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Feb. 17th, 2020 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tamchronin Well, nobody reads my DW/LJ as far as I know. It's been over a year since I posted, so it's cool.
I kinda feel like shouting into the void.
This book (book 3 of The Godslayers Series) is eating me alive right now. I don't know when I'll get any fanfic done, but I *still* haven't quit ZD or RTW.
Many things sucked on an epic scale last year. An old fandom friend/RL friend I hadn't seen or spoken to in a decade passed away and it took a month for me to find out. That hurt pretty hard. Then from Fathers Day to Jan. 2nd we lost over half of our pets for various unrelated issues. (Dog jumped our fence and killed our bunny and most of our chickens. One cat died of old age, another of respiratory issues. And then there was an issue with our fish in one tank.)
But, with the bad there's also been some good. Last year I published three books, I've been to several book related events, and I've gained several new fans. It's slow going, but that's okay. I don't have an advertising budget to speak of, so every single step I take is a step forward, not back. If I don't sell 100k copies, I don't have a publisher telling me it's time to quit. I can build, and I am.
My kiddo managed to survive to adulthood, and even graduated high school. It was a struggle, for reasons that are both traumatic and private, but I'm proud of him despite the fact it took him longer than expected. He made it. AND my step-son got his GED at about the same time, so double celebration time. :)
I don't know when I'll update here again. It might be next month. It might be two years. If you stumble across this, feel free to wave in my direction. I miss my people. For too many, it's been too long.
I kinda feel like shouting into the void.
This book (book 3 of The Godslayers Series) is eating me alive right now. I don't know when I'll get any fanfic done, but I *still* haven't quit ZD or RTW.
Many things sucked on an epic scale last year. An old fandom friend/RL friend I hadn't seen or spoken to in a decade passed away and it took a month for me to find out. That hurt pretty hard. Then from Fathers Day to Jan. 2nd we lost over half of our pets for various unrelated issues. (Dog jumped our fence and killed our bunny and most of our chickens. One cat died of old age, another of respiratory issues. And then there was an issue with our fish in one tank.)
But, with the bad there's also been some good. Last year I published three books, I've been to several book related events, and I've gained several new fans. It's slow going, but that's okay. I don't have an advertising budget to speak of, so every single step I take is a step forward, not back. If I don't sell 100k copies, I don't have a publisher telling me it's time to quit. I can build, and I am.
My kiddo managed to survive to adulthood, and even graduated high school. It was a struggle, for reasons that are both traumatic and private, but I'm proud of him despite the fact it took him longer than expected. He made it. AND my step-son got his GED at about the same time, so double celebration time. :)
I don't know when I'll update here again. It might be next month. It might be two years. If you stumble across this, feel free to wave in my direction. I miss my people. For too many, it's been too long.
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Date: 2020-02-20 01:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2020-02-21 09:39 pm (UTC)It's good to see you're still around. ^_^
I've been staying abreast of Facebook and Instagram, because apparently that's what authors do? I fail at Twitter, though, which is apparently...bad? I don't know.