Daddy has to go write a new book now

Can you kids be good while I'm gone? Amuse yourselves. And whatever you do, be kind to each other. Daddy will be back very soon.

In the meantime, use this as an open thread. You can say whatever you'd like in the comments, especially if it's about Xmas Carol. But remember what I said: be good!

Translation: light posting for a while. Gotta write.

Light posting for a few days

Getting the book out was exhausting. When my energy returns I'll start posting again -- probably at a furious pace. Anyway, you should be reading Xmas Carol right now. Who needs blog posts when you've got a great book to read?

Light posting for a bit

I'm trying to nail down the final version of Xmas Carol. If this book is to be published in time for Xmas, I've got a passel o' stuff to do and it's all gotta be done lickety-split. (I'm on a cowboy kick lately; don't worry, I'll get over it.)

There are still hurdles. The cover doesn't exist; I have no clue how to make the text inside the ebook look attractive; and I still haven't settled on a final version of the book.

So please pardon my absence as I get this work done. I'll be back soon. In the meantime, don't forget me.

Light posting for a few days

I'm helping a friend with something this week and I'm afraid it's cutting into my normal writing day, so posting may be light this week.

I know, I know: it's rough. But hang on. I know you can do it. I'll try to put a post up each day nonetheless, but it'll be slim pickins, fer sure.

My current situation shouldn't last more than a few days and then I'll be back to my normal, manic, post-producing self. I'll say if for you: hooray!

Work update

Short version: there hasn't been any. Longer version: I got sick last weekend with a killer virus and floated through my week, doing anything (like blogging or watching baseball) to distract me from how I felt. I have this idea that I shouldn't work on my fiction when I'm sick. It feels like I haven't got all my artistic smarts up and running. I worry that I might ruin something, so I avoid writing or editing.

In this instance, the time off segued nicely with my mental work. The last thing I did was write the synopsis and cover letter for Xmas Carol. Then I got sick and began to float through my days. On Monday, I'll return to that work. But in the interim, though I haven't read the synopsis, I reworked it in my head. Rather than read it on Monday, I'm going to sit down and do it a very different way. Then I'll have two synopses. Surely, between them I'll find happiness.

So that's the plan. And beginning Monday, posting may be light for a while. I need to get some real work done. But never fear, I'll get something up fairly often and I'll surely return to heavy posting soon. In the meantime, tune in tomorrow. Fun post coming up.

Oh, and Carmine read chapter 1 of Xmas Carol and said he loved it. There's nothing like positive reader reactions. Since the book only gets better after the first chapter, I think I've garnered another fan for the book. Hooray!