Yeah....it's December 30th ! Two more days and it's January and 2019 ! So, to begin with...
Happy New Year !
And - now that the dust is slowly is beginning to settle - that also means that I will begin correcting the manuscript of A Guy, Two Girls and a Serial Killer. That, and planning the promotional campaign.
Other then that, there is not much going on. So, see you in 2019.
Edmond Dantes
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Sunday, December 30, 2018
Sunday, December 16, 2018
Managing Expectations
Hi world,
I rarely write two blog entries on a day, but I felt that - for the sake of clarity - I needed to write a short addendum. Here goes...
Like I said, I won't be spending time on the manuscript this week. The thing I forgot to add, is that - even if I did - my novels would not be published right away. Why not ? Well, because I would need time to design - for lack of a better term - the commercial campaign.
I have nailed down some things - such as writing an announcement on this blog and using my LinkedIn page and twitter account to send word out - but there is still plenty for me to figure out.
For instance, this blog has zero readers. So writing an announcement is nice, but rather useless. Long story short, there are still indeed issues for me to fix.
(And in case anybody wonders why I keep writing this blog, if nobody reads it anyway. Well, I like doing it. And it keeps my write muscles practiced when the Pathfinder is slow going. And if I do - somehow - manage to rope in readers later, it can't hurt to have a back catalogue for people to read between new entries.)
Edmond Dantes
I rarely write two blog entries on a day, but I felt that - for the sake of clarity - I needed to write a short addendum. Here goes...
Like I said, I won't be spending time on the manuscript this week. The thing I forgot to add, is that - even if I did - my novels would not be published right away. Why not ? Well, because I would need time to design - for lack of a better term - the commercial campaign.
I have nailed down some things - such as writing an announcement on this blog and using my LinkedIn page and twitter account to send word out - but there is still plenty for me to figure out.
For instance, this blog has zero readers. So writing an announcement is nice, but rather useless. Long story short, there are still indeed issues for me to fix.
(And in case anybody wonders why I keep writing this blog, if nobody reads it anyway. Well, I like doing it. And it keeps my write muscles practiced when the Pathfinder is slow going. And if I do - somehow - manage to rope in readers later, it can't hurt to have a back catalogue for people to read between new entries.)
Edmond Dantes
Sloooooowly getting there
Hi world,
So....seven days closer to January, yeah ! Also, the proofread of A Guy, Two Girls and a Serial Killer is done. Alas, it will be a while before I can start putting the corrections into the manuscript. The reason why is simple. My day job has been hit by the pre-christmas craziness.
For the record, I work in a company that delivers mail. I push some paper, I reset the workspace so that the evening shift folks - who do the bulk of the sorting - don't have to. And whatever else I can find to fill the day. (Including sorting mail that shows up before the evening shift folks do.)
Anyhoo......things are crazy busy right now. And it's a a matter of surviving the week one day at time. (If anybody has figured out how to survive two days at time, drop me a note so I can post it on-line. The world needs that secret.....well, that and the secret recipes for Grandma Mitchell's cookies. Yes, I'm looking at you, Ben Browder.) Which means that when (or if ?) I make it home in one piece, I am simply too tired to work on my novel. I'm sorry, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
With that done, I'm moving on to....
TV-SHOWS !!
The big, black void around Christmas is almost upon us. It's that period of the year when Christmas movies and specials just drown out (nearly) everything. And it's not just TV, it's the radio as well. (Curse you, Wham ! *Shakes fist* I really hate that song ! You know the one. And Frak you, Deadpool ! Whoever came up with that number deserves to be shot, revived, and then shot again ! Right in the testies ! But I'm going off track here....) So, I turn both off and survive on my stockpile of old episodes. Which is my segway to....
Star Wars Resistance
It took me a couple of episodes, but now I'm over the change in animation style. (Apparently, the Rebels/Clone Wars style is REALLY expensive.) Anyway, IMHO, it's a nice show, but....Kaz does the things he does....well, more by dumb luck so far. Not skill. And in Rebels and Clone Wars, you felt the stakes. Resistance is to light-hearted for that.
If they want to take Resistance from nice to excellent, they need to raise the stakes and stop the fumbling/messing around. So I'm kind of hoping that the deal between Doza and the First Order happens, because - right now - it feels like that is exactly what the story needs. (And then, of course, the Force Awakens happens, but that is for farther done the line.....)
