{"id":13914,"date":"2025-03-11T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=13914"},"modified":"2025-03-11T11:40:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:40:36","slug":"accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=13914","title":{"rendered":"Accountability!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wow, I&#8217;ve dropped the accountabiliball lately! Having the flu really knocked me off my game. I have been nothing but scattered ever since. I&#8217;m not even sure I&#8217;ve been faithfully logging all the words I&#8217;ve been writing, because I just forget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing is for sure. While I had the flu, I somehow wrote 5,676 words. And that&#8217;s not good. I should have been resting and letting my body fight off infection. Instead, I was agonizing because the week I took off work, the week that my husband would be out of town, I was supposed to write. Not lay in bed sick. How lazy of me!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing that total in the spreadsheet shocked the hell out of me. It really shocked the hell of out me. Now, on at least one of those days, I did really enjoy myself. I was super bored with being sick, and being able to use my brain again was amazing. But the other days? Why was I struggling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It made me think of how guilty I feel if I prioritize any relaxation at all over writing. I go on vacations with my family and try to sneak little moments of work in the whole time. The other night, I wrote on my phone during the intermissions of a hockey game. It would be one thing if it was motivated from love of the craft, but it&#8217;s really just motivated by fear. I need to find a way to reframe things so that I&#8217;m concentrating on how much I like writing and blogging, rather than how terrible I am for spending a single moment not working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other news, my pre-orders for <em>Her Billionaire Boyfriend<\/em> are sitting at 49, just under my goal of 100. And I&#8217;ve made an accountability friend at my out-of-the-house job. She has a podcast and hasn&#8217;t recorded a new episode in forever. I told her that I haven&#8217;t recorded a YouTube video in forever. We agreed that we would both record them by Wednesday. So, there <em>will<\/em> be a new video for the Patreon soon, and I also plan on getting a video up that was a request from the Discord, about a truly disgusting book I read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word Count For 2025:<\/strong>&nbsp;21221<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Her Brother\u2019s Billionaire Best Friend releases February 4<\/strong>&nbsp;(I wish I could cross this one off, but I can\u2019t until I\u2019m happy with the paperback.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><s>Heavy, daily promo until release day<\/s>&nbsp;(I did better with this release than I ever have in the past, promotion wise. I\u2019m pretty happy with what I did.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Send out ARC emails<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Search manuscript one last time for \u201cactually,\u201d \u201cclearly,\u201d and \u201creally\u201d. Eliminate as many as I can stand.<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Format for Kindle and Smashwords<\/s>\n<ul>\n<li><s>Table of Contents<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Front Matter<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Update Book Links<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Back Matter<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Pre-Order link to Her Billionaire Boyfriend<\/s><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Upload manuscript to Smashwords by Jan. 15<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Upload manuscript to Kindle by Jan. 31<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format Paperback\n<ul>\n<li><s>Format<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Cover<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order Proof (This has been a continual thing.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any (Please, no more.) (We should, finally, be done after the next proof.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Her Billionaire Boyfriend releases May 6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><s>Combine into one file from original proofs<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staggered promo with HBBBF from February 14<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heavy promo from March 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Cover<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Cover reveal February 14<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Establish Pre-Order Link<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Send out ARC emails<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Kindle and Smashwords\n<ul>\n<li>Table of Contents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update Book Links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-Order link to Her Billionaire<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload to Kindle, Smashwords<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Paperback\n<ul>\n<li>Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order Proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Her Billionaire releases September 30<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Final Proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staggered promo with HBB from June 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heavy promo from July 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish pre-order link<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Kindle, Smashwords\n<ul>\n<li>Table of Contents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update Book Links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back Matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Paperback<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alpha Queen Ascending<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>releases April 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><s>One last read through just in case<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover (In progress) (outsourced)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish pre-order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Kindle and Ingram\n<ul>\n<li>Table of Contents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update Book Links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back Matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format Paperback\n<ul>\n<li>Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order Proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Vampire\u2019s Willing Captive releases July 15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fablemere promo campaign May 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Birthday campaign July 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heavy promo July 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One last read through just in case<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish pre-order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format for Kindle and Ingram\n<ul>\n<li>Table of Contents<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Front Matter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update Book Links<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Back Matter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format Paperback\n<ul>\n<li>Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order Proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books I Want To Finish This Year:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>A Kingdom of Wonder and Terror<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Business Centaur\u2019s Virgin Assistant<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Untitled Sophie book<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Breakaway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Turning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filthy, Rich<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miscellaneous:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Get Abigail Barnette website up\n<ul>\n<li>Call web provider<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Link Shopify<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote Shopify<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add ebooks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paperbacks of The Boyfriend and Sophie\n<ul>\n<li>Download manuscripts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Format<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Upload<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Order proof<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustments as needed, if any<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add to Shopify<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launch Shopify\n<ul>\n<li>Blog post<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote across socials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add link to Trout Nation website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add link to Abigail Barnette website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow, I&#8217;ve dropped the accountabiliball lately! Having the flu really knocked me off my game. I have been nothing but scattered ever since. I&#8217;m not&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=13914\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accountability!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13915,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13914\/revisions\/13915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}