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Coming up on the end of summer. Got a lot going on. Got more fires in the iron.
Got confirmation last week that I have been invited to give a talk at Author Nation in November in Vegas. Convention for both writers and fans, so if you are in the neighborhood, come see. There will even be a signing room if you have books. And, (I have not figured out details yet) you can order some books, get them delivered to the con, and have me sign them.
A-N replaces the 20-to-50 convention. Last year was the last year. Joe Solari is creating something new, and I’ve been kind of associated via Matt, who is elbows deep right now. They want to make this a major annual thing, so you’ll hear me talk about it a lot between now and then. Can’t be helped.
I finished the third Red Branch novel yesterday. Red Branch Command. Got plans for #4, but not immediately.
Instead, I started a new B4B this morning on “Breaking Discoverability.” That’s the talk I’ll be giving at Author Nation, and I figures that A) I should organize my notes on the topic, and B) the best way to do that was to write a book.
Looks and feels longer than previous ones. My usual goal is 12-15,000 words of non-fiction. Bite-sized, as it were.
This one already feels like 25-30, and I’m only starting to sketch out my chapter titles. For you writers, it will come out Nov 1 and the 10th, like usual, so that folks at the con can buy it if they like my talk. I’ll only be talking for 30 minutes or so, so I won’t cover it all. All the more reason to buy it.
Hell, I’d settle for being famous, if there was good money in it. Doubt that there is, but they’re spotting me the hotel and con ticket, so that’s a bonus, because I was already going.
Past Red Branch, I need to write a bunch of short fiction over the next month or so. More Boston stories for Thrill Ride. Got one published and a second written. Two more coming.
Scattered Tribes Book One ends at 16, so I need to decide if I write a full novel next time or stay with the format.
[[What do you think on that, those of you that have read Holden and Reilly?]]
More generic stuff. Got edits on Corsac 5 that I need to finalize. Then send 6 out to folks to read and prep to write 7. Science Officer 14 comes out in December and I promised a trilogy there, so I need to write 15 and 16 soon.
And more Heather.
Don’t think I’ll ever run out of ideas. What I run out of is time to write them all down. And First Readers. I need folks to read the Action-Thriller stuff. Want to put down a second leg and make some money over there, since the erotica hardly sold anything. Enjoyed writing it. The work made me a better writer. Didn’t make much $$.
It all comes back to money. Gotta make money to survive, or I have to go back to a day job, at which point the output of books would drop PRECIPITOUSLY ( blackmail is such an ugly term, but tell your friends about me, okay?)
Past that, Monday. Pretty good one. Working on a barn remodel that’s making progress towards a goal of being complete by mid-October (8 weeks from start). Headed into town shortly to shop for windows for the back wall and the transom. And maybe a new side sliding door for the horse stall. Will post pictures when it’s pretty, but right now it is a lot of raw wood and a bit ugly, because all the work this past week has been reinforcing and repairing things.
Still, gonna be nice. Next summer, we’ll have the bbq in front of it as a way to show off.
Not a lot, otherwise. Summer ending. World getting better. Making some changes in things, but good ones, intended to keep my humor good going into the fall.
What are you doing to get ready for autumn?
shade and sweet water
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West of the Mountains, WA
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