Weekly Check-in #23

 What I've Been Writing:

Impostors & Thieves is finished!  Holy guacamole, I finished this manuscript. Right now, it's 134,757 words long and has 45 chapters. I'll probably read through it a few times before I head straight into Book Two while the characters are still fresh in my head. 

I also drafted out a map of how I picture the world in this duology to look.  Janek is the kingdom where our fair story takes place, by the way!

What I'm Reading: 

I started reading Warrior Princess Assassin, and I'm glad I saw somewhere that it's a "why choose" story. That's not something I typically read, so it was nice to be forewarned so it doesn't catch me unaware.  But so far, I'm loving it!  

What I've been Buying:

You're not going to believe this, but...I didn't get a new book this week. I know; what kind of craziness is that?  But I did order one from the TikTok shop, and one has shipped from my Book of the Month subscription box. So I should be getting some more to show off next week.  But nothing today, sorry!  Hope you have a good weekend.

Weekly Check-in #22

What I've Been Writing:

Why, yes. Yes, I have changed the title for Cellmate / Dearest Thief / Day Robber / Impostor or the Prince once again. How did you guess? Today, it's Impostors and Thieves. Will it change tomorrow?  Maybe. Probably. I don't know. Why is this title so hard for me to choose?  Anyway, I made lots of progress cranking out words. So much progress. I deleted about another 3,000, then wrote 16,000 on top of that. So we're sitting at 128,000 words written today, and the first 43 chapters are completed.  I know for sure that I only have two chapters left to write, so if I don't have this rough draft completed next week, I may cry. But yeah. I can't wait to go back through it again and see how it reads the first time through, and then bring on the editing. Eek!!  We're cooking with peanut oil now, people. Go, team!

What I've been Reading: 

Are you crazy? There ain't no time for reading! I used all my free time to sneak in writing this week, so no new books were read. Maybe next week. 

What I've been Buying:

I did have time to open book haul boxes, though! Go figure; my TBR pile is growing way faster than my "Read" pile.  Imagine that. So I tried out the TikTok Store for the first time, and I got a pretty cheap special edition of Cinnamon Bun Book Store.  Then four preorders came in. Three from Amazon: The Dragon Wakes with Thunder, Cruel Dawn, and Quicksilver. And one from Books-A-Million: On Wings of Blood. And that was the grand total of my bookish week.

Weekly Check-in #21

 What I've Been Writing:

Still working on Impostor or the Prince (formerly called Day Robber and Dearest Thief). I'm at 115,000 words written right now, and that's after deleting over 10,000 words this week, so I actually put in a lot more writing than it seems. I just finished chapter 37, and am about to kill off someone I really hadn't planned on eliminating. But as soon as the idea struck, I was like YES, and I got even more excited about the story!  Trust me, you want this guy gone. But anyway, I'm probably not too far from being done with the rough draft, though I honestly have no idea how many more chapters it'll take me to complete. Finishing this will be my first genuine, all-out cliffhanger. Wish me luck.

What I've Been Reading:

I finished reading Silver Elite. Loved it. It's definitely in my top five of the week. I started a new book, but I haven't gotten too far with it. I'm considering setting it aside so I can start on Warrior Princess Assassin because I've heard such good things, but...we'll see!

What I've Been Buying:

Got three books this week. Warrior Princess Assassin came from Barnes and Noble. It arrived in a much timelier manner this time than last (must've heard I was talking smack about it!). Oh, and it's autographed. How cool is that?  Then, I found these two Letters of Enchantment duology books on Ebay, so I snagged them. And that's about it this week.