I got rejected by the first of those three agents. Impersonal form letter. No useful info.
We're all trucking off to see Capt S this morning. Bringing gifts, fixing tech. Whatever the heck.
We have to be back home before 2PM.
You may now place your bets on whether or not Capt S lets us leave before 2PM.
But because of that, I have to get a wriggle on with my shit.
Place your bets. Place your bets...
Reason to cry: I tried to start up my compy this morning and... there was a heart-stopping half-hour in which it would not activate.
Reason to cheer: I wrote and finished a TAZ:BA fic and I already made someone want to cry. Go me.
But the good news is that I got my compy going again.
The even better news is that, at a pinch, I was able to scratch up a grand total of $2766.95, including the change in
Read more »Or, as I would call it in the Amalgam Station Universe, Secpa's Day.
Since the household Secpa is asleep, and so are the kids, I get a little time to blog.
Economically, I'm not doing fantastic. I spent $15 out of my New Compy fund [to support Chaos' school], and only saved $5 this week. So now I'm $20 away from having $300 in cash.
Sigh.
I have $30 in my PayPal, $12 held by Smashwords, and almost $500 in my Dreams
Read more »We're scraping by. We're pulling our heads in...
And managing to maintain the little treats that keep us sane.
Of course, it's a struggle that would be made easier by some funding by you, dear reader, but we're managing.
I kind of feel like we're dangling over a precipice by my fingernails, but that's probably me.
The big needs are waiting for another pay cycle. The Wants are in stasis. Not coming to fruition for the foreseeable future.
And I'm in a
Read more »I have a lot on my plate at the moment. Lots of stressers on my dressers, as it were. So stand back, I am going to vent.
I already mentioned the injured cat. She has this cut above her eye that's not healing and is going to need expensive stitches. She's otherwise fine, just has this really grody-looking cut above one eye.
Mayhem and Chaos are both practising for the International Procrastination Olympics. Focussing intensely on the Farting Around 500, the Helplessness
Read more »Do deaf poets choose their words based on the motions used to say them? So their poems resemble a dance?
Read more »I’m writing a wiki about my pet universe.
I have already been defeated by inserting images.
…halp…
I’d also appreciate comments and queries about my universe so that I know which pages to priority-edit in my growing wiki.
Read more »As you can see, I kind of need you to buy generously.
Read more »Now complete at Smashwords and all other good e-retailers!
The entire Hevun’s Child trilogy!
You would pay less for all three of these books than you would for one book in a regular, brick-and-mortar bookstore! Why would anyone want to miss out on a deal like this?
Tell the author you bought the whole series and get some really pathetic and enthusiastic gratitude!
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Read more »I can’t art. It’s obvious.
Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me back.
My usual design consultant [aka best-beloved SO] is too busy to help me before the October 4 publication date.
So. Speaking as someone who lacks design skills to everyone who actually has them: What do I need to do to make this cover look cool?
My goal is simple, but slightly “off”. Like a
Read more »I can’t art. It’s obvious.
Alas, I also lack the resources to purchase pro-level art for a book that will never pay me back.
My usual design consultant [aka best-beloved SO] is too busy to help me before the October 4 publication date.
So. Speaking as someone who lacks design skills to everyone who actually has them: What do I need to do to make this cover look cool?
My goal is simple, but slightly “off”. Like a Penguin
I woke up at 1:25.
Tried EVERYTHING to get myself back to sleep. Took a different sleep-aid. Did some meditation. Tried to focus on spreading the need to rest throughout my entire body.
Nothing.
This time, It was heat.
Winter get’s down into the low teens [celcius] here and I do NOT like the cold. Therefore, we have a nice down quilt to keep us warm, my beloved and I.
Alas, long about the wee small hours of the
Read more »Finally, a way to drown out snoring bedmates and annoying neighbors! Slip on your Sleep Phones, turn on your favorite tunes or ambient noise tracks, close your eyes and relax. Blissful, restful sleep will be yours.
See this thing?
I want this thing.
I want this thing SO bad because I have enough sleep issues to keep every periodicals section in every library in the world fully stocked for the rest of eternity.
Ideally, I would love to get the
Read more »I can’t help noticing that none of you are reblogging my own sad attempts at marketing this wonderful new book of mine:
Available soon in all good eBook stores everywhere. As soon as Smashwords approves it for Premium distribution.
So there’s a pic and a link for you. Feel free to create your own shill. Just try to avoid spoilers. Y'all want to win the attentions of new readers without giving the whole thing away.
ALSO:
I am
Read more »Everyone who hates this idea, join my hack-apologist tweets with the hashtag #hackingworsethanrape
We need to make some noise.
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