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March 9, 2016
Setting Goals and Keeping to Them
Each month, I write down what I want and need to get
done.
This month had 5 Categories: four different books and
then “admin”. It came out to 26 items.
It’s the ninth, and I’ve managed to knock off ten of
them. Which is great, but it’s also left me with the 16 that probably require
the most work from the list.
That’s why I always break my monthly list down at the beginning
of the
done.
This month had 5 Categories: four different books and
then “admin”. It came out to 26 items.
It’s the ninth, and I’ve managed to knock off ten of
them. Which is great, but it’s also left me with the 16 that probably require
the most work from the list.
That’s why I always break my monthly list down at the beginning
of the
March 8, 2016
Out Today: Fire Touched, Map of Fates, The Cold Between....
There’s a lot of them today!
Fire Touched by
Patricia Briggs
Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head.
And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are
called upon to stop a rampaging troll, they find themselves with something that
could be used to make the fae back down and forestall out-and-out war: a human
child stolen long ago by the fae.
Fire Touched by
Patricia Briggs
Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head.
And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are
called upon to stop a rampaging troll, they find themselves with something that
could be used to make the fae back down and forestall out-and-out war: a human
child stolen long ago by the fae.
March 4, 2016
Anxiety, Epilepsy, And My Writing
I make lists for everything (because otherwise, I’ll
forget). My memory is shot, unless the thing isn’t actually important, and
lists keep my anxiety from stabbing my brain a thousand times asking “did you forget
anything?” It only stabs me ten times, tops. (I almost started this post as a
list, but realized I needed more space than a bullet point provides.)
I try really hard to keep myself
forget). My memory is shot, unless the thing isn’t actually important, and
lists keep my anxiety from stabbing my brain a thousand times asking “did you forget
anything?” It only stabs me ten times, tops. (I almost started this post as a
list, but realized I needed more space than a bullet point provides.)
I try really hard to keep myself
March 3, 2016
Review: The Sanctify Series by Katee Robert
The High Priestess
(Book 0.5)
92 Pages, Published March 15, 2012 by Entangled
Queen of Swords
(Book 1)
400 Pages, Published June 12, 2012 by Entangled
Queen of Wands
(Book 2)
300 Pages, Published June 24, 2014 by Entangled
If you’ve been
following along for a while, you’ll know I don’t usually do a review of a whole
series. This one is different because of the specific
March 2, 2016
IWSG: Drowning in the Marketing Pool
I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who looks at every* part of the writing process and says "I can do this!" And then there's marketing....
Marketing is like that cricket in your bedroom wall. You know it's there, it annoys the heck out of you, people are constantly telling you the "right way" to deal with it, you know you have to deal with it, and yet, dealing with it feels like you need
Marketing is like that cricket in your bedroom wall. You know it's there, it annoys the heck out of you, people are constantly telling you the "right way" to deal with it, you know you have to deal with it, and yet, dealing with it feels like you need
March 1, 2016
Out Today: A Study in Charlotte, The Lifeboat Clique, etc
A Study in
Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro –
The last thing sixteen-year-old Jamie Watson–writer and
great-great-grandson of the John Watson–wants is a rugby scholarship to
Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged
father. But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to
Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s enigmatic, fiercely
February 29, 2016
February's Numbers!
Reading:
11 Books
(Avg GR rating: 3.6)
The High Priestess | Beauty & the Clockwork Beast | Feed
| Pugilist Dreams | Dead Heat | Meeting his Match | Clementine | Queen of
Swords |Queen of Wands |Two if by Sea | Second Chance Summer | Holiday in
Danger
Writing:
48,399 in 21 days
(Avg 2,304.7w/day)
I probably would have liked to get in another 9k, just to
beat my 2014 w/c,
11 Books
(Avg GR rating: 3.6)
The High Priestess | Beauty & the Clockwork Beast | Feed
| Pugilist Dreams | Dead Heat | Meeting his Match | Clementine | Queen of
Swords |Queen of Wands |Two if by Sea | Second Chance Summer | Holiday in
Danger
Writing:
48,399 in 21 days
(Avg 2,304.7w/day)
I probably would have liked to get in another 9k, just to
beat my 2014 w/c,
February 28, 2016
Week's Links 2/28
I’m a busy bee again this week, so it’s a short list of
links. Maybe someday I’ll get caught up and be able to get a meaty link post up
again. ;)
Ever
wonder what it looks like inside a lava lamp? Now you can know.
Sarah
Negovetich talks about yet another possible reason your book isn’t selling.
Janice
Hardy talks about how to make a production and Marketing Bible.
links. Maybe someday I’ll get caught up and be able to get a meaty link post up
again. ;)
Ever
wonder what it looks like inside a lava lamp? Now you can know.
Sarah
Negovetich talks about yet another possible reason your book isn’t selling.
Janice
Hardy talks about how to make a production and Marketing Bible.
February 27, 2016
SMSO: Jesse Bray
You
may have seen this name around the blog a time or two before
Jesse Bray
On Twitter: @madjessebray
Check out his website and his shop
Who they Are:
Jesse is a graphic designer with mad skills if you don’t
believe me, go over check out the awesomeness that is his Instagram account. Nerdy and nostalgic,
his art is so awesome it got a
spotlight on io9 a few weeks back. He also
may have seen this name around the blog a time or two before
Jesse Bray
On Twitter: @madjessebray
Check out his website and his shop
Who they Are:
Jesse is a graphic designer with mad skills if you don’t
believe me, go over check out the awesomeness that is his Instagram account. Nerdy and nostalgic,
his art is so awesome it got a
spotlight on io9 a few weeks back. He also
February 26, 2016
Cover Reveal: MoPO Book 5 - The Ghost Rebellion
I don’t think it’s a secret that I’ve loved the Ministry
of Peculiar Occurrences series since I got an arc of Phoenix Rising back in
2011. So I was ecstatic to hear there was a way to make book 5 happen back when
Pip and Tee set up their kickstarter for The Ghost Rebellion. I’m happy to be
able to help them out in today’s cover reveal.
****
The chase is on! After the destruction of the
of Peculiar Occurrences series since I got an arc of Phoenix Rising back in
2011. So I was ecstatic to hear there was a way to make book 5 happen back when
Pip and Tee set up their kickstarter for The Ghost Rebellion. I’m happy to be
able to help them out in today’s cover reveal.
****
The chase is on! After the destruction of the
