Delighted to announce
that Riptide Publishing have accepted “Blessed Isle” for republishing as a stand alone novella. It’s going to get an editorial sprucing up from the amazing Sarah Franz, a new cover, and come out in time for the new year. Hurray!
I’ve spent most of today (well, the part not spent on the second draft of Too Many Fairy Princes) updating my website with the new information. And it’s just occurred to me that I still need to change my LJ and Blog sidebars to match. It’s surprising how much non-writing this writing life involves.
I’ve always been very sceptical about the idea that a blog helps sell your books, but I’ve now had it proved beyond a doubt. When editing a scene in which the Queen offers Dave a nice cup of tea and some Garibaldi biscuits, checking the spelling of Garibaldi biscuits lead me to this wonderful place:
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/
Having spent far too much time since reading every article, I’m definitely getting the book.
I’m still not quite so convinced about the ‘If you read my non-fictional blog, you will of course want to read my fiction too’ correlation. If I enjoy your non-fictional blog, surely it’s only logical that I’ll want to read your non-fiction? Bounding from ‘wow, great writing tips’ to ‘I must buy your steampunk fetish mystery’ is one giant leap too much for me.
I had intended to say some stuff about Authorial Voice again, but then it got late and I forgot what I meant to say. It was probably just something on the lines of ‘stop overthinking things and write,’ anyway. So, not helpful.
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J.j. wrote: "Way to go about Blessed Isle! And I'm with you on the blog thing. It's so hard to keep up, isn't it?"
Thank you! Yes, it really is. I've been blogging now for about five years, and I've pretty much run out of things to say without repeating myself. I think I would have to give a much higher priority to the blogging if I was to do it well, but that would mean less effort going into writing, which doesn't seem like a good swap.
Alex wrote: "J.j. wrote: "Way to go about Blessed Isle! And I'm with you on the blog thing. It's so hard to keep up, isn't it?"
Thank you! Yes, it really is. I've been blogging now for about five years, and ..."
A kindred spirit. That's how I feel about blogging (my predictive text typed flogging there for some reason). The hours I spend getting a blog into a suitable state to post could be spent on writing or research. It's a hard balancing act to get right and it doesn't help that I'm never sure I've got anything interesting to say :)
I'm never sure of that either. I suppose it doesn't help that I'm not one for talking, either. I rarely speak, in face to face meat space. I do a lot of listening. So I'm just not used to the idea that I might have anything to say that anyone would be interested in hearing. And if I try to say anything, I say it as fast as possible, in as few words as possible, so I can go back to lurking again. Sooner or later, someone else will say - probably better - what I meant to say, anyway.
Alex wrote: "I'm never sure of that either. I suppose it doesn't help that I'm not one for talking, either. I rarely speak, in face to face meat space. I do a lot of listening. So I'm just not used to the idea ..."LOL that should make our 1-1 interesting on Saturday. Two strong silent types staring at each other :D
LOL! But you'll have questions! Questions are good, because then I have to answer them. Besides, there's something about the Meet that causes even the most oyster-like introvert to come out of their shell for a few hours. It'll be fine :)
Alex wrote: "LOL! But you'll have questions! Questions are good, because then I have to answer them. Besides, there's something about the Meet that causes even the most oyster-like introvert to come out of thei..."Phew!
And I'm with you on the blog thing. It's so hard to keep up, isn't it?