From beginning to end (My SP Thread)

Hi guys

I want to give people my experiences from start to finish of writing a book and then self publishing it. I will update this post as I go along with the headline details so you can either read the entire thread if you want of just this post.

Name of Book: Worldgate - Sorrows Reflection.
Genre: Fantasy (Adult) (possibly Young Adult)
My Minimum Goals:

1. To sell one book.
2. To get one good honest buyer review.
3. To have a hardbound copy of my book on my bookshelf.

My medium Goals:

1. To sell £100 ($160) worth of books per month.
2. To have a few good buyer reviews and one half decent Good Reads type review.
3. To release another book.

My Maximum Goals:

1. To sell £5000 ($8000) worth of books in a year.
2. To be asked to do interviews/talk about my book(s).
3. To have someone ask what else I've written/am writing.

My Godlike Goals: To be richer than J.K. Rowling, a better known than Bill Gates and have a ghost writer do all my writing so I can go jet ski in my pool (better known as the Mediterranean).

Anyway back to reality.

Began writing novel - 25th September 2014

I know this post is way off as far as being in the self publishing section is concerned but I have made the early decision that this is what I'm going to do when the book is complete.

So to start with I have to say that I came late to the table as far as writing is concerned and do have this uncomfortable thought in the back of my head that somebody sooner or later is going to point me out as not being a real writer. I know, I know its just my fears speaking but some of you guys on here are amazing writers and its kinda daunting.

So having said all that and with butterflies in my stomach I've created this thread anyway. If you don't take a few risks in life then what's life for.

Anyway the point of my first update is to say that to date I have now written 5000 words of my novel. Two nights ago (18/10/14) I also got a complete scene list/synopsis for the entire story onto the computer so I definitely know where I'm going with this.

That's it so far. Dull I know but when I complete this book and all the salient points are listed it should hopefully be useful and/or interesting to read.

Ian

Yesterday I posted some of what I'd written in the SYW forum. The feedback I got back was immensely valuable and has helped me focus in on key areas I need to work on.

As an aspiring writer/e-publisher I cannot stress how important it is to post in the SYW forum early on. I had 5-6k words written and posted about 2k for review. I would have hated to have written 80k words and then asked for a review. Could you imagine discovering I had areas of development and that I had to rewrite 80k words again, I would have gone slightly insane I think.