on Reading and Writing and All the Speculation In Between
I had been doing so well. This week, though, I managed less than 1/10th of my goal: Not quite 500 words added to my current WIP. I had plans to get more done yesterday, or even today, but somehow, sleeping won out. Something about going to a friend’s parent’s funeral just saps me–and this summer…
Today I filled out the final forms and submitted the last paperwork to make it official: I start school again next week for the first time in almost 20 years. I’ll be pursuing an MBA in marketing and project management, fields that reflect my career path–but I never thought I’d be the one to add…
Justin Bog, a good friend from Twitter, is passing out tags these days: This one is to hear about upcoming work to be released… soon. Appropriately, it’s called The Next Big Thing. 🙂 According to Justin, his new book Wake Me Up “is a psychological family drama that centers on a crime and the fallout…
It’s possible I’m going a little overboard with excitement this week… But I actually managed to finalize the print design AND the blurb, and now my second book is live for purchase online. 🙂 This time I have a nifty 3-D image of what the paperback looks like, too. 🙂 Yes, there was much rejoicing…
Today was the day. It was supposed to have been yesterday, but the night kept getting later, it had already been a long week, and we didn’t want any error creep. So today, I present to you: Dementional. This time, I’m releasing the print and eBook versions at the same time, and Katarr Kanticles Press…
Next milestone complete: I finished ALL my edits and sent the final Word doc to my publisher in preparation for posting the eBook version of Dementional. Now I need to format the print version over the next couple of days. I just went back and found the original list of my goals through October: Participate…
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I know, technically, it’s no longer Sunday, but I still wanted to post an update. An exciting one, at that: I MET MY GOAL! 🙂 I just finished incorporating all the changes my editor suggested, and am thrilled to be at the phase where I’ll be doing a read-through for any final tweaks and formatting…
This was an exciting week for me: My first royalty check! You know, for words I constructed out of the fantastic corners of my mind, to be published as Dust to Blood. Don’t get me wrong, any payday is a good payday–especially when you’ve just been paid to imagine something into existence. But… I’m a…
My day was hijacked in the worst possible way this morning, with the news that yet another psycho had gone on a shooting rampage–about 20 minutes from where I live. I worried about friends and colleagues who are Sikh, who might have been there, since it was to have been a day of special celebration….
I received my edited manuscript this morning in the wee hours. I have a lot of work to do. As my editor said: “You’ve fallen into some bad habits…” Ominous words for an impending deadline. The good news is, she likes the plot, the characters, and the ending, so the rest is just editing my…