Day 260: Japanese Sushi for One is being published!
I didn't do a lot on Saturday--I checked Social Media since that's the one day a week I've designated for it. I'm actually really glad I shunted social media to only one day a week. I will sometimes check social media once or maybe twice during the week, but most of the time I don't, and it's less stress for me. But I don't feel like I'm neglecting my readers since I make sure to check Facebook once a week.
Also, since I don't check social media every day anymore, I feel like I have more time to blog, which is what I enjoy most out of all my social media commitments. I've been slowly posting more on my regular blog even during the week when I usually only blog on my writing blog.
So after social media on Saturday, I was intending to do a lot of marketing work, but I started reading and it was hard for me to stop after that. So on Sunday, I did a lot of the marketing stuff I would have done on Saturday--I took care of my finances and accounting, and I did a few random marketing items.
But then the big thing I did on Sunday was finally get the ball rolling to publish the Japanese version of my book, Sushi for One. It's been fully translated and edited since October, but I was too busy writing in November, and then I had a physical and mental breakdown in December and part of January, so it just got shoved aside.
I finally got the ebook published, and I got most of the form filled out to publish the print book on Lightning Source. I have to get the .pdf file of the interior converted to a special PDF format, which my graphic designer is doing for me using InDesign. Once that's done and I submit it, I have to wait for Lightning Source to check it and send an electronic proof, and then once it's approved it can take a few weeks to appear on Amazon.
I'm feeling relieved that I finally got that almost done. For the past several years, putting out the Japanese versions of my books has become important for me, but it's been such a difficult road to self-publish in Japanese that at times it can cause me a lot of stress and make me feel overwhelmed. I think that the more often I do it, the easier it will probably be.
Maybe because today is a holiday and my husband is off work, it’s been slow for me to get started today. I also have a blog tour set up for book 1 in my series, which starts today, so I had to do some social media this morning and post the links to the blog tour stops on my blog. I probably would have had more energy for writing if I’d done social media after writing, but I had to get it done early today, so I didn’t have much choice.
So now I’ll start off by doing the editing for my manuscript. I think I can get all the editing done today and then continue with the scene I stopped earlier.
***
I finished all the editing I have to do, and finally finished editing that difficult scene.
But my back has been bothering me a lot since yesterday and it’s hard to concentrate. I wonder if I should move to my standing desk? Maybe I’ll try that and see.
***
The standing desk didn’t help, my back was still sore. I walked around a bit and also used some heating pads, and eventually my back felt better enough to sit back down and get some writing done!
***
My IBS is flaring a bit, in addition to my back, so I decided to cut short my writing and instead work on editing my Japanese Spinster’s Christmas manuscript.
***
I got a couple hours of work done on my Japanese Spinster’s Christmas, but I still have SO much more editing to do, and it’s a bit daunting. I hope that by doing a little each day, it’ll eventually get done. I don’t have a deadline for when I want to republish the corrected version, so I think it’ll be okay if it takes a while.
I really wanted to get more writing done today! I hope my back will be better tomorrow.
Blocking: time spent: 11 minutes
Editing: Time spent: 48 minutes
Writing: Time spent: 2 hours, 16 minutes
Writing: Total number of words: 1788 words
Writing: Average speed (sprints): 1042 words per hour
Writing: Overall writing speed: 789 words per hour
Time spent doing other writing-related business: 4 hours, 22 minutes
Also, since I don't check social media every day anymore, I feel like I have more time to blog, which is what I enjoy most out of all my social media commitments. I've been slowly posting more on my regular blog even during the week when I usually only blog on my writing blog.
So after social media on Saturday, I was intending to do a lot of marketing work, but I started reading and it was hard for me to stop after that. So on Sunday, I did a lot of the marketing stuff I would have done on Saturday--I took care of my finances and accounting, and I did a few random marketing items.
But then the big thing I did on Sunday was finally get the ball rolling to publish the Japanese version of my book, Sushi for One. It's been fully translated and edited since October, but I was too busy writing in November, and then I had a physical and mental breakdown in December and part of January, so it just got shoved aside.
I finally got the ebook published, and I got most of the form filled out to publish the print book on Lightning Source. I have to get the .pdf file of the interior converted to a special PDF format, which my graphic designer is doing for me using InDesign. Once that's done and I submit it, I have to wait for Lightning Source to check it and send an electronic proof, and then once it's approved it can take a few weeks to appear on Amazon.
I'm feeling relieved that I finally got that almost done. For the past several years, putting out the Japanese versions of my books has become important for me, but it's been such a difficult road to self-publish in Japanese that at times it can cause me a lot of stress and make me feel overwhelmed. I think that the more often I do it, the easier it will probably be.
Maybe because today is a holiday and my husband is off work, it’s been slow for me to get started today. I also have a blog tour set up for book 1 in my series, which starts today, so I had to do some social media this morning and post the links to the blog tour stops on my blog. I probably would have had more energy for writing if I’d done social media after writing, but I had to get it done early today, so I didn’t have much choice.
So now I’ll start off by doing the editing for my manuscript. I think I can get all the editing done today and then continue with the scene I stopped earlier.
***
I finished all the editing I have to do, and finally finished editing that difficult scene.
But my back has been bothering me a lot since yesterday and it’s hard to concentrate. I wonder if I should move to my standing desk? Maybe I’ll try that and see.
***
The standing desk didn’t help, my back was still sore. I walked around a bit and also used some heating pads, and eventually my back felt better enough to sit back down and get some writing done!
***
My IBS is flaring a bit, in addition to my back, so I decided to cut short my writing and instead work on editing my Japanese Spinster’s Christmas manuscript.
***
I got a couple hours of work done on my Japanese Spinster’s Christmas, but I still have SO much more editing to do, and it’s a bit daunting. I hope that by doing a little each day, it’ll eventually get done. I don’t have a deadline for when I want to republish the corrected version, so I think it’ll be okay if it takes a while.
I really wanted to get more writing done today! I hope my back will be better tomorrow.
Blocking: time spent: 11 minutes
Editing: Time spent: 48 minutes
Writing: Time spent: 2 hours, 16 minutes
Writing: Total number of words: 1788 words
Writing: Average speed (sprints): 1042 words per hour
Writing: Overall writing speed: 789 words per hour
Time spent doing other writing-related business: 4 hours, 22 minutes
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