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June 20, 2017
Wilde Love Update
For anyone who’s interested, Wilde Love book two, Sins of the Father, has been sent off for editing. This means that I get to spend the next few weeks doing one of two things: emailing my editor every two minutes to ask what she thinks (Sorry Maddie, I’ll do my best not to!), or hiding in a closet and hoping for the best.
Okay, fine, there are other options. I’ve got plenty to do in my ‘day job’ for the next few weeks, which will keep me occupied. Also, I have three homework assignments left to do before I’m finished with college forever. And then believe me, there will be cheesecake.
Funnily enough, all I want to do is start book three. Strike up the Band, y’all. Jake’s story is coming.
June 18, 2017
Life’s Too Short For Bad Books
When I was sixteen, I prided myself on finishing every single book I picked up to read. It didn’t matter how bad it was, or how much I hated it, if I started it, I was going to finish it. That melodramatic Victor Hugo epic Les Miserables? Every. Last. Word.
In my twenties, a few started slipping through the cracks. I blame it on schoolbooks. There was no way I was going to read the C++ manual front to back. I might have died of boredom.
My twenties saw me finally abandon some fiction, too. The first I remember was Twilight. I tried, you guys, I really did. I got all the way to the last one. Then there was that whole pedophilia thing, and I just… couldn’t. I ran screaming in the opposite direction and never finished the book. That particular hardcover is the single book in my house that gets no respect whatsoever. Which is to say that we use it as a doorstop.
In my thirties, there have been things like the abusive BDSM series that everyone knows. I think that one was my breaking point.
That was when I realized that when I finished a bad book, I didn’t feel accomplished. I felt annoyed, or ripped-off, or outright angry. And it wasn’t like I didn’t see it coming. I can usually tell in the first few chapters whether a book is going to work for me or not. So why am I wasting my precious reading time on things I hate? So that I can be angry and go leave nasty reviews on the work of authors who spent time and effort on those works I hate? I hope not. That’s not the me I want to be.
tl;dr: I have embraced the DNF. Life’s too short for bad fiction. If I decide at any point that the book is going to get a bad review from me, I’m putting it down.
June 16, 2017
Quote of the Week
Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.
-Buddha
June 9, 2017
Quote of the Week
There is nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.
-William Shakespeare
June 8, 2017
The Ubiquitous Pride Post
Coming up on my local Pride day, I feel like I should make a post about it.
Politics and drama about who is and isn’t queer aside, I’m just going to keep this simple: Happy Pride, guys.
If you’re any member of the community, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, queer, intersex, asexual, or aromantic, I hope you have a happy Pride, and I do hope you are proud. We should all be proud of who and what we are.
June 2, 2017
Quote of the Week
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
-Albert Einstein
May 27, 2017
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May 26, 2017
Quote of the Week
Books are for people who wish they were somewhere else.
-Mark Twain
May 24, 2017
My Ration of Anxiety
I know that every author has been through this moment.
Everything is done. The files are ready and waiting. All that’s left is the actual upload and release. As of next Monday, I will become a published author.
Yeah, yeah, it’s ‘only’ self publishing. Whatever. The point is that I’m putting my first novel out there to be judged and rated, but hopefully mostly enjoyed.
Every author I know has admitted to being nervous about putting their first book out for sale, and right now, nervous doesn’t really cover where I am. I’m going to spend my time between now and Monday wondering if this is actually a terrible idea. Then, I’m probably going to keep wondering that.
But I’ve dreamed of becoming a published author since I was a little kid, and at this point, nothing is going to stop me from pressing that button, short of being hit by a bus.
That’s it, I’m not leaving the house till Monday.
May 19, 2017
Quote of the Week
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
