Fri. June 13, 2024: And It’s Already Friday Again
image courtesy of Lumpi from Pixabay.comFriday, June 14, 2024
Waxing Moon
Pluto Retrograde
Hazy and warm; might rain
It’s yet another Friday! I can’t believe how fast the weeks are flying past.
Today’s serial episode is from ANGEL HUNT:
Episode 146: An Eye Toward the Future (Season One’s Final Episode)
Lianna, single again, makes future plans with Amy and Bunny. Then, Rhys walks through the door.
This is the FINAL episode of the season! Now, you can binge all 146 episodes for a limited time.
All three serials are now complete. It feels good.
DEADLY DRAMATICS came down moments after the request yesterday. I updated the websites and various pages, and I did a round of thank you promos to the readers. I made a thank you video only in TikTok format, which I will schedule for early next week. It also means I can put up the Nina Bell website in August, instead of waiting until later in the fall, and start building momentum for the book releases. If I can stay on track and ahead of the game, it takes a whole lot of pressure off me around the end of the year.
Also left the Kindle Vella promo groups. The way they operate wasn’t in alignment with what I needed when the serials were dropping episodes regularly, and even less now. The pay-to-play model is not where I want to put my time, attention, and cash. I’m still in the author support group for the moment, just to keep an eye on the pulse of things, and see if it’s ever worth trying again, with another serial.
I’d love to place REP somewhere, but most of the serial platforms that pay properly have an audience that wants spicy romance, and that’s not what I write. Nor is it what I want to write for market purposes. I don’t look down on romance or romance writing at all – I admire those who do it well. But that’s not where I want to put my writing energy (although I often have romantic elements in the work).
So poor little REP continues to be back burnered, until I can figure out what to do with it. Comic sci-fi/fantasy novel with mystery and romantic elements, most likely, but WHEN it can get back on the schedule is up in the air. The first novel in the series is probably best written in a residency situation, where I have a batch of weeks where it can be the primary focus.
Worked on the newsletter, which goes out in a couple of weeks. The copy’s done; I just have to put it into MailerLite and add the graphics (which always takes dog’s years), so I will probably start it early next week, and then it will be ready to go out on the last Thursday.
Meditation was good. The group will be on break during July and August, which means I have to be more responsible for my own practice. I’m steady with my evening meditation, but sometimes I bounce into my day before doing the morning meditation, and I need to make that adjustment.
There is a part of me that suspects the group will not resume in September, but if that’s the case, I’ll deal with it.
I adapted the rest of “Tumble” for MURDER BELLS. It is five chapters, with the first and last being longer than the three in the middle. Updated the author note. Roughed out the author note for “A Stylish Death.”
Did a cleanout of the spam emails that accumulates through the web contact forms. There were a handful of emails that fell through the cracks, which I will respond to early next week, but most of it is just crap. These people who want to write “articles” for the websites built around specific series are just ridiculous. They can’t even be bothered to look at and understand the actual site.
Turned around three script coverages. I wanted to pack work in yesterday and only have one coverage today, since I have the new exhibit opening at the Clark tonight.
Got directions and instructions for tomorrow’s artist cohort workshop. I’m looking forward to it, and a little nervous.
Even though it was hot outside, we’d gotten the interior temperature in the apartment low enough that it remained pleasant all day. Hoping it will remain that way, and won’t get too bad until a couple of days into next week’s heat wave.
On today’s agenda: writing, one script coverage, the event at the Clark. I have to do a library run and pick up some oat milk at the store (which I forgot to get when I did the weekly shop. I wanted to keep it a somewhat light day. Tomorrow is the workshop. Sunday, I will do household chores and rest.
Scripts came into my queue for Monday and Tuesday, so at least I have a good start to the next pay period. Hopefully, I’ll have scripts all week.
Have a great weekend, and we’ll catch up next week!