Supergirl
All caught up. Agent Liberty is a jerk. And something tells me that he's going to me a major pain in the rear for our heroes. Also, with the announcement of Crisis on Infinite Earth, I'm wondering how the Supergirl duplicate situation will turn out.
Might be a nice way for them to have their cake and eat it to. They could kill off the original (US) one - allowing them replicate her death from the comics - and continue the show with the Russian one. Could be a nice way to shake things up. Or they could play it safe and kill Supergirl Russia. Only time will tell.
And that's all, folks !
Edmond Dantes
So....seven days closer to January, yeah ! Also, the proofread of A Guy, Two Girls and a Serial Killer is done. Alas, it will be a while before I can start putting the corrections into the manuscript. The reason why is simple. My day job has been hit by the pre-christmas craziness.
For the record, I work in a company that delivers mail. I push some paper, I reset the workspace so that the evening shift folks - who do the bulk of the sorting - don't have to. And whatever else I can find to fill the day. (Including sorting mail that shows up before the evening shift folks do.)
Anyhoo......things are crazy busy right now. And it's a a matter of surviving the week one day at time. (If anybody has figured out how to survive two days at time, drop me a note so I can post it on-line. The world needs that secret.....well, that and the secret recipes for Grandma Mitchell's cookies. Yes, I'm looking at you, Ben Browder.) Which means that when (or if ?) I make it home in one piece, I am simply too tired to work on my novel. I'm sorry, but that's the way the cookie crumbles.
With that done, I'm moving on to....
TV-SHOWS !!
The big, black void around Christmas is almost upon us. It's that period of the year when Christmas movies and specials just drown out (nearly) everything. And it's not just TV, it's the radio as well. (Curse you, Wham ! *Shakes fist* I really hate that song ! You know the one. And Frak you, Deadpool ! Whoever came up with that number deserves to be shot, revived, and then shot again ! Right in the testies ! But I'm going off track here....) So, I turn both off and survive on my stockpile of old episodes. Which is my segway to....
Star Wars Resistance
It took me a couple of episodes, but now I'm over the change in animation style. (Apparently, the Rebels/Clone Wars style is REALLY expensive.) Anyway, IMHO, it's a nice show, but....Kaz does the things he does....well, more by dumb luck so far. Not skill. And in Rebels and Clone Wars, you felt the stakes. Resistance is to light-hearted for that.
If they want to take Resistance from nice to excellent, they need to raise the stakes and stop the fumbling/messing around. So I'm kind of hoping that the deal between Doza and the First Order happens, because - right now - it feels like that is exactly what the story needs. (And then, of course, the Force Awakens happens, but that is for farther done the line.....)
Supergirl
All caught up. Agent Liberty is a jerk. And something tells me that he's going to me a major pain in the rear for our heroes. Also, with the announcement of Crisis on Infinite Earth, I'm wondering how the Supergirl duplicate situation will turn out.
Might be a nice way for them to have their cake and eat it to. They could kill off the original (US) one - allowing them replicate her death from the comics - and continue the show with the Russian one. Could be a nice way to shake things up. Or they could play it safe and kill Supergirl Russia. Only time will tell.
And that's all, folks !
Edmond Dantes
Sunday, December 9, 2018
Is it January yet ?
Hi world,
So.....euhm.....I'm not a fan of December. I love spending quality time with the family. And the celebrations are great. But....It's cold and rainy. Not to mention dark. And worse, all my favorite TV-shows are going on hiatus, with NCIS: Los Angeles being the last on 16 December.
So....like I said...not a fan. Fortunately, I have several episodes of Supergirl stockpiled and several season of CSI - Miami and NY - to get through. So, I'll muddle through.
Edmond Dantes
So.....euhm.....I'm not a fan of December. I love spending quality time with the family. And the celebrations are great. But....It's cold and rainy. Not to mention dark. And worse, all my favorite TV-shows are going on hiatus, with NCIS: Los Angeles being the last on 16 December.
So....like I said...not a fan. Fortunately, I have several episodes of Supergirl stockpiled and several season of CSI - Miami and NY - to get through. So, I'll muddle through.
Edmond Dantes
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