Ray Daley's Blog, page 74

What’s occurring?

I have now finalized all my releases for the rest of this year.

I still have 7 other completed pieces, 6 of which can be submitted to the flash markets. One can’t because it was already used on Goodreads so that may be kept in reserve for ebook publication next year. Wow. It’s amazing that I am that far ahead I can talk about releases in next year at the start of July!

I could die today and you’d still be getting new ebooks (providing someone else made covers & wrote blurbs) right up until this time next year!

Anyway, I will endeavour to remain alive and writing. It’s too hot to be doing much (even with the window wide open and the door creating a through breeze) as summer has truly landed here in jolly old England. I don’t like the heat and can’t cope if it’s too bright so I generally stay indoors.

My advice is stay hydrated.  Be careful out there readers!

Quick update

As it’s been very hot recently I haven’t been doing a lot of writing.

I have written quite a few story ideas out and a couple of frameworks (mainly to get them down while they were still in my head.)

Being half Welsh I don’t cope well in the hot weather. Having a high sensitivity to bright light isn’t helpful either.

I’m currently trying to work up something to submit to one of the online flash sites (I am currently unsure as to where) but I also have a fair few fully finished stories (some even with covers) so have no real need to write whole stories for the rest of the year if need be. I have more than enough pieces to cover the rest of the year for new ebook releases and still have some left over to submit into the flash market.

There will be at least 3 releases in November (2 Doctor Who related stories to mark the 50th Anniversay of the show) and also a piece I want to release on November 11th for Armistice Day.

Now you know as much as I do.  Try to stay hydrated folks. And don’t get sunburn!

The Lies Every Writer Tells Themself

1) I’ll finish it later.

2) I’ll start it tomorrow.

3) I don’t need to write it down, I’ll remember it.

4) I’m working on it.

5) Of course it’s a good idea.

6) Your big break is just around the corner.

Have another poem.

Science Fiction is infectious, William Gibsons’ a disease,

Reading books will surely cure us, Harry Harrison save us please!

Twitter ahoy!

Recently after doing some looking at how various search engines list my ebooks I discovered some nice people tweeting my titles and I’d like to take the opportunity here to thank them for the free publicity.

You can now find me on Twitter. @RayDaleyWriter

All my new ebook releases and flash fiction releases will be promoted there (as well as on my Facebook page, my Google + page and here too of course).

I’ve already sent 2 celeb tweets (to William Gibson & Danny Baker) & am following a boatload of people. If you have an account there then follow me and retweet my releases.

@RayDaleyWriter

That’s my official twitter feed, it’s me (as it has the pic I use on all my accounts), follow and support please?

I’ve been checking my ebooks out on Google

Thanks to Google I now know my most pirated (and stolen) book is The Case Of The Invisible Man. I don’t see the logic in taking the worst possible format of a free book then posting it on all the file hosting sites.

Just get a decent version from here:-

www.smashwords.com/books/view/149834

or here

http://www.feedbooks.com/userbook/26187/the-case-of-the-invisible-man

If you’re gonna take it & put it elsewhere, take ANY format but the PDF because that visually looks AWFUL and it makes me look like bad too as it puts hypens in words instead of doing auto word wrap or putting them on the next line.

Good News Everyone!

Apart from the fact that Futurama is back (and that was a blatant reference), I didn’t need to have any more laser surgery!

Apparently the new procedure does the entire eye in 1 sitting (explains why it hurts a lot more!) so I am all done for hopefully at least the next five years.

I am SUPER happy, back to the writing.

Up to stuff, here’s what

Had an idea yesterday whilst making tea which I later wrote up in bed, typed it up after lunch today.  It’s not finished but I think I know how it ends.

Made a couple of covers (for Dinner With Grandma & Echo Beach), I’ll probably type up my fragment from “The Secret Police Man” tomorrow.

May do nothing Wednesday, can’t do anything Thursday as I am getting lasered at the Hospital so I will most likely be resting Friday as well.

I think my next order of business will be to do covers for everything else that is currently finished which means 3 more stories will be moved from “probably finished” to the “definitely finished” pile.  2 of them are very short so if I release those I will do 1 at the start of the month and the other a week later so people don’t think I am short changing them with just flash length stuff.

The story that previously was entered into a Goodreads competition is long enough to stand as 1 monthly release. It’s as polished as it’s going to get too.Not really sure how best to represent that with a cover so it’ll probably be one of the last releases of the year.

Goodbye Iain Banks, RIP

I need to comment on the passing of author Iain M. Banks after his fight with cancer. I hope you enjoyed the final 2 monhs with your wife sir.

Our world is a little less bright without your writing.

Go in peace, you’re away The Crow Road now.

We’re back!

Now back online on the new and improved computer!

Few teething issues still (like it won’t let me log in to Google for some reason?) but most things seem to be working.

Possibly doing a new release tomorrow.    We’ll see.