Sorry, this is a little later than planned because I have been on the road with my tiny human, medium human and Bryan, as well as several other family members. It is time for the annual research trip combined with vacation for the family.
Because I write so many books that are set in our world or variations of our world with magic and dragons and all sorts of other elements, I try to learn as much new as I can while I have the chance, knowing I’ll use it in a book somewhere.
This means I’ve seen a lot of castles the last few days and I’ll be seeing some more, I’m sure!
But that’s not quite the subject of today’s blog, although it plays a part. Once a month I want to blog an update of where we are at with the financial part of this, make sure the progress bars are up to date and all the other elements that go into working out how close we actually are to the dream.
In terms of the capital needed and investments needed, there’s not a lot extra. My investments have grown a small amount, but it only moves the income needle up a handful of dollars at most. There is still something wonderful about seeing progress, however, even if it’s only slow right now.
Where the progress was a lot faster, was paying off debt. I have some automatic ones, like my student loan and the loan for the visa costs, but I also managed to put some money toward another one, which means in just one month, where money has been fairly tight, I’ve managed to pay off approximately 4% of the debt.
And of course, there’s a little gain in paying off the mortgage for another month, not that it’s a lot, but it all helps.
Considering my book income is lower right now because I’ve had releases delayed and was very sick over the winter, I’m happy that we’ve made progress. There will be more faster once the releases ramp up again.
For now at least, it’s time to get back to resting and researching ready to make even more books happen.