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March 18, 2020
Dreams of Mariposa Week 2 Round Up
Were already half way into week three if you missed any, heres the blogs that hosted me last week.
Lisa Haseltons Reviews and Interviews
A big thank you to everyone whos hosted the review and anyone whos been following along trying to win that GC. As said, just tell me what bookstore you want, although right now with everything thats going on online purchasing makes a lot of sense, Ebooks a lot, but if you live in...
March 17, 2020
Covid-19, 2020
Well, that escalated sharply in the past week locally.
Dont get me wrong: Weve all known about Corona Virus for a while. Healthcare worker here weve been screening for those who have traveled internationally. I put off my travel until next month, because my niece and cousin were going on a band trip to Alberta and my aunt and I were planning a trip to Hawaii. Lets say: Thats scrapped. Im not a Trudeau fan, but lets say I support closing up the border and getting our people home.
So basically...
March 10, 2020
February Round Up
Gotta love that I do these well into a week into March.
So my goal was to get Rogue Healer 3 to 90k – long story short is that it’s nowhere near that but it’s not bad, but I honestly didn’t do much with it in February. It’s not that I have articles to write for the book promo, it’s that I’ve been busy with other creative projects. I seem to pick a ‘thing’ and stick with it. That basically means, water color, inking, and sigil. Not so much oils, but I bought a better paint thinner for inside...
March 8, 2020
Week One of Dreams of Mariposa Online Book Tour Roundup
I’ll post another blog in a day or so concerning how I did in February (poorly… but!) So a few years ago I did a few different blog tours and begged reviewers independently to review Tower of Obsidian. I haven’t tried everyone, but I highly recommend Goddess Fish Book Promotions. I think they lean just a little bit towards the romance crowd, but they’re professional and deliver and are decently priced and I’ve had no qualms promoting my fantasy and paranormal horror. Week One is done, but we...
February 15, 2020
How about we support one another?
So there’s a publisher I’m not at all affiliated with who, on her blog really likes to remind us how superior she and her publishing house is. You can guess by my tone how impressed I *really* am.
Read as sour grapes if you desire.
I like to read what other people in the industry have to say, but I don’t like the drama so I try to stay out of it. Recently, this publisher complained and stated many prospective writers are ‘lazy’ and we shouldn’t expect publishers to teach us how to write.
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February 9, 2020
Back to Work
Went back to work last Monday, which coincided with the Launch Date of Dreams of Mariposa. There will be a Book Tour starting March 2, 2020. If you or anyone you know is up for participating, please go and sign up.
Didn’t go anywhere, that wasn’t to say I wasn’t tempted to hop in my car and boot it someplace, but between the pets and a family member being injured, it was kind of important for me to be hanging around. I might be able to go for a trip in April, but the other person has a few...
January 30, 2020
Censorship and Prudishness, Part 2: When the Pendulum Swings the Other Way
Ever unintentionally teach a kid something and you didn’t pull the parallels together until they point-blank told you? Kids – especially tiny ones – don’t like being seen as little, but being seen as big. They want to do things they associate with kids and adults they admire.
One thing that stands out for me was my nephew Donny and apples. I could tell you stories about that kid, but if you know me I like my fruit, and apples are available year round so it’s an easy snack. But when he was...
January 28, 2020
Reconciling Freedom of Speech/Vision with Values
So I’ve seen the first episode of The Witcher with my dad. I could have watched it at work before I went on vacation, but without knowing much about the source material, and everyone saying it’s Netflix’s answer to Game of Thrones, my dad likes those sorts of things but he won’t watch Game of Thrones for a different reason than I did – I put it off because I wanted to read the books first.
Sex scenes.
Neither me or my dad aren’t prudes, but although I’ve had the guy not… upset but cross that...
January 12, 2020
Review: The Rise of Skywalker
So late to the game, and I don’t care much.
I remember driving around the University of Manitoba when it was announced on the radio that Disney had acquired the rights to Star Wars for a Billion Dollars, and were interested in making more movies. I had already graduated by this time from the University of Winnipeg, and I can’t remember why I was there, and now checking the timeline, I was working in EMS.
So the Force Awakens came out. Everyone generally liked it, even if we thought it was A...
January 5, 2020
2019 Round Up, 2020 Goals and All That
Wow, totally much, much later than anticipated. The short of it is, besides work, just before Christmas a family member hurt herself and I’ve kind of been available, but mostly I will be more available for that during my January vacation. Not going to say what or who, only that it’s not serious, they just need a bit of help and they’ll be right as rain in a few weeks.
Looking back at my goals at the beginning of last year was to have the sequel to Witchslayer’s Scion, Magus’ Gambit, off to...
