Happy Halloween. We're not doing anything, but hey, this is a better holiday than Labor Day, even if you don't automatically get the day off. I did buy a couple Reese's Peanut Butter Pumpkins and a couple Russell Stover Marshmallow Pumpkins, so life is good.
I'm in the middle of another freebie thing. I really should be posting marketing stuff right now, but I'm tired, so I'm blogging instead.
Speaking of tired, I didn't get out of bed this morning until almost 7, which meant I had like 10 minutes to get to semi-functional before I called Mom.
The DirecTV bill went up again. Bastards.
The temp when I got up was 59. It's only supposed to get to 66 today. Woot.
I'm not sure anyone is still seeing my posts on Facebook anymore. Every rare once in a while, someone will react to one, but not like they used to. Between my marketing posts and my political posts, I think FB has throttled my reach. Bastards.
Old Pervy Bill was up in Michigan stumping for the Hyena and admitted that the economy was better under the Big T, but Bill said we should all still vote for Hyena because reasons. Go away, ya perv.
My cats are obsessed with pens. I thought I'd hidden the pen I keep on my desk well enough, but nope. It was pilfered in the middle the night and found on the floor. It already had little teethmarks on it, so no harm done. I don't think they're interested in chewing it enough to get to the ink. They just want to perforate it a bit. On a lighter note, it's fitting that a writer's cats should be pen-obsessed.
Some days, I'm not sure if I should call myself a writer. I'm not actually writing much. Hell, I'm not even editing much. I'm just lazy. I think I'll do like an Edit Wri-Mo thing for November. Give myself 30 days to get this book done and ready to publish. It's doable. We'll see.
Okay, I'm off to wreak havoc elsewhere. Have a great day. Eat some candy. Watch a scary movie or something.
Tomorrow IS the start of NaNoWriMo. For the first time in like 13-14 years I haven't signed up to do it. Not sure why. Well, I know partly why. They're politics (which only occasionally come out) plus I'm just tired. It was such a push to get MOONSTRUCK MAFIA: BOSTON out there and I've sold a whopping 13 copies on the 'Zon. Disheartening.
ReplyDeleteI hear you on FB. I used to have a decent reach with the page. Now I get few views and responses and I don't even post political things. There or privately.
Speaking of, I'm sooo tempted to create an anonomous X account so I can let all the politics out. I'm totally stressed over this one. I can't afford to leave the country if she/they win.
It's chilly here, too. And we got an inch of rain last night. Yay!
Stormy has walking pneumonia so most of the day was spent shuffling him and picking up prescriptions, hence my late entry. He's on heavy-duty antibiotics now so should start to get better. Sadly no trick-r-treat for him tonight. 😞
Speaking of, I actually bought candy this year. We've had some kids move into the neighborhood so if they come by, I'll pass some out. If not, I got the kinds LG and I like. Also, sending some home for Stormy so he has a little stash.
I think my next project is going to be fairly simple, though not a big seller. It'll help settle my minor bout of OCD. It'll be MOONSTRUCK GENESIS: RETRIBUTION, which is the 4th and final book in the compilation series. That's a matter of putting the books together and writing some transition chapters and getting a cover done. Then we'll see where my head is after Christmas. I also have to reformat MIDNIGHT CLEAR. It comes off KU on December 8th. I want to get it uploaded and ready to release wide on December 9th so I'll get it uploaded by the end of November.
Not much else going on here. More rain forecast this weekend and start of next week. I'd be out there dancing naked in it exceipt I'd scare off the weather gods, not to mention the neighbors. 🤣
Hang in there. And hide those pens! Later, tator.
Oh! Oh! Blogger is letting me post today. Hurray!
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween! May you get all the trick or treaters you want tonight! I'm just listening to scary music. No mojo at all.
Yay for the new book! Do you need a proofreader? I'm in the mode, proofreading even 50 year old books. Sigh.
Cleo hasn't chewed on pens (yet), but she loves to chew on paper. All my corners are either punctured or curled up. Including my forearm. Another sigh. ;-)
I read that if you call Direct TV and threaten to cancel, they'll lower your bill. Tell them a couple of times "That's still too much!" It worked for Mom.