Writing #9: Progress

For those of you who aren't aware I am scheduling some posts ahead of time, so if I don't have time to write new blog posts in the next month or so I won't be inactive. Quite a few of these are poetry installments, because I had a bunch to write, but I don't want to only post one type of thing so I'm breaking it up. 

If you missed the post on my author page, below you can find my timeline for my first book.

-Finish the first draft of my untitled Alice RH by October 1st. I believe this is about twenty thousand more words.
-Complete the first round of edits by October 15th. Before I start the first round of edits, I'll make the official outline for Book Two.
-Second round of edits complete by October 25th. 
-Cover Reveal by October 31st.
-Beta Readers (around 10) from November 1st to November 20th
-Complete Final Edits by December 15th.
-ARC readers by December 20th. I'll be honest, I haven't decided about this step quite yet. Obviously when we get to this point I'll let everyone know.
-Pre-order? I am known for my impulsive decision making, so if I have a complete novel, I may just publish it.
-Publish by January 31st, 2018.

It's currently August 25th, 2017. I'm scheduling this to go up August 31st, but I thought I would talk about the progress I've made up to this point on Alice. 

• I picked a cover model for Alice. She's perfect, blonde hair, blue dress and all. 
• Since August 13th I've written 11,975 words (as of the 25th of August) the unedited document is currently 33,408.
• I'm working on in depth character descriptions and some world building. 
• I have a playlist for the books. You can find it here Alice Spotify Playlist
• I have the outline complete, and I'm currently mentally planning the outline for book two. 
• I have a few ideas for the title, I'm not going to share quite yet, but I'll make an announcement when it's complete. 

Honestly that's about it. This post is somewhat short, but I just wanted to do a quick check in on my progress. 

Taila Out