I’m Writing a Book

I’ve been toying around with a book idea for a couple of months and I’ve decided to do it. I don’t want to mention the name right now, but  it does have to do with freelancing.

I don’t really know whether set a word count or page count target. Since I’ve seen many other authors use word count, that’s what I’m going to go for to start. I checked around for some average word counts to get a feel for how long I’d like my book to be. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (the first book I found that I’m familiar with) is a little more than 100,000 words and 358 pages. I’m thinking my book will be 1/4 to 1/3 of that so I’ll shoot for 100 pages and 30,000 words. There’s my goal.

I have a domain in mind and I’ve emailed the owner about purchasing it. However, I’m not quite sure I want to pay as much as he’s asking. Of course, the purchase is tax-deductible and it’s not a ridiculous amount; just more than I’ve ever paid for a domain. I’ll make a decision within the next few days.

 I’m putting a word tracker in the sidebar to keep you updated on progress just in case I don’t make it back to the blog to make a complete post. If you’ve been looking for a Word Meter/Tracker for your book, here’s a site that shows 6 of them.

Have you ever written a book? How was your experience?