Progress Report 11-18-07

The quick list.

• This Silly Contest - Check
• These Cowboys- Still waiting for a contract. I imagine it can't take too much longer since the story is supposed to be up at the end of December. Who knows.
  
• Jack - Thanks to a marvilious review from a beautiful contorsonist, I've sold four additional copies! I've very nearly made twenty bucks off this book. Yay!
• Unhero - Now that I've got Nano out of the way for the year, I'll let it rest like a pot roast and go back to fixing Unhero up. I've handed off half of it to a young writer I know because I think he can hit me with a very different angle, and I likes it.

I mean, that's not really all the progress I've made. I'll take credit for the fact that ten month old is beauitful and almost walking. She's over here, if you're curious.

Good News!

So Big Beautiful News!

The Cowboys finally got back to me and have accepted my short story "Mars' Ain't No Place for Ladies." Due to be up on or around December 23rd.

That's my first official publication, I'm even getting a contract in the mail. I am so amped!

TTYL

Progress Report 11/12/07

So, it's November, and no my Podcast isn't up yet, as you might be able to tell. I'm actually finding out the technical side is trickier than I realized.

(I.E. Technically, I don't know how to decide on music, so I'm waiting on my father and his musical composition degree to help me through it.)

More intrestingly, however, maybe, is that I'm into week two of my NaNoWriMo novel this year. I've heard a lot of crap about it being a terrible thing that besmirches the honor and dedication of 'Real Writerz.' TM.

I personally think it's a matter of what ever gets the words on the page. If that's drugs and alcohol for you, that kind of sucks, but that's your business. For me, it's high pressure deadlines, and I don't know about you, but a deadline like '2k a day for a month or you lose' as kind of high pressure.

I've done it a few times by now, but never as the mother of a screaming infant beautiful baby girl. It's sort of mile stone, in a lot of ways, and completion of this novella while still being Professional Mom is an exciting challenge.

I'm working out the kinks of a crit circle I've had in the back of my mind for a while. Let's see how that all works out. I'd love to know how other people run them.

Also, I'm going to try to update this more often even though I don't really have any readers yet.

TTFN