writte...

A good start to the festive season

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Book 3 starts the ball rolling Ater a gap of four years, Mark Johnson has returned to the sales market with the sale of my new e-book     https://www.books2read.com/u/3Lrxn7

Is it too much?

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Will book 3 be finished? This week I opened the files to edit book 3 in my award-winning series. My first thought was "Am I wasting my time again?"  Neither of the previous books has sold in four years, and I have over 40 pages of edits to do - not counting continuing the story - if I go ahead, for what?

Inner conflict

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The story so far I must stop checking to see how much I have written LOL After scaring myself over the length of the original story of  Chronicles of Mark Johnson   you would think I'd learn my lesson, but I didn't. Last night, I uploaded the third book in the series, for edits and additions.  At the last count, this edition runs to 46 pages, and I haven't got truly into the story; this is all about what happens after the end of book 2, not about the conflict with the witch in her dimension.