{"id":13933,"date":"2025-06-10T15:20:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=13933"},"modified":"2025-06-10T15:21:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:21:17","slug":"accountability-report-i-am-terrified-but-i-did-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=13933","title":{"rendered":"Accountability report: I am terrified, but I did it!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have been struggling with anxiety over this for a year now, but guess what? I&#8217;m ready! Today, I launched <a href=\"https:\/\/abigailbarnette.com\">AbigailBarnette.com<\/a>. Or, you could look at it as, &#8220;I opened the world&#8217;s first Abigail Barnette themed online bookstore.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been dragging my feet a bit on this one. I had to make a phone call, which was obstacle #1. I kept making excuses like, &#8220;Oh, I don&#8217;t have time to work on that.&#8221; Well, time made itself available to me. I&#8217;ve had awful writer&#8217;s block for the past few weeks, due in part to stress over my husband&#8217;s ongoing medical issue. All I&#8217;ve been able to do is proofread, format&#8230; and work on deeply repetitive tasks like finishing the set up on a Shopify store. I no longer had any excuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even after a full year of planning and tinkering and researching, amassing inventory, testing and retesting, I&#8217;m so afraid. But I&#8217;m optimistic. This is a really important step in owning my art. I&#8217;ll be able to release special editions exclusively to the shop. I can offer my eBooks directly and release titles a week or two early for readers who decide to shop with me. I&#8217;m really excited about this. Currently, orders can only be shipped to the U.S., which I explain on the FAQ there, but take my anxiety level in this post into consideration and you&#8217;ll understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, here&#8217;s to Abigail Barnette&#8217;s new venture. Now, onto the rest of the accountability:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Word Count For 2025:<\/strong>\u00a063086<\/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><s>Staggered promo with HBBBF from February 14<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Heavy promo from March 1<\/s><\/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><s>Blurb<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Establish Pre-Order Link<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Final proof<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Send out ARC emails<\/s> (I didn&#8217;t end up doing ARCs for this title)<\/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<\/s><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Upload to Kindle, Smashwords<\/s><\/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 (Whoops! Better adjust our expectations here!)<\/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><s>Cover (In progress) (outsourced)<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Blurb<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Establish pre-order<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Format for Kindle and Ingram<\/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<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Format Paperback (outsourced)<\/s>\n<ul>\n<li><s>Format<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Cover<\/s><\/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 (Missed this by a mile!)<\/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><s>One last read through just in case<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blurb<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Establish pre-order (might not get a chance on this one)<\/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><s>Get Abigail Barnette website up<\/s>\n<ul>\n<li><s>Call web provider<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Link Shopify<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Promote Shopify<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Add ebooks<\/s><\/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><s>Blog post<\/s><\/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 (not necessary, integrated to website)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been struggling with anxiety over this for a year now, but guess what? I&#8217;m ready! Today, I launched AbigailBarnette.com. Or, you could look&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/?p=13933\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Accountability report: I am terrified, but I did it!<\/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\/13933"}],"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=13933"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13936,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13933\/revisions\/13936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jennytrout.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}