September 2014 Round-up and October 2014 Plan
I know, I’m a bit late!
Anyway, didn’t I just write one of these? :D I can’t even keep up with this year!
This month was a little bit of a blur, what with my vacation and getting The Magic Spark ready for release. But I managed it!
September:
- Kept to schedule.
– Released The Magic Spark, my fifth book!
– Had an awesome vacation, and got some lovely rest.
– Connected regularly with bloggers and found some new blogging friends, which was nice :D
– Managed to share other people’s posts and book releases on Twitter and Facebook much more effectively.
– Just managed to squeeze in 4 books to reach my target! – The Rule of Four by Dustin Thomason and Ian Caldwell, Destiny of Kings by Fiona Tarr, The Christmas Beginning by Anne Perry, and The Forbidden Quest by Alaina Stanford.
– Cut social media hours down to 2 hours a day- Still figuring that out. It started well, but has recently started creeping back up!
Doesn’t seem like I did a lot, but it certainly felt like an exhausting month!
As for marketing… yeah, let’s not talk about that utter failure to do anything…
Onto October :D
1st-31st- Write first draft of next book.
15th- Mid-October Book Review.
29th- End of Month Indie Review.
Goals:
- Read 4 books.
– I’m gonna put marketing in this list, but we all know how that’s going to go! :D
– Write some short pieces, I miss that.
– Actively support others, and find new ways of doing so!
– Sort out my Pinterest boards, they are such a mess.
So, other things that happened around the blogging/writing community this month:
- Marcia Meara set up a new writing focused blog- http://marciamearawrites.com/
- Shehanne Moore came back to us! – http://shehannemoore.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/a-whole-new-league-with-anne-lange/
- Cassie at My Etch a Sketch Life gave Stolen Bloodline a great review! http://myetchasketchlife.com/2014/09/17/stolen-bloodline-by-mishka-jenkins/
- Got a sneak peek of characters from The Legends of Windemere by Charles Yallowitz series I am really looking forward to reading! – http://legendsofwindemere.com/2014/09/16/picture-sneak-peek-gabriel-and-his-unicorn/
- Karen at My Train of Thoughts posted some great quotes from some awesome bloggers- http://mytrainofthoughtson.wordpress.com/2014/09/24/3-quotes-by-writers-we-know-and-admire/
- D. Emery Bunn released his new book, Darkness Concealed, which has gotten some great reviews so far! – http://www.demerybunn.com/blog/2014/09/23/darkness-concealed-is-out-now/
Hope everyone has a great October, a month (from the looks of Pinterest and Tumblr) that is going to be filled with pie and everything pumpkin related :D
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Progress Report:
Status of sixth manuscript: Writing first draft.
Word count: 6,865
Books read: 1/4
Mid-October Book Review: Writing review.
