Playing Catch Up and Stuff

Catch up? Ketchup? Catsup?

I am extremely fortunate having Mr. Miracle in my corner for this wondrous new career I’m building.

For one thing, he’s also a writer. We have very different styles, but we still write in similar genres. This means I’ve got my first beta reader right there next to me. It also means, thanks to his excellent proofreading skills, he catches most of my errors before they go anywhere.

Best of all, it means he understands all the manic mood swings–the flashes of ego, the certainty of extreme suckitude, and the weird behaviors I often exhibit while working out a story.

I’m the luckiest writer on Earth.

But that’s not all of it. You may have noticed the site looks a little different today. Mr. Miracle also used to do freelance web design. We spent most of Saturday working on the new look. He’s had some difficult clients in the past, but apparently, I rank up there as one of the worst. This makes me a little proud, in an obnoxious sort of way.

Anyway, I hope you like the new look. It needed a landing page, for starters, rather than just being a blog. With one book being released in a few months, another already coming right behind it, and book three coming together, the site needed to be an actual author page, rather than just my blog. Sure, it’s still a little bare, but those pages are going to start filling up rather quickly. I’m on a roll now. Every three to six months, a new book or story should be released. We have to be ready for that. They have to go somewhere, right?

I miss my swirly things and my stark black and white scheme. I put him through hell to design that to match the picture I had in my head. But it was time to have a look more in keeping with my genre. And my cover, of course.

So. I hope you like it. I’m a happy client, even if I was cranky and difficult during the design process.

Today is for tidying up loose ends, mostly. Getting a few last things off my plate in preparation for developmental edits on Pooka in My Pantry. I’m excited about it. I know I’m supposed to be dreading the process, but I’m not. I might have a change of heart once I see what my editor has in mind, but for now, I’m looking forward to it.

Book three is churning in my head, and big things are coming with that one. Poor Zoey.

I’ve signed up for the June segment of Camp NaNoWriMo. Yeah, that’s right. I’m going to attempt 50,000 words on book three while simultaneously editing book two.

For my next magic trick, I’ll attempt to eat my own head while roller skating across a flaming swimming pool.

Cover me. I’m going in.

See you real soon!