Katherine Bone's Blog - Posts Tagged "fun"
And So It Goes...
Coming out of deadline edits on Lost Treasure, Captive Princess, to give a shout out to you all. Woot!
Late nights and early mornings make for a very tired captain, me hearties. One thing I'm learning as I work my way through publishing is it's a very time-consuming, emotionally draining, risky business. Writing from the heart is hard. Even harder is making sure you hit those deadlines with professional finesse. And then double that by family obligations and living every day life too.
I'm not complaining, mind you. I LOVE what I'm doing! Part of the process is learning how to manage it all.
While I've been doing edits, my third grandson was born!!! Yes!! What a delight! He's healthy and beautiful and I couldn't be more proud of my oldest daughter. She's doing fabulous as a first-time mother, y'all. Did I mention I was proud?
How do you manage to divide your time between family, your occupation, social obligations, and every day life? Do you rely on calendars? Post-it notes?
My family is continuing to grow. But how do I continue to publish books for my readers, market those books, handle my own promotion, and move on to the next book without neglecting family and living life? I've got to get organized!
I recently bought a calendar I hope will help me organize my time. It's the 2013 Action Day Planner, Designed for Action by Thorsteinn Gardarsson. You can find this calendar online at Staples.com or in stores. Perfect way to divide chunks of time into little snippets. Easier to take on, don't you think? Well, I'm hoping this system will help improve my time management.
The best way to manage time is to have a good attitude. No matter what you tackle in life, me hearties, think positive.
"Your attitude about who you are and what you have is a very little thing that makes a very big difference." Theodore Roosevelt
With a fantastic, go-getting, I can do it and nothing's going to stop me attitude, the world is your playground. Learn to play. Strive to have fun. And most important, be.
Blessings,
Katherine
Late nights and early mornings make for a very tired captain, me hearties. One thing I'm learning as I work my way through publishing is it's a very time-consuming, emotionally draining, risky business. Writing from the heart is hard. Even harder is making sure you hit those deadlines with professional finesse. And then double that by family obligations and living every day life too.
I'm not complaining, mind you. I LOVE what I'm doing! Part of the process is learning how to manage it all.
While I've been doing edits, my third grandson was born!!! Yes!! What a delight! He's healthy and beautiful and I couldn't be more proud of my oldest daughter. She's doing fabulous as a first-time mother, y'all. Did I mention I was proud?
How do you manage to divide your time between family, your occupation, social obligations, and every day life? Do you rely on calendars? Post-it notes?
My family is continuing to grow. But how do I continue to publish books for my readers, market those books, handle my own promotion, and move on to the next book without neglecting family and living life? I've got to get organized!
I recently bought a calendar I hope will help me organize my time. It's the 2013 Action Day Planner, Designed for Action by Thorsteinn Gardarsson. You can find this calendar online at Staples.com or in stores. Perfect way to divide chunks of time into little snippets. Easier to take on, don't you think? Well, I'm hoping this system will help improve my time management.
The best way to manage time is to have a good attitude. No matter what you tackle in life, me hearties, think positive.
"Your attitude about who you are and what you have is a very little thing that makes a very big difference." Theodore Roosevelt
With a fantastic, go-getting, I can do it and nothing's going to stop me attitude, the world is your playground. Learn to play. Strive to have fun. And most important, be.
Blessings,
Katherine
Goodreads Giveaway & News!
Ahoy, me hearties! I'm sharing great news tonight as I write this. As you can see, I've got another Goodreads Giveaway, this one for my contemporary romance, Lost Treasure, Captive Princess! And the giveaway is going to run for 32 days to coincide with the 1st anniversary of Duke by Day, Rogue by Night's release. Huzzah!!!
Sending out a hearty thank you to the 179 people who've signed up for the giveaway so far. I'm humbled and truly jazzed that you want to win this book! Y'all have really boosted my spirits today! Woot!
To add to the excitement, I've got a great blog about masks over at the Crimson Romance Editor's blog today, highlighting Lost Treasure and Clarissa Ross's Masquerade. Both books have a masquerade ball in them and deal with deceit and secrets. Gotta love that, right? I hope you'll stop by and check out the blog, me hearties. You can find it here:
http://www.crimsonromance.com/feature...
Tomorrow, I've got two fabulous events going on. First, I'll be featured at M.V. Freeman's blog, Paperbacks and Papercuts. Very cool!
You can find it here: http://paperbacksnpapercuts.blogspot....
Second, make sure to check out Duke by Day, Rogue by Night for a very special deal going on tomorrow only! You don't want to miss this!!! Double huzzah!!!
Visit Amazon here: http://ow.ly/pg05D
You can follow my tweets tomorrow at: @katherinelbone
Or on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/katherine.bo...
My Official Facebook Fan Page where I hope you'll click like too:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kather...
I'll be at the top of my crow's nest with a spyglass held high, while my signal flag is flapping in the wind. I hope you'll join me for the excitement. Wish I could spell it out for you now, but I'm not permitted to announce yet. Keep your eyes on that weathered horizon however, me hearties! Good times!!!
Won't you join me tomorrow to celebrate?
Blessings,
Katherine
Sending out a hearty thank you to the 179 people who've signed up for the giveaway so far. I'm humbled and truly jazzed that you want to win this book! Y'all have really boosted my spirits today! Woot!
To add to the excitement, I've got a great blog about masks over at the Crimson Romance Editor's blog today, highlighting Lost Treasure and Clarissa Ross's Masquerade. Both books have a masquerade ball in them and deal with deceit and secrets. Gotta love that, right? I hope you'll stop by and check out the blog, me hearties. You can find it here:
http://www.crimsonromance.com/feature...
Tomorrow, I've got two fabulous events going on. First, I'll be featured at M.V. Freeman's blog, Paperbacks and Papercuts. Very cool!
