{"id":15625,"date":"2016-09-20T01:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T08:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=15625"},"modified":"2016-09-21T11:44:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T18:44:53","slug":"planning-series-launch-indy-self-publishing-one-authors-plan-chloe-adler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/20\/planning-series-launch-indy-self-publishing-one-authors-plan-chloe-adler\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning a Series to Launch – Indie Self Publishing \u2013 One Author\u2019s Plan by Chloe Adler"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"write-longhand\"Let\u2019s welcome back monthly columnist Chloe Adler<\/a> as she shares with us \u201cPlanning a Series to Launch – Indie Self Publishing \u2013 One Author\u2019s Plan!\u201d Enjoy!<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

I finally made my launch plan and set my release dates<\/strong>, after studying the success of others for many years. I plan to have the first four books in my series released between March and July 2017.<\/p>\n

I had finished book 1 of the series, Distant Edge, but was stuck in an editing loop. Some authors love the editing process and others prefer the writing process. I\u2019m in the latter camp. Knowing this about myself it was easier for me to start book 2 than to edit book 1, so I did that. I know that some authors write a book and then edit it before starting the next one and if that works for you, great! But that doesn\u2019t work for me.<\/p>\n

\"death_to_stock_photography_weekend_work-9-of-10\"After a few weeks of solely writing book 2 and not editing the first book I realized I would not make my March deadline.<\/strong> I got out the trusty calendar and wrote down my publishing goals\/dates as learned from Kristen Painter<\/a> and Roxanne St. Claire<\/a> at the last RWA<\/a> Conference. This was the first step. I had already gotten into the habit of writing daily and tracking my progress<\/a> via accountability so mapping (or calendaring) out my goals was practical.<\/p>\n

A word on that \u2013 I tried out Kristen\u2019s calendar system which is a dry erase wall calendar<\/a> but that has not worked for me. I don\u2019t have a separate room in my house for my office but if I did I could see this method working very well. I tried a monthly paper calendar<\/a> and that\u2019s been better. But what I ended up doing — that doesn\u2019t cost anything and is finally working the best — is a separate google calendar<\/a>. I named it \u201cpublishing schedule\u201d and I put all my deadlines there.<\/p>\n

\"stockvault-finger-pressing-computer-keyboard174653\"I figured out the date I needed to finish book 2 in order to go through the rest of the process.<\/strong> Then I divided the end word goal (for me it\u2019s 60,000 words) by the number of days I had until my goal. I had already written about 10K when I did this. I have to hit 1200 words per day, five days a week and I\u2019ve been consistently hitting this goal since then. I also divided the scenes for Book 1 to see what I had to edit per day and came up with 4 scenes per day.<\/p>\n

I have a plan laid out which includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Words per day to write on Book 2 (whatever number here).<\/p>\n

Chapters\/Scenes or words per day to Edit on Book 1<\/p>\n

Book 1 to developmental editor – date<\/p>\n

Cover for Book 1 – date<\/p>\n

Book 1 back from dev editor – date<\/p>\n

Finish first draft of Book 2 – date<\/p>\n

Book 1 to copy editor – date<\/p>\n

Rewrite Book 2 – date<\/p>\n

Cover for Book 2 – date<\/p>\n

Book 1 back from copy editor – date<\/p>\n

Start Book 3 – date<\/p>\n

Book 1 final – date<\/p>\n

Book 2 to developmental editor – date<\/p>\n

Etc. through Book 4 and then start the entire process all over again giving myself a month break.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"stockvault-finger-pressing-computer-keyboard174653\"The breaking point for me \u2013 what got me to FINALLY commit to my own rewriting\/editing was hiring my developmental editor and a cover artist. I paid the deposits and they gave me a deadline. I will talk about how I found them next month.<\/p>\n

Here are Some Fantastic (FREE) Resources for Indie Authors!<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n