Since I'm can't easily embed a picture anymore, I'm just going to link to the short post I made on my author's blog about the cover art for "Surprised at Nothing" being included (and my name) for the One Little Pill DVD inserts. Also, if any of you would like to follow my fairly sad and practically unfollowed WordPress blog, please do ( Read more... )

So now my novella has been out for a couple of weeks. I know I have a lot of fandom friends who'd showed interest and support, but at this juncture, I know of precisely one person who has read the finished version and let me know that she read it. That's my stepmom. I don't know if people are reading it and just don't want to tell me their thoughts ( Read more... )

Today marks the one week anniversary of my novella e-release, and according to Dreamspinner, I've sold 14 copies. It appears that Rowling and Gabaldon need not worry about me overtaking them quite yet. ;) Since I'm breaking into a new market, ie, not fandom, I'm realizing just how difficult it may be to convince new people to give me a try. That ( Read more... )

I'm still rather in shock about all of this, but I have proof that I've earned my first non-fanfiction/non-fandom royalties. I have no idea how this (somewhat fluffy, especially for me) work will be received, both by people who are intimately familiar with my fanfic, and those who don't know me from Eve's housecat. Hopefully readers will fall for ( Read more... )

April 29th! Lookie, lookie: direct link to my bookThis is so wild, and so weird in many ways. Most of the folks I've come into contact with via the Dreamspinner Yahoo group are authors full time, so sales are very important. I work full time already, so this for me has been more an experiment to see if I could get something out there that wasn't ( Read more... )

But it was when I was half asleep. So now it's one question. And this is supposed to be a poll

Poll I'm interested in which spelling appeals, and why (if you want to share). No idea of context for it yet. ;) I've not been writing much new material other than some chunks of rewriting for Surprised At Nothing. The editing process with Dreamspinner has ( Read more... )