Shiloh Walker's Blog, page 207
January 31, 2010
You're working on how many books?
*G*
Somebody on twitter commented on my blog post "Question I Get Asked A Lot" wanting to know how I could work on more than one thing at a time.
Honestly, I focus better. If I work one thing for too long, I get bored and I can't write when I'm bored. I just can't. It's another reason I can't force myself to write on a series that has me too frustrated, for whatever reasons. If my heart isn't in it, or if I'm bored or frustrated, then the story just won't come.
Somebody, who knows who she...
What I'm tweeting about
22:55 @emeraldjaguar hell, you can say that again. It's why I left the nursing homes. #22:56 @VictoriaDahl BTW, yes, you SHOULD add it to your bio. It would work. I ended up pulling Talk Me Down from my TBR pile tonight #22:57 @VictoriaDahl am abt half way done and loving it. #22:58 @FictionVxn I started and stopped and restarted that book 2x over, ya know. So i'm glad you're enjoyign.@kindlevixen #22:59 @FictionVxn Sara's character was a pain in the ass to write. Even worse's than...
January 30, 2010
The costs of E
One thing a lot of people argue over the costs of ebooks are the ebooks are cheaper to produce and shouldn't cost as much.
To a point…I agree.
However, to a point, these people are very wrong.
Books, regardless of format, have to
Acquired (editor combing thru the books to find the ones she/he feels will sell, contract offered, discussed
Edited (basic edit-for the
A second edit (depends on house
Galley edits (final proof before it gets ready to be
None of this...
What I'm tweeting about
22:03 What I'm tweeting about: wp.me/p2E96-16F #22:07 @StephanieTyler oh… go to bed, sweetie. write while under migraine influence is not good.
#22:20 RT @FreshFiction: LAST day to NOMINATE for the PEARLs Make sure your favorite PNR books/authors get the nod. details bit.ly/9jDcKc #22:21 @myrandaroyann @GilesMarie 
) thanks #22:21 @StephanieFeagan oh, well … hey, new agent… coolness! #22:40 @DakotaCassidy LMAO. Hey I got three kids, I barely got time to sleep. if I add in much TV?...
Oh…bad call, Amazon
So Amazon's gone and removed a bunch of Macmillan books from Amazon. You can still buy from 3rd party vendors but a lot of those are used. I tend to buy new, especially if I'm buying to keep, because I want the books in good shape, and I want to support my friends, and the authors I love to read who may or may not be friends.
MacMillan is one of the 'big' pubs.
Who does MacMillan publish?
Authors like Lora Leigh.
Her SEAL books? Gone from amazon. You can buy them from 3rd party vendors, but...
January 29, 2010
An oddly touching blog hit
Sometimes I get blog hits that make me go… ewww…. and sometimes I get ones that make me scratch my head.
This one? Made me smile.
how to describe faith of a person
I don't know if I talk about faith enough to land somebody here, but maybe I did. Do I have faith? Yes. Can I say I have religion? No, because too often, religion is for the masses, and those masses turn it into what they want it to be, not what I feel my Lord intended it to.
But yes, I have faith.
And if the person who ended up...
What I'm tweeting about
After the cut…
22:02 What I'm tweeting about: wp.me/p2E96-16s #22:36 @laurendane hmmm… talk about deceptive… lol #22:36 @JackieKessler eh, i've had a lousy week and I'm too TIRED to react, otherwise, I might have. @jennablack #22:36 @leatherzebra should have. was too tired. will hit after running kids to school in am #22:37 @mrsgiggles oh you know you think they're cute. #22:37 @emeraldjaguar Isn't that a pretty cover? I love the blue. #22:38 @DonLinn nah-she's actually getting it because...How to do it WRONG…
I guest blogged today over @ Urban Fantasy Writers. I don't know that I much of an expert on writing urban fantasy, but I know what works for me when I'm reading it. So I blogged about what doesn't work for me that way.
;o)
Filed under: Trivial Pursuits
January 28, 2010
FYI… you're a reason
There are days I ask myself why…
I mean, I could go back to school, get all the fancy letters after my name I need to get the higher paying nursing jobs I need to secure a better paying nursing job, which would secure a better paying life for my kids. A better life for my kids is, in the end, my reason for…well, just about everything. Forget being read, forget being rich, forget anything and everything else…if my kids are getting more than I had, if they are happy and healthy and secure and...
What I'm tweeting about
too much tweeting… see below the cut.
22:03 What I'm tweeting about: wp.me/p2E96-16k #22:13 am going to make me some doughless pizza, because i ended up w/the late night munchies. #22:13 then i'm gonna read. #22:22 melt cheese in over, add pizza sauce and pepperoni then cook a few more minutes. without dough? Much healthier @jodywallace @truedeadman #22:22 @IBeAngie melt cheese in over, add pizza sauce and pepperoni then cook a few more minutes. without dough? Much healthier *G* #22:26 @
