My wonderful, speedy copy-editor has completed the entirety of the manuscript for Librarian, so everything is still looking good for a May launch. Excitement mounts!
I’ve also started soliciting beta-readers for the sequel, Apprentice, and so far the feedback has been YAY. I’ll be glued to my MBP editing for the next couple weeks, but then it’s time to start pounding out some more chapters.
Stay tuned, kiddos!
Well! Last week was jammed full of work, editing, work, editing, and not-so-much sleeping. The weekend was nonexistent, though I did manage to implement the changes suggested by my copy-editor up through chapter five of Librarian. I formatted and printed it so it would look like an actual book, and it gave me a feeling of exuberance and the drive to push forward. ROAR!
On another happy note, I crossed the 100 pony mark. Please do not calculate how much this has cost me monetarily, because I would probably cause myself great bodily harm. Expect a photo shoot of my centurions soon!
As a novelist, I should have more than enough words to describe how excited I am to have been interviewed by Justin Louis from the popular radio station, WOBM! But for once, I’m GOBSMACKED.
Read the article here!
Excitement! Trepidation! Forceful disuse of a double-space after a period!
Tomorrow at 9 am, I’ll be snatching up some proof previews containing the first two edited chapters of Librarian. I’ve called it “Lenna’s Home,” and it’s going to be bound and pretty and hot. I feel like my literary water’s just broken and heavy labor is setting in.
If you’re interested in a bound, printed copy of “Lenna’s Home” for review, please let me know.
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 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.
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!