This blog has gotten lost in the shuffle since I started using LJ more, and since the demise of PD Publishing sent me into a self pitying downswing.
I am done with all that crap! I am working on gathering the cash to reawaken my website, resubmitting my novels old and new to a new publisher, and doing whatever it takes to breathe new life into my career and my stories. The most recent Golden Crown conference was very cathartic in helping me drag my lazy ass out of this funk and begin the journey forward. If you have not been to one of these conferences you should go. You'll never be the same.
So far I have finished the revisions to Natural Order and sent it off to one of my best beta readers, and now am working on the revisions for Ancestral Magic. The goal is to send both off to Regal Crest along with Worlds Collide. If accepted the novels won't be rereleased in print for but they WILL be in ebook formats which is something they haven't been before. I am excited to see what new readers this will bring in.
I also am planning to go over Shadow Magic (book 2 in the series Ancestral Magic is part of) so I can submit it as well. It was on final edits right before PD went away so shouldn't need much work to be ready. Next on the to do list is Natural Rebirth (sequel to Natural Order) which when I left it (also at the time of the PD death and creative crash following that) the novel rough draft was about 2/3 completed. This task is likely to take the most time so is on the the list after Shadow Magic.
Another thing I am working on between revisions is the marketing plans for once the books are out again. I sucked at the marketing thing before. I am determined to find a way to be better at it, while still keeping up with school and mom stuff, at the same time staying within budget. This means heavy organization. I have an editor (who I loves!) who has agreed to go over some of my past novellas (I have about 5) so I can give them away as free taster fic to hopefully convince people not familiar with my work to give me a go :) I got a lot of new marketing ideas from Catherine M Wilson's workshop she did at the con on Marketing to the Mainstream, which I will share as I make my list and plans.
2 comments:
I'll add Golden Crown to the list for next year. The hope is to make it to three cons, including WisCon, in 2015.
Do you have an unpublshed novella or stand alone novel that's near ready? Or are there any open calls that are intriguing you? Sometimes it's easier to get previous material re-pubbed if you're also contracted for new material.
Let me know what your plan is for the next 18 months once you get settled. I'm happy to help and combine forces, and get us both moving again.
{{{Progress Vibes}}}
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Nope nothing near done except for the sequel to Ancestral Magic. I have the revisions done for Natural Order and in the hands of my beta, The plan right now is...
Finish beta's edits and send Natural Order to Regal Crest
Finish any revisions needed on both Ancestral Magic and its sequel and send them both to RC
Finish any revisions needed on Worlds Collide and send it to RC (assuming at this point they have been positive about the other books they received when the editors and authors their who know my work say they will be)
Send the 4-5 novellas I am cleaning up to offer for free or giveaway fix to Verda for cleaning up, and editing suggestions
And then I plan to finish the sequel to Natural Order which is about 2/3 done with the rough draft.
Someplace in there I might even be able to do Nanowrimo, but with school hard to say
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