You can find it here: http://paperbacksnpapercuts.blogspot....
Second, make sure to check out Duke by Day, Rogue by Night for a very special deal going on tomorrow only! You don't want to miss this!!! Double huzzah!!!
Visit Amazon here: http://ow.ly/pg05D
You can follow my tweets tomorrow at: @katherinelbone
Or on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/katherine.bo...
My Official Facebook Fan Page where I hope you'll click like too:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kather...
I'll be at the top of my crow's nest with a spyglass held high, while my signal flag is flapping in the wind. I hope you'll join me for the excitement. Wish I could spell it out for you now, but I'm not permitted to announce yet. Keep your eyes on that weathered horizon however, me hearties! Good times!!!
Won't you join me tomorrow to celebrate?
Blessings,
Katherine
Congrats to My Goodreads Giveaway Winners!!!
Raising the signal flag!!!
Congratulations to Doris Waite and Cecilia Warrick for winning autographed copies of My Lord Rogue, A Nelson's Tea Novella #1, in my Goodreads Giveaway!!! Your treasure, including some swag, went into the mail today, m'ladies! Special thanks to all the wonderful 1727 readers who signed up for a chance to win my book. Huzzah and Hoorah!!!
What's next for me?
I'll be doing a Goodreads Giveaway for Duke by Day, Rogue by Night! Keep your eye on the prize, me hearties! I hope to have that #giveaway up and running by the end of the week! Woot!!!
Until then, you can find me giving away treasure at Caroline Warfield's Dangerous Weakness #ReleaseParty 9/30/15 on FB between 6:30-7:15 p.m. (EST): https://www.facebook.com/events/89349... Pirates will be on the prowl, guaranteed!
I'll also be signing books at the Rocket City Lit Fest in Huntsville, AL, October 10-11 at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville. You can learn more about it here: http://www.rocketcitylitfest.com/ If you're in the area and want an autographed copy of one of my books, stop by and see me, eh?
Exciting news: I teamed up with seven other authors to release an anthology!!! Once Upon a True Love's Kiss includes my new Black Regent Series novella, The Pirate's Duchess!
USA Today Best-selling author, Julie Johnstone, joins best-selling, award-winning authors, Katherine Bone, Collette Cameron, Jillian Chantal, Samantha Grace, Alanna Lucas, Lauren Smith, and Victoria Vane in this delightful limited edition, containing eight tantalizing kiss-and-tell stories. Meet dashing, wildly charming rogues, spies, pirates, rakes and their extraordinary, intrepid heroines as they whisk you along on sweet to sizzling romantic romps in these wickedly entertaining historical romances.
To celebrate our January 4, 2016 #Release we've got a rafflecopter #KindleFire giveaway listed on our FB page: https://www.facebook.com/OnceUponATru... You can find directions on how to enter by clicking on the Giveaway section in the timeline bar underneath the FB page banner. Enter for a chance to win!
If you'd like to follow us throughout our adventures, you can also find us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/TruLuvsKiss Like our FB page and our twitter feed and stay tuned for more giveaways and reader fun, eh?
I'm going back into the editing cave, my friends! Until next time, keep your eyes on the prize and keep on tellin' yourselves that you've got what it takes to make your dreams come true!
I believe in you!!!
Blessings,
Katherine
Congratulations to Doris Waite and Cecilia Warrick for winning autographed copies of My Lord Rogue, A Nelson's Tea Novella #1, in my Goodreads Giveaway!!! Your treasure, including some swag, went into the mail today, m'ladies! Special thanks to all the wonderful 1727 readers who signed up for a chance to win my book. Huzzah and Hoorah!!!
What's next for me?
I'll be doing a Goodreads Giveaway for Duke by Day, Rogue by Night! Keep your eye on the prize, me hearties! I hope to have that #giveaway up and running by the end of the week! Woot!!!
Until then, you can find me giving away treasure at Caroline Warfield's Dangerous Weakness #ReleaseParty 9/30/15 on FB between 6:30-7:15 p.m. (EST): https://www.facebook.com/events/89349... Pirates will be on the prowl, guaranteed!
I'll also be signing books at the Rocket City Lit Fest in Huntsville, AL, October 10-11 at the Von Braun Center in downtown Huntsville. You can learn more about it here: http://www.rocketcitylitfest.com/ If you're in the area and want an autographed copy of one of my books, stop by and see me, eh?
Exciting news: I teamed up with seven other authors to release an anthology!!! Once Upon a True Love's Kiss includes my new Black Regent Series novella, The Pirate's Duchess!
USA Today Best-selling author, Julie Johnstone, joins best-selling, award-winning authors, Katherine Bone, Collette Cameron, Jillian Chantal, Samantha Grace, Alanna Lucas, Lauren Smith, and Victoria Vane in this delightful limited edition, containing eight tantalizing kiss-and-tell stories. Meet dashing, wildly charming rogues, spies, pirates, rakes and their extraordinary, intrepid heroines as they whisk you along on sweet to sizzling romantic romps in these wickedly entertaining historical romances.
To celebrate our January 4, 2016 #Release we've got a rafflecopter #KindleFire giveaway listed on our FB page: https://www.facebook.com/OnceUponATru... You can find directions on how to enter by clicking on the Giveaway section in the timeline bar underneath the FB page banner. Enter for a chance to win!
If you'd like to follow us throughout our adventures, you can also find us on twitter at: https://twitter.com/TruLuvsKiss Like our FB page and our twitter feed and stay tuned for more giveaways and reader fun, eh?
I'm going back into the editing cave, my friends! Until next time, keep your eyes on the prize and keep on tellin' yourselves that you've got what it takes to make your dreams come true!
I believe in you!!!
Blessings,
Katherine
