Add On– Got first royalty check. Yippee! Now I need to figure out what credit union to set up an account with.
First, a big thank you to all the anniversary well-wishes. Also, a thank you for the 200+ comments, likes, blog posts, twitter posts, reblogs, and everything else sitting in my e-mail. I really feel the love.
Star Trek: Into Darkness
I’ve never been a Trekkie. I watched Next Generation and got into Deep Space Nine, but I never had the fervor of a Trekkie. Never really had the fervor for any named fan-base. So, this new timeline has very little negative effect on me. In fact, I really like it because it means I can’t predict things. Yes, I saw a lot of foreshadowing that I jumped on quickly, but there were several parts that surprised. The role-reversal in this movie (can’t explain without spoiling) really caught me off-guard.
I go to movies to be entertained and escape reality. This movie did that and let me hang out with some fun, interesting characters too.
Tuxedo Fitting
In 1.5 weeks, I have a wedding to go to. I’m an usher and got fitted for my tuxedo a few months ago. Then I started losing weight, so part of today’s events was that I had to get re-sized. Thank god I did this because I dropped a full jacket size and went to the lower part of the pants spectrum. I would have looked like I was starting to shrink if I stuck with the original measurements.
Wolverine Burger
I countered this with lunch at Red Robin. The original plan of a Banzai Burger was undone by a special burger made for ‘The Wolverine’ movie. Zesty sauce, spicy pickles, and onion strings. It was really good. In fact, I’m probably one bite of food away from a food coma and I can’t even think of eating anything else today.
Other
If every book cover for Legends of Windemere is going to be a character portrait then I figured out who would go on each one. Tracy helped. I will probably need to fix up one story to include more Fizzle, but I think I had him listed as a given anyway.
The other discussion that came up was the pricing of Beginning of a Hero and the sales. I sell 2-3 books a day now. So, the new price hasn’t improved my sales. I’ve also been told of a site that works with .99 cent books, so I’ve been wondering if I should switch it back to that price. The point of the first book is to lead people into buying the second, which is a few weeks from debuting. It’s something to think about for a day or two.
Legends of Windemere 
Congrats on the royalty check! Keep up the great work 😉
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Thanks. Definitely a nice way to end the day.
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Hola dude, congratulations on the royalty check.
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Thanks. Fingers crossed that the momentum keeps going.
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How many sales were you averaging @ .99?
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Wish WordPress let me edit comments… that was meant to be “averaging a day @ .99?”
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5-10 before I did the switch. Occasionally between 10-15.
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Figures that I say this and suddenly get 2 sales in the last hour.
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So much for my no comment silence. When I read this post title on my mobile it looks like you were fitted for a Star Trek tuxedo and had burgers of Windemere.
Fizzle needs a book cover. With apples.
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Yup. Aiming for the book 6 cover with him.
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I agree with Ionia, Fizzle needs a cover. Congrats on the royalty check and happy anniversary 🙂
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Thanks. He’s on the list. 😀
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That Wolverine Burger sounds so good I wish you had pictures of it.
Yum! 🙂
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Didn’t last long enough for a picture. 😉
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Sounds like you the days events went well! Glad you enjoyed Star Trek. The role reversal you mentioned was pretty neat actually.
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It’s ending on a pretty sore note though. Not sure I should post about it because I don’t even understand it.
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Yeah I heard, makes me so mad. I wrote an opinion piece if someone approves it, I’ll post it on my blog.
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Happy freaking anniversary to me, huh? At least the movie and burger kicked ass.
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Yeah! Silver Linings! Watch my blog tomorrow morning.
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You going to buy Amazon and change the system? 😀
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Hah, that would be something, lol
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Hmmm. That’s not a no. 😉
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I wish I was rich enough to do that, but sadly I am not, lol.
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Happy belated aniversary wishes.And now as you can expect from a woman,this is my question: how have lost weight?Was intentional?
And congratulation for your check,you must be pround of yourself!
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Thanks for the wishes, but it’s still the anniversary for an hour.
It was intentional. I have an exercise regime and I’ve been eating smarter. Not perfect, but less portions and keeping active.
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Oh good so I’m still on time! Sorry but it’s 4am here and baby doesn’t sleep well!
You should share your food and exercise tips for writers too!!!!!!!!
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I’m thinking of making that my 1,000th post tomorrow actually.
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Well done!
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I wouldn’t drop the price and use the promotional site until book #2 is actually out. As for your first royalty check … CONGRATULATIONS!!! Feels good, doesn’t it.
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That it does. Good point on the price drop. I’m just being impatient. I might drop it a day early to get it signed up (if it’s eligible) in time for the debut though. Be nice to time things perfectly.
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Ah, you have a point there. Between sign up and their acceptance and then publishing your book takes a few days. So, it might make sense to drop it, then submit to ereadernewstoday a couple of days later and then hope they’ll accept it and post it on or about the release of novel #2.
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Probably wait 2 days between the drop and the submission. It depends on what happens with the sequel. That could debut as soon as Monday if things work out.
Just need that star level to hold out. I’m scared of 5-stars now too. Ugh. Such a long night.
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Oh! A royalty check! Congratulations…
Ellespeth
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Thanks.
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Happy Anniversary!
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Thanks.
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Congrats and a suggestion…..photocopy your check before you deposit it!
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That’s the plan. Thanks.
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Congrats to you, Charles! Also, I loved Star Trek too. Glad you saw it.
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It was a really fun move. Would have liked more Sulu though.
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