It's the fifth, we are firmly in the year of 2016. Huzzah! Well done all. Now to see what happened last year worthy of note versus what we have possibly planned for this year already. Truthfully, I can't say that I put out my first publication last year. If you've been around a while, you might remember a little project called Objects that I put out in September of 2014. That little book of short stories holds the honor of being my first real publication. However, that doesn't mean last year wasn't a year for milestones. I put out my first novel last year in June, Chains of Fate. So far all the feedback I have received has been good. There are a few nitpicky details I will be fixing before the anniversary of the book and the publication of book 2. I followed that up with a second book in December, Dark King Rising, for a total of two books out in the year 2015. I'm trying something a little different with Dark King Rising as I started out offering it on multiple platforms while I went with Kindle Direct Publishing Select on Chains of Fate. As much as I enjoyed running the free promotions on KDP Select, I didn't really see myself getting a lot out of it. These days, free books just don't move like they used to. Glut in the market, I more than suppose. In short, last year was a good year for my writing career. I started it off running. I know, I know, the big question is: Did anything sell? Well, technically, no. I'm not doing well in the sales department. I am not, however, worrying about it. The books are good. Word of mouth is moving slowly. It will take some time for it to gain the appropriate momentum.
What's on the board for this year, 2016? Well, first I have a third book coming out which will be the first in a trilogy, Wearing His Ring. The trilogy title is: She Becomes Death. The other two books are slated to come out this year as well, as soon as I can get them out of my hot little hands and into the hands of readers. The sooner, the better. Not rushing though. I must say that, I am not rushing. I'm giving myself 2-3 months at a stretch to work on the manuscripts because I think that's the best thing to do. Enjoying the process.
I get to make my first public appearance as an author with a table at Gnome Con 2016 down here in Savannah, GA. For those who don't know, Gnome Con is a small convention, still growing, that is put on over a weekend. This year, it's the beginning of March. I'm looking forward to that and trying to have my third book ready to go by then. Selling actual physical copies will be quite interesting, I'm certain. Who knows, if I do well, I might get asked to be a guest at some point in the future. That would be ace.
So here's the rundown:
Wearing his Ring: February 26, 2016
Wielding his Scythe: March 2016
Winning his Kingdom: April 2016
Blades of Fate (The second Chains of Fate book): June 2016
That gets me to the middle of the year with an entire trilogy completed. I think that's thinking far enough in the future for right now. I'm sure more new things will happen that I feel the need to post about. Until then, ta-ta.
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Tuesday, January 5, 2016
Sunday, December 30, 2012
One Year Stumbles Out as the New Year Stumbles In
The Year 2012 stumbles its way to a close and with that, I look back on things. I haven't written in this blog in over a year, busy with other things. That is one of the things I hope to change in the coming year. As the year, again, draws to a close, this is generally the time when people start looking at starting new things.
What some would call 'Resolution Season'. I don't really do New Year's Resolutions. They are lovely ideas, but the truth is: they don't generally make it through the month of January. The resolution to drastically change personal habits seems both unrewarding and self-defeating. You are asking yourself, however old you are and entrenched in your ways, to make a drastic change. Human beings, as a whole, don't really do or like drastic. The comfort of routine is what gets us through every day. The knowledge that this movement is the same movement we have made a thousand times and thus know the outcome to makes it all bearable.
It makes life easier. It makes change harder.
All that being said, I do look at my coming year at the end of December beginning of January and plan. At the end of 2011, I looked into 2012 and said I would do three things. Those three things were: 1. Stop Using Responsibility as a Shield against Experience. 2. Change my Living Situation. 3. Publish a Piece of Writing. I managed the first two. The third has still managed to elude me; therefore, it is going on the list of three for this year. It will stay on the list every year until I manage it.
So that means one of my three pieces is taken up. What are the other two?
1. I will travel to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania this year. I was actually born in Waynesboro almost 31 years ago now, but I can never remember having seen the place. I was born in July and by September was in Savannah, Georgia which my mother called home. In short, I've never actually been there. This will also be my first trip up into the northern states since I was in the 8th grade. All in all, it should prove to be rather enlightening.
2. I will update my blog more frequently. I have allowed this blog to fall by the wayside being under the mistaken impression I have absolutely nothing to say. The truth is: I have a lot to say. I just need to take the time to sit down and say it. I won't put a number on how many posts I will make over the course of the year, but I am going to endeavor to post here more frequently.
What some would call 'Resolution Season'. I don't really do New Year's Resolutions. They are lovely ideas, but the truth is: they don't generally make it through the month of January. The resolution to drastically change personal habits seems both unrewarding and self-defeating. You are asking yourself, however old you are and entrenched in your ways, to make a drastic change. Human beings, as a whole, don't really do or like drastic. The comfort of routine is what gets us through every day. The knowledge that this movement is the same movement we have made a thousand times and thus know the outcome to makes it all bearable.
It makes life easier. It makes change harder.
All that being said, I do look at my coming year at the end of December beginning of January and plan. At the end of 2011, I looked into 2012 and said I would do three things. Those three things were: 1. Stop Using Responsibility as a Shield against Experience. 2. Change my Living Situation. 3. Publish a Piece of Writing. I managed the first two. The third has still managed to elude me; therefore, it is going on the list of three for this year. It will stay on the list every year until I manage it.
So that means one of my three pieces is taken up. What are the other two?
1. I will travel to Waynesboro, Pennsylvania this year. I was actually born in Waynesboro almost 31 years ago now, but I can never remember having seen the place. I was born in July and by September was in Savannah, Georgia which my mother called home. In short, I've never actually been there. This will also be my first trip up into the northern states since I was in the 8th grade. All in all, it should prove to be rather enlightening.
2. I will update my blog more frequently. I have allowed this blog to fall by the wayside being under the mistaken impression I have absolutely nothing to say. The truth is: I have a lot to say. I just need to take the time to sit down and say it. I won't put a number on how many posts I will make over the course of the year, but I am going to endeavor to post here more frequently.
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