Kimberly Sue Iverson's Blog, page 14

Sent off a short for edits

So yesterday – was it yesterday? think so – I said I’d be working on Light Above the Neighborhood today, and I did. And I sent it off to ze editor. I feel like I’ve been typing the title as “A light.” Have I? I’m not double-checking myself. Feel free to be all, oooooooo you have! And double-check yourself, lol. It’s Light Above the Neighborhood.

Since it’s a bit shorter than the previous one – A Granddaughter’s Magical Curfew – I was working on, it actually went a bit faster than normal. And...

New short is up

Okay so last night I posted on Facebook that I would be deactivating my socials for a time. Just one less thing for me to bother with for a time is all. Twitter has been for a bit, last night I did Instagram. Then I did Facebook this afternoon. I’ve constantly told people to find me on this site most, but at this point I feel like I’m just waving a big sign saying notice me! so needless to say, not gonna bother with much else. If, after five plus years, they haven’t come around this site, or use...

Discoveries

2023 words for the day.

Interesting to write inside the confines of a mountain that I only discover as I write. The mountain in this story is a retreat of sorts from war raging beyond it for a time. Only a lucky few can get inside for a period of time, and they end up being stuck inside until it reopens.

A question that just dropped into mind as I said that – what happens on the outside during that time?

Gotta let that percolate and discover it. Also insert a note in the story to rem...

Savage Lands paperback is up

Savage Lands is up for purchase on paperback. *And the crowd goes wild* Gimme a break. Too much computer resetting and fixing all day for the mother. lol

SO, I have two paperbacks up available through Lulu to purchase currently. I will be switching my paperbacks to Lulu so feel free to bookmark this link. AND for those who DO purchase a paperback I’m gonna start giving a little sumfin sumfin in all of them from now on. In Savage Lands you have a sneak peak of Alianne Donnelly‘s book Wolfen!

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What’s been done so far

A friend of mine volunteered to help create a new banner for my books page, to represent the Dragon’s Dawn series. That is the same person behind the dragon that I’m using for the second cover, Charred Wings. He is really good at his work so if you’re interested, and need images done, look him up on devitantart and Facebook – https://www.deviantart.com/muddychickn and https://www.facebook.com/Coopers-Generated-Images-CGI-323674911029519

He’d done the cover for one of those books before, but w...

Savage Lands cover

This cover is kickin me butt. I have made a ton of minor alterations in trying to get the design just right. I’m referring to the paperback, not eBook. eBook is done and tomorrow I will be uploading it to Smashwords. I prioritized Draft2Digital for now so that all the listings would go through that retailer when sold. At least I’m hoping.

I have to go into Smashwords and try to make sure the book isn’t sent out to the retailers that d2d sends out to. Causes multiple listings, and that is a n...

Almost there

— Working on the Savage Lands paperback. Got the digital files ready to go. I’ll upload to Smashwords at the end of the week. I’m trying an experiment with rolling it out in phases.

— Also, I set Time of the Chosen for sale on paperback. Love how it turned out with Lulu so I think that may be the one I move all my paperbacks to. So they’re kinda split across Amazon and a few are up on d2d. You can still find them at all retailers, just where I’m uploading changes. When I get Savage Lands in p...

In the meantime

Until I’m done outlining my Sorceress series, I have another writing project going. The Sorceress series/world has 5 books I have to rework so yeah, taking a bit more time than planned. When I write, I want that freight train to kick in and just lemme goooooooo so I gotta get as prepped as possible.

Why rewrite – BAD writing. Period. Would’ve needed so many edits I would’ve spent more time editing than just rewriting it, better detailing and storytelling, and then editing that version.

So ...

Full Name and Amazon

Things currently on my mind –

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Savage Lands will end up being the last book I put out for a while, if not completely, where I use my shortened name Kim Iverson on the cover. Since I’ve done a lot of pre-talk with with, and shared the cover, also did an author interview with it, I’m not gonna start the change now.

The author interview that I signed up for will be shared with Jotham Austin’s newsletter for August. You can find his website here – https://www.jothamaustin.com/

It’s ...

Savage Lands – Chapter Two

So . . . a note. I know, you’re all . . . wait did I miss chapter one? No, no. You didn’t. I decided this one was best starting with a preview of chapter two. Why? Well, because chapter one is . . . controversial. People will believe that I wrote it after what’s currently going on. The C o V stuff? Yeah, yeah, lol.

I wrote this book in April of 2019. And I wrote 99% of the original copy freakishly right before it all. It is written almost word for word in a way of what is happening. The refu...