Rusty Williamson's Blog, page 5
June 6, 2013
I'm a digital kind of guy...
Hi!
I often consider it a character flaw but, it's just who I am. I settled into my own skin long ago. I'm task orientated as opposed to people orientated and I'm rarely analog. I am a digital kind of guy. I do think, care and do things for others and I try to be spontaneous but sadly, if these things aren't on my 'to-do list'...you get the picture. My motto is "If it's not on the list, it doesn't exist.."
I always have too many sticks in the fire and those sticks catch on fire and so I add more sticks. Type 'A' personality, over achiever, work alcoholic, jack of all trades-master of none, but that's just me and I find it fun. Concurrently I'm writing book two, storyboarding book two's animated trailer, creating the characters (in a 3D animation program), promoting book one, taking singing lessons, getting back into playing guitar, starting a blog, etc. Each one of these projects has a "to do" list because...if it's not on the list...
So naturally I approached the project of promoting my book like I approach all things; digitally. I first opened EXCEL and in cell A1 I typed "Book Promotion TTD". The TTD stands for Things To Do. Made it bold. Then a blank line then entered 'sort', 'stat' (for status) and 'description'. I added some formatting; reduced the width of the first 5 columns, bold/Italics/size-down for the headings and added some grid lines.
My framework to catch stray ideas established I stare off into the distance taking a puff of my V2 ECig and a sip of imported Italian Roast coffee and try clear my mind of all the things on the previous ttd list entitled 'Writing' of which 'Promote Book One' was just one line item and, try to forget my main ttd list entitled 'Master TTD' of which 'Work on Writing' was just one of dozens of items. This is a bad move I often take because I totally fail. The shear volume of things I want to accomplish over load my brain I remember that I must also check my Outlook calendar and make sure there's no appointment I need to be at. So my eyes slowly close and...I decide it's time to take a nap.
To be continued...
I often consider it a character flaw but, it's just who I am. I settled into my own skin long ago. I'm task orientated as opposed to people orientated and I'm rarely analog. I am a digital kind of guy. I do think, care and do things for others and I try to be spontaneous but sadly, if these things aren't on my 'to-do list'...you get the picture. My motto is "If it's not on the list, it doesn't exist.."
I always have too many sticks in the fire and those sticks catch on fire and so I add more sticks. Type 'A' personality, over achiever, work alcoholic, jack of all trades-master of none, but that's just me and I find it fun. Concurrently I'm writing book two, storyboarding book two's animated trailer, creating the characters (in a 3D animation program), promoting book one, taking singing lessons, getting back into playing guitar, starting a blog, etc. Each one of these projects has a "to do" list because...if it's not on the list...
So naturally I approached the project of promoting my book like I approach all things; digitally. I first opened EXCEL and in cell A1 I typed "Book Promotion TTD". The TTD stands for Things To Do. Made it bold. Then a blank line then entered 'sort', 'stat' (for status) and 'description'. I added some formatting; reduced the width of the first 5 columns, bold/Italics/size-down for the headings and added some grid lines.
My framework to catch stray ideas established I stare off into the distance taking a puff of my V2 ECig and a sip of imported Italian Roast coffee and try clear my mind of all the things on the previous ttd list entitled 'Writing' of which 'Promote Book One' was just one line item and, try to forget my main ttd list entitled 'Master TTD' of which 'Work on Writing' was just one of dozens of items. This is a bad move I often take because I totally fail. The shear volume of things I want to accomplish over load my brain I remember that I must also check my Outlook calendar and make sure there's no appointment I need to be at. So my eyes slowly close and...I decide it's time to take a nap.
To be continued...
June 3, 2013
For the benifit for Emo
It was a busy weekend, Saturday we went to a benefit to help a friend with his medical bills from open heart surgery. We paid the optional $10 a person fee to get in...as we entered someone handed me a string of tickets which I didn't give a second thought to and stuck them in my shirt pocket. I had no idea there was a raffle. We stayed and danced to the live R&R bands that played then left a little early. Later that night a friend called to tell us that we had won $550!! Sunday we did our usual thing and went to The Kraken which is dive-biker bar we love located in Cardiff by the Sea on Hwy 101. The person, Emo, is the bass player in the band that plays there every Sun night. He is also the same person the benefit was for and he had our money. He handed it to us and we handed right back as a donation. It was all good fun.
May 31, 2013
My first post in my first Blog
Hello,
I could never figure out why anyone would want to read ramblings that I would post on the Internet but recently my first novel and 3D animated book trailer have gotten favorable attention. Right now I know absolutely nothing about blogging so bare with this entry which is mostly a test.
My book is still unknown but I've decided to try and change that. This is mostly due to fantastic reviews from readers and from Kirkus Reviews on my book and awesome comments on my book trailer which is different in that I use realistic animation. I'll probably talk about how I created these, the extensions to cosmology and quantum physics I created for my book as well as post updates on my new novel and trailer. I'll also talk about the ways I'm trying to market my book and what's working and what's not.
In my next post I'll introduce myself. I'll also need to research what others blog about and blog etiquette.
If anyone reads this (lol), my humble thanks and, later!
Rusty Williamson
I could never figure out why anyone would want to read ramblings that I would post on the Internet but recently my first novel and 3D animated book trailer have gotten favorable attention. Right now I know absolutely nothing about blogging so bare with this entry which is mostly a test.
My book is still unknown but I've decided to try and change that. This is mostly due to fantastic reviews from readers and from Kirkus Reviews on my book and awesome comments on my book trailer which is different in that I use realistic animation. I'll probably talk about how I created these, the extensions to cosmology and quantum physics I created for my book as well as post updates on my new novel and trailer. I'll also talk about the ways I'm trying to market my book and what's working and what's not.
In my next post I'll introduce myself. I'll also need to research what others blog about and blog etiquette.
If anyone reads this (lol), my humble thanks and, later!
Rusty Williamson
December 10, 2012
The Spiral Slayers…how it happened…
Hello, My first novel–actually a 4-book series of which I’ve finished book one and am working on book two–came about in a strange way. In fact, I’ll start with how I became a sci-fi fan. I was medevac’d home from Vietnam in 1972. After getting out of the hospital I did the easiest thing, I moved […]
