Things that go bump in the morning

So, the other morning, I was working upstairs when I heard a solid thump come from the basement. At first, I thought it was the cat knocking something over.

But kitty is a feline of a certain age (seventeen!). While she still gets the zoomies on occasion, she spends most of her time napping on my bed.

Another thump.

I got up and peered into the bedroom where kitty was, predictably, napping.

THUMP.

This was not the sort of noise you can ignore. It was almost humanlike.

Cautiously, I made my way downstairs. I arrived just in time to see what was causing all that racket.

In the raised flowerbeds, weaving among the phlox, were two turkeys—a couple. And Tom Turkey was trying to make an impression by unfurling his tail feathers. Every time he did, the tail fan went THUMP against the window.

Let’s just say Henrietta Turkey was not impressed.

In actual writing news, I’ve been working on the print covers all week. As an experiment, I decided to try the Barnes & Noble print option in addition to Amazon KDP and Ingram. I know many people would prefer not to buy on Amazon, so this gives me an option to offer economical print versions at a different retailer (while still making a decent royalty).  

Y’all, it’s a lot. Because not only am I creating print versions for The Pansy Paradox, but I’m also doing so for the bonus novella, The Capstone Conundrum (which, oh look, has a cover).

Each retailer has slightly different cover templates (because, of course, they do). And really, you need to order physical copies to ensure everything looks like it should.

But I’m hoping to wrap that up this week, upload the final versions of everything, and heave a huge sigh of relief.