Excerpt from "The Dumb Bitch 2"

Everybody's been asking me about the sequel to The Dumb Bitch.  Just to show that I'm actually working on the next book, here's the intro from The Dumb Bitch 2: Dee’s Story:

What’s up y’all? I know I’m the last person ya’ll wanna hear from after what I did to that hoe La-La, but fuck her!  She was a dummy - ain’t have no sense. A real bitch woulda peeped game a mile away. Y’all can say I was dirty all ya want, but that hoe was lucky all she got was 20. She had that fine ass brother backin' for her, so she took the plea. I even heard the bitch tried to snitch, but it was too little, too late. She had it all and didn’t even much know it. She always had her grandma. I ain’t have no muthafuckin' body but Dee’Adra Yvonne Reese! Whatcha know 'bout suckin' dick at thirteen to sleep in a nigga's pissy-ass closet just to keep warm cause yo momma won't let you in? Yeah, exactly - not a muthafuckin' thing! So sit back and get ready to hear a real Ratchet City Tale….

Staying Motivated to Write

I'm still hard at work on The Dumb Bitch II, trying to hurry up and get this thing done.  Fans have been asking for the sequel since the first book got published in mid-November.  It's still hard to believe that yesterday marked three weeks since I became a published writer.  It still feels weird.

 

I'm working hard to stay on point, though.  Still, it can be difficult to stay motivated to write every single day. (In that way, I suppose it's a lot like having to go to the gym and work out every day.)  There's a temptation to fall back into the old routine: watching TV, goofing off online, etc. 

 

Plus, there's all the stuff that goes along with publishing that I never thought about, such as marketing. I'm constantly having to find ways to promote my work, whether advertising on Amazon, posting on Facebook, and so on. It's something that almost all indie writers have to do if they want to be successful.

 

All in all, there are a lot of things that can cut into your writing if you let them. That's why I'm focused on keeping my eyes on the prize: becoming a successful author. I'll still have to do those other things, but writing every day is the one thing that is simply mandatory.