K.N. Timofeev's Blog, page 10

Progress

My husband and I are having some fertility issues.  I went to see a specialist, and like any time you go see the doctor, they made me get on the scale.  It was a bit of a shock seeing the number I saw.  So when I got home, I swore to change.  I’ve made some adjustments and am trying to get into the swing of working out and what not.  I have to constantly remind myself that any progress I make is good.  So that brings us to the quote of the week:

 
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Why You Must Set Deadlines

I have this book, a children’s book, that I have been working on for longer than I should have.  It’s not that I’m struggling with it or anything, it’s just that I don’t have a deadline for it.  The thing is, I only work on it in between projects.  I feel terrible about it.

You see, when I published my first book, my students were ecstatic and wanted to read it.  Their little faces fell when I told them that it was an adult book and they couldn’t.  They turned those puppy eyes on me and begge...

This World

After my husband gets home and he gives me a kiss and after we tell each other about our days, he turns on the news and says, “Let’s see who’s died today?”  I know he’s joking but honestly, 90% of the time someone has died or something tragic has happened.  I don’t know if the world is actually going to shit or if maybe I’m just more aware of it now.  But either way, there appears to be more darkness in the world.  So here’s my attempt to shine a little light into the dark.

Here’s the first p...

Saturday Morning

Oh boy what a crazy week it’s been.  Spring break is creeping closer and the children are loosing their minds.  But today, I will get some work done.

Coffee…..check

edits waiting to be made…..check

music….check

Alrighty, time to polish up the old manuscript.  Enjoy your Saturday everyone!

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Happy Birthday to Me!

So today is my birthday!!!!!

I share this momentous day with not only a cousin (who is absolutely adorable) but also Dr. Seuss.  For anyone else who shares this day, happy birthday to you too!

Today I’m 31.  I know that may not seem like a lot to some of you, but for me it’s mind blowing.  I don’t really feel thirty.  But then again, I have no idea how thirty is supposed to feel.  The only thing that I know is that I still have a lot of life to live and I shouldn’t get stressed out over th...

Time to Make Some Choices

I’ve had to do quite a bit of thinking this weekend.  Thinking about how do I want to progress as an author.  I guess every author goes through this as they near the end of a project.  I have two questions that keep running through my head.  What do I want to write next?  How do I strengthen my name as an author.

The first question is easy enough.  I have probably a dozen or so half thought out story ideas that I can pick from.  Although, I’m trying to stay away from doing another series.  Th...

The End of a Series

Three years ago, I published my first book and right now I’m diligently working on completing the whole story arch.  I’ve learned so much along the way.  I never knew how challenging it is to write a series.  I learned a lot about what kind of voice I want my books to have and my style as a writer.  I think this story (all three books) will always hold a special place in my heart.  With that being said, if everything goes right, Time of Prophecy will be released sometime in October of this ye...

Too Many Books!!!!

Ha ha just kidding, there’s no such thing as too many books.

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My husband has to drag me away from the book section of any store we walk through and often gives me a resigned sigh when I give him the puppy eyes when we past a book store.  Have I mentioned how much a love him?  Any who, the reason why I titled this post the way I did is because right now, I have three books that I’m reading.  I didn’t choose to read three in one go, it just sort of happened that way.

You see, the first book is...

I finally bit the bullet

I’ve always tried to avoid sites that I know will take up (consume) my life.  One such site is Tumbler and the other is Twitter.  Huh…I just realized they both start with Ts.  Anyways, I finally signed up with Twitter because let’s be frank, its a good way to generate interest.  More and more people are on it than ever before.  So I figured, why the hell not?

Hit me up and follow.  I plan…key word plan to put up snippets of chapters or bits of dialogue that I find brilliant.

Here’s the link:

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Updates

Every now and again I like to go through my pages and update the information there.  I’ve been bouncing the idea of getting a twitter account for months now.   I know, I’m probably one of the few people left on the planet who doesn’t have a twitter.  Well that’s not official yet but I’ll be sure to let you all know when it is.

With that being said, I have updated my bio and contact information.  I think they suit my personality a bit more than before.  I would greatly appreciate it if you guy...