Crash Time and Crunch Time
Today sucked big-time. I was tired from several early-morning bedtimes due to too much freakin' work and I believe it just caught up with me. Most of my work has had to do with some content mills, but I've also been busy with getting books out.
What's Been Going on at Sky Warrior Books
Thanks to DH, S. A. Bolich's Mark of God has gone through the final proof edit and I should be getting it ready for e-book and print in the next week. We have a cover that is workable thanks to Peter Bradley. As usual, Peter has done a great job. I'll try to get the new cover up so you can take a gander at it.
The Viking-themed/Heathen-themed anthology, No Horns on These Helmets, is getting closer to reality. I'm halfway done through the basic formatting. I had planned on having a story in it, but lack of inspiration and lack of time caught up with me. I do have a story partially written which isn't too bad, but it is a little odd. Okay, it's a lot odd. Steampunk Vikings. And that's all I have to say about that. No Horns on These Helmets has some awesome artwork by KS Augustine. I'm really quite pleased with how it turned out.
Adrienne Dellwo's Through the Veil is now in proofs and she has been working on her own cover. It's been looking pretty good.
Needs More Automation
One of the things I've been bitching about has been lack of time and the inability to clone myself. I've tried to automate a bunch of work. Because of this, I realize that I still have a lot to do even with the automation. I've started offloading work on other people who are willing to take it. This still doesn't mean that I don't have enough work to do. I'd like your opinion on software and other automation that helps you get things done.
I've gone with HootSuite to handle posting when I can't be on social media. I'm using private boards/forums for communication to my authors because email is such a mess. I actually use Paper.li for part of the communication to my Twitter base so that I can find more people on Twitter who would be interested in our works. I have to start getting our email list back on track, which is a bit of a headache. Going to try to solicit ideas from the authors and maybe get some information from them that would be good to go in a promotional email.
On Tap Tonight
I have one article I have to at least work on because it's due early tomorrow. I have five pieces of work I have to get done with Fiverr, two which are due tomorrow.
What's Been Going on at Sky Warrior Books
Thanks to DH, S. A. Bolich's Mark of God has gone through the final proof edit and I should be getting it ready for e-book and print in the next week. We have a cover that is workable thanks to Peter Bradley. As usual, Peter has done a great job. I'll try to get the new cover up so you can take a gander at it.
The Viking-themed/Heathen-themed anthology, No Horns on These Helmets, is getting closer to reality. I'm halfway done through the basic formatting. I had planned on having a story in it, but lack of inspiration and lack of time caught up with me. I do have a story partially written which isn't too bad, but it is a little odd. Okay, it's a lot odd. Steampunk Vikings. And that's all I have to say about that. No Horns on These Helmets has some awesome artwork by KS Augustine. I'm really quite pleased with how it turned out.
Adrienne Dellwo's Through the Veil is now in proofs and she has been working on her own cover. It's been looking pretty good.
Needs More Automation
One of the things I've been bitching about has been lack of time and the inability to clone myself. I've tried to automate a bunch of work. Because of this, I realize that I still have a lot to do even with the automation. I've started offloading work on other people who are willing to take it. This still doesn't mean that I don't have enough work to do. I'd like your opinion on software and other automation that helps you get things done.
I've gone with HootSuite to handle posting when I can't be on social media. I'm using private boards/forums for communication to my authors because email is such a mess. I actually use Paper.li for part of the communication to my Twitter base so that I can find more people on Twitter who would be interested in our works. I have to start getting our email list back on track, which is a bit of a headache. Going to try to solicit ideas from the authors and maybe get some information from them that would be good to go in a promotional email.
On Tap Tonight
I have one article I have to at least work on because it's due early tomorrow. I have five pieces of work I have to get done with Fiverr, two which are due tomorrow.