Writing my first book

Okay, so I didn't take the Vector Sales Job. I researched on the Internet that a lot of people think it's a scam, so I decided not to go to the training. While I am still unemployed, I figure it's better than pressuring people to buy things they don't want.

I am still writing my first attempted novel. I'm at 130 pages and 47,000+ words, but it's getting there. I am also planning a prequel and I need to start research on it after I finish the first draft of my first book. I think I'll try to publish the prequel first and go back and edit/rewrite my first book.

One of my problems is that I have too many points of view and too many subplots going on. I try to keep my characters and plot consistent on the website I post the story on, but I can see where readers may get lost. One of the other writers on the site pointed this out to me and she has a point. I have to keep going with the direction I'm in because people expect me to. I post my book to give me an incentive to finish.

I started writing last December to give me something to do over Christmas vacation. I write a short story. The story was melodramatic, but people enjoyed it, so I continued. I finished the first story and started on the second, the book I'm writing now. The plot isn't going where I originally intended, but it doesn't hurt to try the way I'm going now. And the plot gave me ideas for a prequel, which in turn will lay a better foundation for my current book.

I am trying my best to become a good writer and I hope someday to write something that will reach people. Only time will tell.