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Hi everybody! I'm Joey Paul and I'm an indie author. And today
we're gonna be talking about what's been going on in my life over the past month. As we usually
do around this time of the month. So I'm gonna split it into three categories as usual, and
we're gonna start with work. I managed 24 chapters, 116 pages and 63,578 words in September
and I was really, really pleased with that. Because next month is gonna be a shorter month
for me because of Darker, so I'm just really pleased that I went into it with a good month.
I've been planning for the months ahead and it feels like I have a good grip on what's
needing to be done. Darker, as I said, is in a few days and I am more than ready for
that. It's my last signing and by the time this video goes live, it will already have
been done. I picked up some good compression gloves as I found that writing for long periods
makes my hands hurt. And they turned out to be a great buy because it cut down my pain
a lot, meaning I can write more. I also plotted ahead with vlog scripts. If you didn't know
the majority of my videos are scripted. I find that if I don't do this, I ramble on
and on and on and go on tangents which nobody wants to hear about. Normally I hate doing
that kind of thing because it's a lot of work, but I decided to bite the bullet and start
doing it in advance so that I wouldn't be scrambling around the days before the video
was due to be recorded. This feels like a big win to me. On top of that the mic seems
to be making a huge difference to the volume of my videos. As well as making my voice clearer,
so I'm calling that a win too. I've been playing with the idea of the Invisible trilogy becoming
a series, and as I near the end of the second book, it's becoming even more clear that I
might need to do that. That's good for two reasons. One, I'm thinking that the fifth
Cramping Chronicles book will be the last in the series, and two I don't want to have
to rush through the climax of the third Invisible book if I don't have to. Now this could change
because I am a pantser more than a planner, but as I get to the end of the second book,
I'm realising more and more that there is so so much [laughs] that needs to happen still.
It might be that I do a double trilogy where one deals with the first stuff and the second
is more of a follow up on how the world changes. Either way it's very exciting and I'm loving
it completely. If things go the way that I think they will, I will finish both books
in the beginning of November and be ready to start the next two for Nano and into December
and the new year. I'm also planning to start doing my final edits on Seventh Death in the
coming weeks. I say final but that's just implementing the last round of beta changes
and getting it ready for the editor. I am also so close to this point with Lights Out
and I'm fricking excited that you guys get to read it. If you're wondering about the
releases in 2019, I will link the video up in the cards that explains all of those. I
am planning to vlog my time at darker, so be ready for a video in November that's all
about the signing experience. I wanted to slot it in sooner but I just don't have space.
And in health, I started the month with a bit of a flare which made life difficult.
On top of that I was very aware that I was doing a bit too much pushing myself. I know
that a lot of the time you don't feel motivated so you push yourself to keep going. But as
a spoonie, it's still true but I think I did it a bit too much. And leading into a flare
in the middle of the month that I actually got so bad, I worried I was going to need
to go into hospital and would therefore miss Darker. But thankfully, after some rest and
time off, I'm doing better so that's good. I had my thirteenth dose of Mepo on the 21st,
and that went somewhat okay. For some reason the side effects were horrible on the day
of, but I woke up feeling fine the next day so I'm gonna call that a win. I had some problems
with my port but that was solved pretty quickly so it's not been a bad thing. I also saw my
respiratory doctor on the 26th and that went really well. We've got a few plans for a new
medication to try to make life easier for me. And that should start happening in November
time. And in the miscellaneous section. I had my hair did on the 27th in time for Darker,
so I got it cut short and dyed purple again. Miss D went back to school, and all seems
to be going well there. I've been so caught up in work that I'm starting to have less
and less to say in this section. But taking some ideas from other authors and other authortubers,
I thought I could start about stuff that I've been doing outside of the work sphere. So
I finally finished watching up the end of season 4 of Brooklyn 99. I love this show
to pieces. It's just amazing. I've been slowly working my way through it for a while and
I'm desperate to know what happens in season 5 which I should be starting soon. I also
started watching The Good Place which came highly recommended and I am very much enjoying
it. Part of this is down to my bi-monthly goals of watching at least two shows a week,
so that's all good. So basically that's been my life over the past month. That's what I've
been up up to, that's what I've achieved, that's what I've done, and yeah what's coming
up. So that's all I have time for today. If you wanna get in touch with me you can comment
or subscribe. I post new videos on Thursdays. You can find me all over social media. And
my books are available everywhere. All the links for which are listed below. Thanks for
watching and remember to keep writing! Bye!