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My New Year's List!

Happy New Year guys! I am really excited for this year because I will not publish just once, but twice in the same month for the first time. If you've been following me here or on Twitter, or Facebook then you'll know that I've nearly finished my editing my début novel, Lumen and that I've also been writing a collection of short stories (Over My Spilled Blood) that will be released in 4 parts and totalling 20 short stories.



Over the next month I will be dropping in to blog about Lumen because of its impending publication in February! I have some really fun stuff to share before you get to read the rest of Lumen (I'm assuming that you've read the Prologue and Chapter One on Scribd *wink wink*) like some Character Interviews and even a little how I came to come up with Lumen and the concept of the Blood Luminary series! I do hope that you will all join me as I share a little something something.



As well as promoting I will making some changes to my blog, I will be adding a new feature where I share some flash fiction...but on a Thursday! I know what you're thinking, "whoaa...hold up on the huge change to the Friday when peeps do flash fiction!" I've even got some banners that I will promote it with. I'm also going to be continuing my #Writer's Tool section that is now under the Tips Tricks & Tidbits tab at the top. I will also be finishing those interviews that never got posted...and I'm really sorry if you're one of the people who replied, but my life has been hectic since September (I started university) but do not fear you're interview will be here...soon.



Also, a little shout out to all book reviewers who'd like an arc of Lumen, if you're interested then send me an email at josepheastwood@ymail.com!



This has been the first post from my new laptop!



So Happy New Year! And Keep on Writing!



-Joseph

My New Year's List!

Happy New Year guys! I am really excited for this year because I will not publish just once, but twice in the same month for the first time. If you've been following me here or on Twitter, or Facebook then you'll know that I've nearly finished my editing my début novel, Lumen and that I've also been writing a collection of short stories (Over My Spilled Blood) that will be released in 4 parts and totalling 20 short stories.



Over the next month I will be dropping in to blog about Lumen because of its impending publication in February! I have some really fun stuff to share before you get to read the rest of Lumen (I'm assuming that you've read the Prologue and Chapter One on Scribd *wink wink*) like some Character Interviews and even a little how I came to come up with Lumen and the concept of the Blood Luminary series! I do hope that you will all join me as I share a little something something.



As well as promoting I will making some changes to my blog, I will be adding a new feature where I share some flash fiction...but on a Thursday! I know what you're thinking, "whoaa...hold up on the huge change to the Friday when peeps do flash fiction!" I've even got some banners that I will promote it with. I'm also going to be continuing my #Writer's Tool section that is now under the Tips Tricks & Tidbits tab at the top. I will also be finishing those interviews that never got posted...and I'm really sorry if you're one of the people who replied, but my life has been hectic since September (I started university) but do not fear you're interview will be here...soon.



Also, a little shout out to all book reviewers who'd like an arc of Lumen, if you're interested then send me an email at josepheastwood@ymail.com!



This has been the first post from my new laptop!



So Happy New Year! And Keep on Writing!



-Joseph

It's Inspired! #BeatTheBlock

So this post is inspired by the season finale of Terra Nova and it was a "Oh my---what did he just say!" *rewind* and "eek, I shall put that in my notes for later!"



I should have put the quote in my phone as well, but I'll just give you the jist of it. If you haven't been watching Terra Nova...then where the hell have you been? Under a rock? Ha. No, but seriously, it's been an amazing show and so inspiring, well I know that if I ever got writer's block then I'd watch an episode or two.




If you had 1,000 people to restart civilization, how would you do it?




It was something like this, and like I said above...it was a  BOOM moment! I hope that you get to watch this series as the studio isn't sure if they are going to continue the show for another season, and I really want them to go on because it ended with so much potential and I'm inspired, I hope that you're inspired as well.




If you haven't been watching it then I'll tell you a little bit about it. Terra Nova or the Latin translates to New Earth, which is what it is. The people of 2149 live on a world that has no plant life or animals but some scientists created a time slip (something like that) where they can go back in time without doing any damage to the future--so it's all gravy! However, in the season finale all ties were severed from 2149 and Terra Nova, so they're now stuck, and they have 1,000 people to restart civilization.




So the big question that got my juices flowing and hopefully got all of you thinking the same kind of stuff when you were asked, "how would you do it?". So how would you restart civilization if you only had 1,000 people?




This kind of thinking is much like Sims City...I love playing Sims and controlling lives, probably why I'm a writer...that and I love writing. I also like to know all the aspects and Sims is a great way to get to know people. They have needs, they need to eat, they need to drink, they need to go to the bathroom A LOT and they need showers or they will start to smell! And it's all of these things that adds to the realism in your writing.




If you had 1,000 people to restart civilization, how would you do it?




Brainstorm the above question! There's not going to be any technology or modern day medicines. There are dinosaurs roaming around the Earth and you are a source of food for them, so how will you protect yourself and everyone else. Where will you get your food from? And how will you know if it's poisonous or not?




