Sunday Update - Week 46

Heh.

I finally got back to work on Ugly and the Beast.  Got that sticky segue done between chapter 2 and chapter 3 (which is now chapter 4).  Then I added some more words onto the end.  Then I realized I'd painted myself into a corner.  I figured out what I'm going to have to do - wash away some of that paint so I can reach a better path.  Not a huge wordcount week, but it's progress.

Set up a new sale and some marketing for next week.  Accidental Death will be on sale starting tomorrow.  Wednesday, I have a BargainBooksy ad going out.   (At least I think I do.  They haven't contacted me to tell me NO and refund my money, so I'm assuming it's a go.)

Talked to my local face-to-face fan.  She thinks I should write a medical suspense.  She loves medical suspenses.  I told her about Unequal, which is kind of medical and a little suspensey, but mostly dystopian.  I'll think about the whole 'write a medical suspense' thing.

I read a bunch.

Hubs has been raking the yard and I haven't been helping.  I felt kind of bad about it.  Then again, it's good exercise for him.  Gets him out of the house and away from the computer, too.  Fresh air and all that.  Yeah, yeah, I need all those things, too, which is why actually helped him yesterday.  We aren't done, but we do have a boat-ton of trees and the leaves that go with them.

We're all set for Thanksgiving this week.  The turkey's in the freezer... have to take that out today.  Got the stuffing, the cranberry sauce, the gravy... I should probably make biscuits, since I didn't buy rolls.  I shopped enough on Friday so I shouldn't have to go to the store until after the weekend after Black Friday.  Go me.

I still haven't mailed postcards, so if you were looking for one, sorry.  Tomorrow.  They'll go out tomorrow.  It's only a day away.

And that's about it for me.  What's up with you?

Sunday Update - Week 44

The end of the year is really creeping up on me.  Gah.  Where did the year go??

Anyway, I really got on a bit of a roll with the edits.  Finally.  It's still a slog and I'm still only getting a couple dozen pages done a day.  I'm pretty sure I won't make my deadline unless I do some marathon work today and tomorrow.  But if I keep my nose to the grindstone, I will get this to my editor sometime this week.  (And I'll have a flat nose.)

Marketing pretty much failed.  The Sleeping Ugly sale finished up with only one sale and a book's worth of page reads.  But I didn't pay for any advertising, so there's that.  I have another sale coming up.  Blink of an I will be on sale November 7th thru the 13th.  And no, I didn't get any advertising set up for that either.  Derp.  I really need to get off my dead ass and get that stuff done.  Maybe I'll manage something spectacular in December.  Yah, right.

There'll be new marketing materials soon.  I ordered the postcards on Wednesday and they shipped Thursday.  I'll drop a note or something, so any of you who want one can get one.

I read a book!  It wasn't a great book, but I read it.

I went fishing a few times, but didn't catch much of anything.

The exercise/activity thing included a lot of walking.  I haven't stepped on the scale to see the lack of progress.  I really need to get back at it before I backslide more.

Finally got out and did some woods work again.  I think I overdid it, but that's life.  By the way, it's gorgeous here right now.  This is the most beautiful autumn we've had since I moved here.  Our dogwoods are outdoing themselves.

Pay-job sent me a pile of work, which is always good.  Gotta fund this writing thing somehow.

Anyway, that's about all I can think of right now.  Tell me what's going on with you.