So, I told myself I’d be taking the day off, and I am relaxing — promise — but I just got an exciting update from my copy-editor. She’s completed chapters two through five, which means that I’ll have some more shiny, super-polished Librarian for you soon. 🙂
Stay pinkie keen, everypony!
I’m off to SF to see my Meow. It’s been too long, and I’ve been running around too much lately so I need a good weekend off. A lot of people have commented that transcontinental flights are long for just a weekend, but it’s actually (for me) a really good way to detach from the clutter of life.
I mean, really… how much can you get done while being several miles in the sky and in possession of a Virgin credit card? 1200 GOOD WORDS IN 30 MINUTES, BABY. Apprentice is in full swing.
Once again, a big shout out to the kind people on Reddit who’ve provided valuable feedback and even offered to beta-read. It’s really amazing to see such goodness in the community.
Insanely busy week here — I’m actually in the finance business when not writing — and with it being tax time and all, and taking the time after work to grow my social presence, the second part of Lenna’s arc is still in chapter three.
HOWEVER! I’m in for a mini-vacation: heading to sunny Cali for the weekend, which means 6 hours on a plane with Lenna, a Bloody Mary (or two), and some of my new ponies.
I am the first to admit that I don’t understand Reddit. It confuses me. It frightens me. My Meow once linked me to a NSFW My Little Pony subreddit, and subsequently my Xanax dosage doubled.
That being said, in order to get news about the book out into the internets, people said I needed to promote on Reddit. With a lot of help, I posted, and, oh my goodness, people were nice. I didn’t know nice people existed on the internet.
So thank you, people of Reddit, for all your nice comments and support of Librarian!
I have not had an empty weekend in a couple months, which makes my level of personal cray-cray shoot through the roof. My ears get hot. I itch. My leg twitches.
Tomorrow is another busy Saturday: I am putting out to pasture my beloved car, Doctor David Fritz Shirley Baker. He’s served me well for eleven years (sort of; I was out of the country for a lot of his life). Lately, though, keeping him in tip-top shape is proving to be more costly than he’s worth (sorry, dear).
And so, tomorrow, Doctor David will be left alone and cold in the driveway as I head out to pick up my new car. This will be my fourth, and probably the least startling of the lot (does this mean I’m becoming an adult?). But he/she will need a name.
Any suggestions?
I chopped off my hair! I know in all the pictures I’ve self-indulgently posted on this site, the hair has been short, but in honor of The Hobbit‘s release this past December I had been growing out my hair. It was the melancholy what made me to do it.
After the trim, I popped by a pub and wanted to write something — but what? Continue book two? Instead, I realized I wanted to take up poetry again, so I wrote an Elizabethan sonnet. Originally, I had intended to wax romantic on the rainy afternoon, but the poem had other intentions. I’m not even sure I can post it online.
Does anyone else ever start a piece of writing, or a picture, or even a dinner, with one thing in mind, and just ever let it go in the direction ‘it’ wants? I didn’t know I had it in me. If I get the courage, one day, I’ll post it.
I have officially posted online the first chapter of Librarian. Thank goodness I’m at a pub to get some liquid courage; I’m not sure I’d otherwise have the strength to click “update.” Still, if I can’t stand the critique of my friends/family, I have no business being in this business, anyway!
Hurrah for MacBooks, wifi, and Pinkipolitans.
In my last post, I had warned you all that I would be busy untangling Lenna’s messy life, but actually, Librarian is off to my copy-editor to get all nice and shiny! Woohoo!
This will give me an opportunity to work on things like cover art, throwing myself into the fire of social media, etc. I may have a surprise for anyone who follows my blog in the near future, so stay tuned!
It’s so MURKY out! The warmer temperatures have melted all of the snow and now, combined with the deluge of rain that’s been falling since last night, I need to paddle my way to my car.
Just a quick update: I’ve secured a copy-editor for Librarian, which means in a month’s time I should have a much smoother copy for people to read, and (not without some nudging from my peers), I’ve thrown myself headfirst into the world of book two, Apprentice.
My Valentine’s Day will likely be spent untangling the mess of Lenna’s life. I hope everyone else gets to spend it with their loved ones!
So, as I’m sure most people are aware, another “snowpocalypse” is striking New England. Boston is stealing all the snow from me, and I’m not happy about it. I want a massive blizzard to strike my Pine Forest, forcing me to do nothing but cook all the delicious venison my neighbor gave me this morning (seriously, I’ve got pretty much an entire deer).
As it is, we’re slated for 1-3″ or 3-6″ — we’re right on the line — and I have a dreadful feeling it’s going to be just enough to cause a massive inconvenience but not enough to shut the office. This makes me angerful.
Re: Librarian, my faithful critic Jimbles is giving me a chapter a day, so content-wise we’re getting there! Also, it looks like I actually HAVE scored a copy-editor, so it’s just a matter of contract stuff. Yay!
On a final note, I AM SUFFERING FROM DISAPPOINTMENT. If you want to know why, read more. SPOILER ALERT! Continue reading Nor’easters and Alicorns Lead to Disappointment