As a debut author, the joy of uploading your first novel to bookstores is overwhelming! I will also admit, there is fear in putting words and effort bundled into a story out in the world. While I have encountered positive feedback so far, the masses might be more critical. I understand this is part of […]
It all began in April of 2019 after going down a rabbit hole of reading about DEMA lore. I was inspired, and the opening line of what would become the Rescuers From DEMA began to come to life. It only took 3 months to write a full 90,000-word novel. Editing came next as I developed […]
I am trying not to be intimidated by marketing my book. Trying is the keyword here. I did lots of research, as usual, and feel like marketing is not exactly a concrete concept with clear directions. Many sites say: pay for marketing, never pay for marketing, try to get your book info out everywhere, specifically […]
I am officially tired of listening to my own voice. I would love to say I am almost finished, but it is not true. Everything has been recorded (finally), but editing and putting each chapter together is time consuming. I pondered what I would do differently, and decided to take a much needed break to […]
New era – new look – continued storyline! I am so excited about the announcement of a new Twenty Øne Piløts album entitled Scaled And Icy. I have been incredibly worried that TØP would come out with new material, leaving the DEMA world behind. Instead, they seem to be stuck inside DEMA and are controlled […]
Today I realized I had not posted in quite some time. When I logged in to check, I was surprised to see it had almost been a month. Do not worry, I am here today to give a much needed update. Step 1 of my arguably, ridiculous plan to record an audiobook myself was to […]
Countdown to Publication: 4 months & 5 days Sometimes I feel like all I do is wait. Perhaps, that is simply life. Currently, my biggest basket of wait is filled with book reviewers. Funny enough, my time pursuing literary agents seemed to help, because submitting my book to blog reviewers was extremely similar to querying […]
Countdown to Publication: 4 months & 21 days I accomplished a lot over the last few weeks, but there is still so much to do. Day-job work has taken up much of my time, but I was able to shift some focus towards the eBook. It is not finished, but very close. I took care […]
Countdown to Publication: 5 months & 8 days. As you can see, I like to keep track of some sort of data. Whether it is the number of words written for a book, queries versus rejections (72 queries / 45 rejections), or now, a countdown to the publication of my first book. I decided my […]
Total Queries: 73Total Rejections: 42 I officially made it through the winter break, and I am trying to settle back into a routine. I am finding it very difficult to focus on all the tasks that need to be accomplished. This is, of course, why I haven’t posted in…well…too long. Sorry about that. My current […]