Tag: Books

Got more done today, thank God.

Did a chapter, got wordcount on the novella, managed to keep myself from starting a new novella: I need to designate times in the day where writing happens. It’s as simple as that. …It’s not actually simple, but if it’s going to get done then I need to get it done.

Moe Lane

PS: The mailing list advertising thing… had a 33% ROI. That’s direct sales, though. If everybody who bought MORGAN BAROD in the last week turns around and buys, say, FROZEN DREAMS then we’re doing this again in a few months. In case you haven’t guessed: some of this stuff is complicated.

#commissionearned

11 Chapters reviewed, GHOSTS ON AN ALIEN WIND.

That’s about half the book, thank goodness. If I buckle down on it, I can get the revised text to the readers by Friday or Sunday. If you’ve volunteered for that and haven’t heard from me by now, I regret to say that it’s because I haven’t gotten off of my butt yet and emailed anybody back. Flogging myself back into action is one of the things I’m working on, this week.

Books!

#commissionearned

So, I had a root canal this morning. Buy my books!

…I’m going to blame that title on the endorphins. To misquote somebody or other, there is nothing quite so thrilling as finishing up a procedure where they go deep into your tooth to get all the nerves — and realizing that there was no pain during the procedure. Truly, the state of the art has improved greatly since the days of my youth: back then, ‘root canal’ was a pretty good analogy for ‘torture.’ Or possibly just a euphemism.

Still: buy my books! Root canals are also way cheaper than they used to be, but they still ain’t cheap.

Moe Lane

PS: Posting may still be weird today. I have no idea how I’m going to be feeling when the local anesthesia wears off.

#commissionearned

GAAAAH this book.

I have to remind myself that hating your manuscript at this stage of the process is a perfectly natural thing, that many writers do. I’ve been here before. I will be, again. I just want it done…

The February Patreon stuff is up!

Huzzah!

  • Short Story: Verdict of History. History was deliberately unkind in its verdict, and I fret that I didn’t make it unkind enough. I rarely dislike my own protagonists to the extent that I disliked these two.
  • RPGs: ARTIFACTS, Chapter 3: Artifacts. Yes, very redundant. And a bunch of synonyms for redundant, because who needs to sit through that joke?
Patreon!

Been working out projects for the first half of 2023 today.

I mostly concentrated on looking into whether I can put together another chapbook: it turns out, I can. Between the two Kindle Vella stories (which I can publish on KDP, after thirty days*) an older story, and something I did last fall, I have a good 60K words there. More than usual! I’m waiting to hear back from an artist before putting together a draft for revisions/edits/so forth.

As for the next novel? Yeah, I’m mucking about with that after dinner. I probably will rechapter the text tonight, then start growing literary connective tissue. I feel a lot better about this project, now. You gotta do the work.