Ah, the writing life.
An ongoing, never-ending vocation – full of reading, writing and rewriting, planning, searching and researching,
prioritizing, thinking and rethinking. A non-stop calling of education and discipline, inspiration, rejection, frustration and fun.
An ongoing, never-ending vocation – full of reading, writing and rewriting, planning, searching and researching,
prioritizing, thinking and rethinking. A non-stop calling of education and discipline, inspiration, rejection, frustration and fun.
March is National Novel Editing Month
The challenge: edit 50 hours in the 31 days of March.
This is my seventh year as a participant, my sixth as Red Pen Luminary for Oregon, and third as the graphic artist.
I'm working on converting my 8,500 word short story, Defense Mechanisms, into a novella.
Current hours: 21.5.
www.nanoedmo.net
This is my seventh year as a participant, my sixth as Red Pen Luminary for Oregon, and third as the graphic artist.
I'm working on converting my 8,500 word short story, Defense Mechanisms, into a novella.
Current hours: 21.5.
www.nanoedmo.net
Goals and upcoming deadlines
1) Prepare to release Defense Mechanisms:
Cover - in process
Interior
Blurb
Back pages
eBook conversion
Publish
2) Publish WtFLB on:
Amazon √
Amazon Kindle. √
Barnesandnoble.com √
The Apple iBookstore [in process]
Kobo √
Sony.com store √
Smashwords √
3) Sell WtFLB via:
Grey Old Owl √
NovelNook - in process
Bublish √
Goodreads √
4) Make a book trailer for What the Faeries Left Behind:
Write a script. √
Voice recordings - in process.
Make iMovie - in process.
Convert for web sharing.
Share book trailer for feedback.
Post book trailer.
5) Expand 'Defense Mechanisms' [in process]
Write new scenes - in process
Improve marked scenes - in process
Polish - in process
Get critique
Do rewrites
Proof
6) Submit 'Suspended Animation' to Ellen Datlow's anthology.
Find submission info when posted.
7) Write next short story for Writers of the Future.
Story idea. √
Plan and outline. √
Start writing Aquarius II.
8) Prepare to release NIGHT OF THE VICTORIAN DEAD, Day One, Chpts 1& 2
last proofing
format for print and eBook
post here