There are a lot of questions running riot through my head just thinking about all of the possibilities. But that's what I'm thinking of, and you know what makes you unique, is that you'll think of different things and answer your questions, my questions, other people's questions differently.




Keep on writing!




-Joseph

It's Inspired! #BeatTheBlock

So this post is inspired by the season finale of Terra Nova and it was a "Oh my---what did he just say!" *rewind* and "eek, I shall put that in my notes for later!"



I should have put the quote in my phone as well, but I'll just give you the jist of it. If you haven't been watching Terra Nova...then where the hell have you been? Under a rock? Ha. No, but seriously, it's been an amazing show and so inspiring, well I know that if I ever got writer's block then I'd watch an episode or two.




If you had 1,000 people to restart civilization, how would you do it?




It was something like this, and like I said above...it was a  BOOM moment! I hope that you get to watch this series as the studio isn't sure if they are going to continue the show for another season, and I really want them to go on because it ended with so much potential and I'm inspired, I hope that you're inspired as well.




If you haven't been watching it then I'll tell you a little bit about it. Terra Nova or the Latin translates to New Earth, which is what it is. The people of 2149 live on a world that has no plant life or animals but some scientists created a time slip (something like that) where they can go back in time without doing any damage to the future--so it's all gravy! However, in the season finale all ties were severed from 2149 and Terra Nova, so they're now stuck, and they have 1,000 people to restart civilization.




So the big question that got my juices flowing and hopefully got all of you thinking the same kind of stuff when you were asked, "how would you do it?". So how would you restart civilization if you only had 1,000 people?




This kind of thinking is much like Sims City...I love playing Sims and controlling lives, probably why I'm a writer...that and I love writing. I also like to know all the aspects and Sims is a great way to get to know people. They have needs, they need to eat, they need to drink, they need to go to the bathroom A LOT and they need showers or they will start to smell! And it's all of these things that adds to the realism in your writing.




If you had 1,000 people to restart civilization, how would you do it?




Brainstorm the above question! There's not going to be any technology or modern day medicines. There are dinosaurs roaming around the Earth and you are a source of food for them, so how will you protect yourself and everyone else. Where will you get your food from? And how will you know if it's poisonous or not?




There are a lot of questions running riot through my head just thinking about all of the possibilities. But that's what I'm thinking of, and you know what makes you unique, is that you'll think of different things and answer your questions, my questions, other people's questions differently.




Keep on writing!




-Joseph

Swarms of Writerly Knowledge!

I read a lot about writing and publishing from the internet because it's updated on a regular basis, especially on the publishing industry and different people have different views on things and how to do things, which is a good. I have a reel of blogs on my blogger account and most of them are about individuals self-publishing journeys, others are about writing and then I there are book bloggers. There are also two websites that I've been going to for about two years now and they are so helpful! There's Suite101 and Daily Writing Tips!





Suite101 is an online magazine and writers' network with some of the greatest material available to writers. It's like thousands of mini bloggers writing about what they know (as it isn't just for writers but also for people who want to be in the know).



This is the section where I go to >>> Writing and Publishing and it's a really good place with several sub-topics including, Editing, Publishing, Online Publishing, Children's Fiction etc. it's so resourceful! I would recommend that you all go there because we all know that everyone needs to brush up on their writing know-how, it's also got some very very interesting self-editing tips which I believe everyone could benefit from.




What do you think? Have you been there before? Spent hours reading through articles like me? Did you learn something new?







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This is another great website and they offer a FREE grammar & punctuation guide when you sign up to receive updates from them, this is one email everyday informing you of a new article that has been posted and they have some really great articles.




Click the link! >> Daily Writing Tips to get your Daily Writing Tips ;) these articles are different to the ones on Suite101 because they offer differentiation between words, such as 'Customer vs. Client' and 'Precede vs. Proceed' and there are articles like '85 Synonyms for "House"', so you could say that as well as offering articles like Suite101 there is also a focus on building a writer's vocabulary by giving them new but familiar words. This is also a very great resource.




Have you been here before? What do you think? Something that you'll be adding to your e-mail account?




I hope you all enjoyed this post and I hope that it serves its purpose!




-Joseph

Swarms of Writerly Knowledge!

I read a lot about writing and publishing from the internet because it's updated on a regular basis, especially on the publishing industry and different people have different views on things and how to do things, which is a good. I have a reel of blogs on my blogger account and most of them are about individuals self-publishing journeys, others are about writing and then I there are book bloggers. There are also two websites that I've been going to for about two years now and they are so helpful! There's Suite101 and Daily Writing Tips!





Suite101 is an online magazine and writers' network with some of the greatest material available to writers. It's like thousands of mini bloggers writing about what they know (as it isn't just for writers but also for people who want to be in the know).



