Mid-workshop post – out at the end of it!

One workshop is done, the other is about to begin at the time I'm writing this (Wednesday 19th). The next workshop's schedule will be hectic, hence the need to schedule once again (gotta love WordPress, haha! ). By the time this goes live, I'll be in the final stages of the workshop, ready to get back to Portland, then New York, then home.

So, what can I say so far… I have redone all my blurbs (except BoI Air) but am still working on a new set of writing skills. Sigh. The coming week  I'll try to do a post with old vs.new blurbs and ask your opinion before I change them on Smashwords, Kindle and Lulu. But if you really want to sell, either as indie or to New York, do attend a "Pitches and blurbs" workshop by Dean Wesley Smith – he'll teach you how to do it properly.

He's also well versed in history of publishing, and this workshop was an eye-opener. You can now see $ signs in my eyes as I make plans for the next five years! And no, he doesn't say "go Indie and forget NY". Actually, quite the opposite (but pitching to NY is a whole another workshop – the one I DIDN'T attend last February, for example). He's both trad and indie published, and so should we.

On another note: Facebook/Networked Blogs upgrades. Watch that widget of Networked Blogs go as soon as I get home and manually update my author page with my blog posts (like I've done for almost two years, duh! Who needs Networked Blogs? ). They upgraded and stopped sending my posts to the chosen Facebook page saying I had exceeded my daily quota (10 posts on every FB thing you have) – now, I was out of town and couldn't even access my Facebook profile, how could I reach the quota? Then some posts got on again, but some went missing. The app is not holding, too many people use it, I'll take it off. Their problem, not mine…

And one final thing: I had one lunch in Newport and tasted Francis Ford Coppola's Chardonnay! Now, what can I say… not sure if he should do movies or wine, actually… maybe explore a third career? Just kidding, Francis, you're doing fine with both!

Next Sunday I'll be back to normal – Six Sentence Sunday. Have a great week!

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