November 22, 2011 in Blog
Hey, folks. Just wanted to drop in real quick and wish everyone a safe, happy holiday.
I’m not able to post the photos of the signing at this moment in time, but they are up at my Facebook page (the link’s over on the sidebar there). I’ll write more after Thanksgiving, once I’ve recovered from a sizeable food coma.
Be safe and enjoy!
TK
November 15, 2011 in Blog
I looked at the calendar yesterday and discovered it’s the middle of November. Where the hell did the last two months go?
Edit Updates
Work continues on TLM. I think most of the major rewrites are behind me. I could be wrong, but for now I remain optimistic. Right now I’m tackling chapter four, the first long chapter of the current draft, and my goal is to trim it down from 9k words to 7k. This will be accomplished by eliminating a full scene and ending the chapter sooner, leaving the rest to kick off chapter five.
Right now my goal is to have Ch.4 done before the Thanksgiving holiday. With any luck, I may have Ch. 5 done before then, too, but I don’t want to get ahead of myself. This is the plan. I still can’t say when the book’s going to be done; Amelia and I still have another pass after this one, to tidy and tighten up things.
Hopefully most of you are still interested in TLM by the time it’s done.
Book Signing Event
My signing at The Book Nook in Boyertown has been rescheduled for this Sunday, 11/20/11, from 1 to 4 PM, barring any freak snow storms and other random acts of chaos. If you’re in the area, stop by and say hello.
That Twitter Contest
It’s still happening. We’re halfway through November, which means you’ve only got a couple more weeks to get the ALT ebook for free and be entered into the contest. All you have to do is go here and click the big button. That’s it.
Speaking of Clicking Buttons . . .
Recently, someone brought this to my attention. On Amazon, you have the ability to click “like” at the top of a product’s page, next to its title. The more “likes” it has, the more visible it becomes to others on the site.
So, if you have thirty seconds to spare, and if you liked ALT, I’d greatly appreciate it if you could go and click ALT’s Like button. I have 5 so far. I’d like to see it grow to 10 or 20.
Also, if you haven’t done so already, please rate it and leave a review. I try not to pester people about this too much, but those little things make a huge difference to a book’s visibility, so if you’ve got a couple of minutes, please consider giving it a rating and/or a review.
Well, I think that’s all for now. Erica’s going to take some photos at the signing. I’ll try and post them before the holiday.
Until then,
TK
November 4, 2011 in Blog
I was going to post about these things separately, but time got away from me, so I’m doing a single post.
Cancellations
My book signing at the Book Nook in Boyertown, PA was canceled this past weekend on account of a freak snow storm that blew over the Northeast Coast and dumped about 8 inches of snow in my area. A snow emergency was declared in my town, and a lot of people lost electricity for several days.
All in all, it sucked. I hate that the signing was canceled, especially because it was a Halloween event, but honestly, who could’ve predicted something like this at the end of October? James and Holly, the owners of the Book Nook, are looking into rescheduling.
I’ll post here as soon as I have more info.
Features
For the next two weeks, I’m in the Author Spotlight over at the book blog Your Need to Read, and they’re helping me promote that little Twitter contest this month. Drop by, check it out, and ask me questions. Ask anything, really. I’ll do my best to answer.
NaNo
If you’re a writer, you probably know that November is National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo). Several of my friends are participating this year, so if you want to link up with them and compare word count goals, feel free.
I’m not participating this year (nor have I ever). My ideas–the good ones, anyway–always tend to pop up prior to November, and the stars have never aligned. I also don’t want to start something new when I’m trying to rewrite & edit TLM. Speaking of which . . .
TLM Edits
Rewriting takes longer than simply clicking “accept” next to Amelia’s suggested changes, so I’m moving along at a snail’s pace right now. The good news is that I’m almost done with Ch. 3 rewrites (which includes a couple of new scenes) which concludes what I hope will be the only major rewrites that have to be done. I hope.
I think that’s it for now. As always, thanks for reading.
TK
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