This is the section where I go to >>> Writing and Publishing and it's a really good place with several sub-topics including, Editing, Publishing, Online Publishing, Children's Fiction etc. it's so resourceful! I would recommend that you all go there because we all know that everyone needs to brush up on their writing know-how, it's also got some very very interesting self-editing tips which I believe everyone could benefit from.




What do you think? Have you been there before? Spent hours reading through articles like me? Did you learn something new?







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This is another great website and they offer a FREE grammar & punctuation guide when you sign up to receive updates from them, this is one email everyday informing you of a new article that has been posted and they have some really great articles.




Click the link! >> Daily Writing Tips to get your Daily Writing Tips ;) these articles are different to the ones on Suite101 because they offer differentiation between words, such as 'Customer vs. Client' and 'Precede vs. Proceed' and there are articles like '85 Synonyms for "House"', so you could say that as well as offering articles like Suite101 there is also a focus on building a writer's vocabulary by giving them new but familiar words. This is also a very great resource.




Have you been here before? What do you think? Something that you'll be adding to your e-mail account?




I hope you all enjoyed this post and I hope that it serves its purpose!




-Joseph

I want to VLOG!

I love prowling around YouTube and watching people's vlogs. I've been wanting to for some time now, make my own and talk about my writing and just a way to be able to vent. But it would be used to talk about my writing more than anything because I don't think my passion shows through my Facebook and this blog, where my friends say that I get really enthusiastic about my writing when I talk to them about my ideas and stuff. Also, having a YouTube account will be useful for the future when I decide to upload book trailers.



I'm waiting until after Christmas so that I can buy myself a camera or hand-held video camera, or just something that I record videos on. I'm really excited about it, although nervous because I hate the sound of my own voice and although I talk to myself a lot, it will be even stranger talking to a camera. Do you any of you vlog? If you do, what's it like talking to a camera? And do you eventually get used to the sound of your own voice?



I will probably have to get a hair cut and shave before any vlogging can happen LOL (being a student is tough!)



Happy Holidays!

I hope it's full of writing, blogging, vlogging, Facebooking...whatever makes you happy!



-Joseph!

Progress Report!

Spending a lot of time on my sister's laptop, but she doesn't have word processing software so that means editing and writing are both off the list, but that doesn't mean I cannot promote my upcoming novel, Lumen! Which is part of the Blood Luminary Series.



Lately, I've been working on the Over My Spilled Blood short story collection, which I now how 20 short stories to write. Not having a laptop has given me way too much time to plan and brainstorm ideas.



I have also been working on some ways that I might promote Lumen and the first 5 short stories (Over My Spilled Blood, #1 - #5). So far I've been thinking about sample chapters and the Goodreads giveaway feature. But what do you think are some practical ways of promoting them?




I'm also in the midst of designing a new front cover for Lumen...a more, how would you put it, eye catching. And I'm also thinking of doing some vlogging and creating a book trailer etc. I'm getting all excited talking about it.



I hope you'll all join me in adding my novel to your Goodreads 'to-read' list so that I can keep you all in the loop about my novel...and don't forget to click the links embedded in the post as I've updated both pages!



Thanks for reading & following!




- Joseph

Lumen on Goodreads

So I have a little while on my sister's laptop and I decided to do some changes. I decided that I should put Lumen up on Goodreads, even though it's yet to be published...late January to early February. I still have to do edits and my cover art which I've got drawn up and all it needs now is to be uploaded and then finished off on my art tablet...that is when I get it.



And so I'm going to ask you really nicely if you'll add Lumen to your 'to-read list' on Goodreads. Click the link-- Lumen on Goodreads, please.



I'm really excited now that I've uploaded it, even though I should have done it a while ago...it would have spurred me on at least, but my laptop is still broke and I'm getting as much done while I get the chance on a laptop.



I have some things planned for promotional activity in January, which I hope you'll all enjoy being a part of.



Keep writing, while you can!



-Joseph

The Good, The Bad and the Update...

Hey Guys!



I haven't posted in a while, and it's because my laptop broke, but I'm getting some money soon to buy a new one. YAY! I've been planning some new blog posts which when I get my new laptop I will be posting. I cannot wait, and hopefully I shall have a new laptop sorted out before December starts.



Edits and writing have STOPPED! It's horrible. I can't edit because I can't get to a computer for several hours at a time and I need to get into an editing hole in order to edit at my best. And I can't write for the same reason...however, I have picked up a pen and done lots and lots of planning, so maybe having a broken laptop is actually been for the good. (I was also planning on buying a new laptop anyway...so there isn't any loss at all).



I guess you've all read my previous blog post about my reasons for not continuing with my NaNo, well I wouldn't be able to do it now anyway.



I'm planning on buying an art tablet and doing a new front cover! I've sketched it out and all it needs it to be scanned and then drawn on via the tablet! I'm excited for all this to get done and then Lumen promotions can start...as edits aren't going to take that long now the release date I will assure you is not far away!



If you can...KEEP ON WRITING!



-Joseph