Michele Venne's Blog, page 19

Standing on the Road Between Here and There

The narrator has started on Of Art and Air. I don’t think I’ll hear from her or Findaway until she’s done. Then I think I need to edit it. After that, they package it and distribute. I’ll be asking for a copy so I can put it on my website as well. That same narrator is contracted to do the other two books in the Tanner Trilogy. Part of me wants to jump in with other projects. Part of me says there’...

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Moving Forward

I met with my writing friend today. I feel like I need to record our meetings so I can replay them and catch the tidbits! We talked instead of worked, but sometimes that’s what’s needed. We shared ideas about our projects, where we are, where we hope to be in another month and by the end of the year, gave each other feedback and support, and filled our wells in a personable way.

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Creative Space

This is the final day of 5 promos I had for Of Gifts and the Goddess. Though the book is on sale for all of April, and it’s available in another promo that runs the entire month, I’m a little anxious to see what the sales numbers look like. As the first book I published (back in 2008), I’m still hoping it finds a home in the hands of readers. I really love the new cover, and I hope others find it...

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So Many Stories

In this month’s newsletter, I mentioned that I’m working on a Patreon account. Instead of writing short stories and publishing them in My Voice, Volume 2, I decided to make some of them available to subscribers on Patreon. I haven’t finished setting up my account. Part of that is because I want to have several stories written, edited, and make covers for them before I accept subscribers.

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April Fool’s Day

It’s the first of April! That means the first quarter of 2022 is officially done. We’ve had 3 months to observe how much of 2021 would influence the new year, to try out new intentions, to continue to make a new “normal,” to make new habits or let go of old ones, and to decide if what we were doing and how we were being is what we wanted to do and be. Whew! That’s a lot. How has the last 3 months...

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Wrapping Up

It seems like many of the tasks I do, don’t get done with one go. I often have to come back to verify that the upload happened, that the error was fixed, that customer service received and responded to my request. This week has been a similar practice. I attempted to upload to another platform with my print books, but it’s not doable. I’ve called and left two messages for someone I’m hoping can...

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The End of spring Break

Tucson Festival of Books is back! Fewer attendees, but people came and bought books. I discovered that these readers prefer print to ebooks, even if they weigh a lot; they came to see authors they’d found in 2019; fantasy, science fiction, and young adult are genres that most read. On the drive back to Phoenix, I had time to think about next year and what plans I might make. Just when I thought I...

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New and Old

Tucson Festival of Books is happening this weekend! I’ve been preparing for months. Updating my books. Getting the short story ready to give away. Deciding how to sell ebooks at a live event. And realizing that none of the authors whose company I’ve enjoyed the years I attended before the pandemic aren’t going to be there. I’m sure I’ll meet new people, authors and readers. I think it will be a...

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Birthday Week

A few cool events happened this week in my life. First, my new computer arrived! My 10-year-old laptop could no longer update the operating system, so my apps didn’t work optimally or at all. Do you know how tough it is to type on a keyboard when a few of the letters stick? Yep, that was going on, too. But I’ll keep my old one for virtual meetings and watching Netflix. Next, my cover designer has...

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Smelling The Flowers

Six days. That is how long I had the house to myself, and how many days in a row I did zero writing. Oh, I thought about my projects. I looked up the word count on MV2 to judge how close I might be to a novel-length manuscript. I also thought about where I left off in The Bookie. Scenes in this story popped into my mind as I sat on the couch, laptop not in sight. It was like a vacation that I...

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