I just realized that my next book, LEGENDS OF WINDEMERE: SLEEPER OF THE WILDWOOD FUGUE, is getting its full week of hype/related posts this week. My HOPE is that I have the book go live on Friday, but it might be smarter to do it Sunday or Monday depending on when the final pieces fall together. As usual, I won’t do an exact date because things beyond my control always happen. So please enjoy the ‘Hype’, spread the word on things that you can, and let’s see if we can build some suspense for this book that will leave every character changed. Not all for the better.
I did finish writing Book 10 of the series this week, but I haven’t tackled the next outline yet. So many side projects got in the way. Realized one series doesn’t have a series title and I’m not sure where to go with it. I’m planning on writing the first draft of ‘Ichabod Brooks & the City of Beasts’ in a week or two. Next week has a big day for my son and his school evaluations. Secretly upgrading him to a full-sized bed too, so that’s a lot of work and moving of furniture. Passover is next weekend, so cleaning and preparing for the guests. Needless to say, my head is spinning.
I think all the stress has made me quieter on WordPress. I return after running errands or finishing a leg of a project only to find 50+ emails waiting for me. I try to read through and do a ‘like’, but I’m finding it’s getting hard to write comments off the cuff. Exhaustion is probably an issue here since I haven’t been sleeping well. Just restless and I’ll take unexpected naps that make it worse. Perhaps this is the usual pre-release jitters that I always get while I can’t do anything beyond waiting. I’d love to prepare some advertising stuff for May, but most things require an Amazon site. I have all the blurbs (Amazon, Goodkindles, AskDavid.com) written and I’ll review them on the day I send them. So this holding pattern is rather nerve-wracking even at Book 7. I think the gradual decline of book sales isn’t helping.
After getting a few more private responses, I plan on posting the intro for ‘Ichabod Brooks’ and getting some public ones. That is still going to be a summer release even if I write it in April. I want to go over it a few times. I’m excited to start the new project and already have a list of stories for him . . . somewhere. I also was thinking of eventually making a female counterpart to have her own adventures. Haven’t designed her yet. Or maybe I have because I’m not sure how to do it without making her nothing more than a female version. She’d have to be something other than an ‘odd job adventurer’. I have a few ideas though and I’ll reveal them when the time comes.
So, what goals do I have this week?
- Prepare Sleeper of the Wildwood Fugue for release and, hopefully, release it at end of the week.
- Outline Book 11 in preparation of a mid-April tackling of that book.
- Continue reading The Quest for the Holy Something or Other by Kylie Betzner.
- Figure out a series title for one thing and possibly work on more general ideas if I finish #2.
- Try to calm down before I hurt myself. (Most difficult task.)
- Spend Wednesday rearranging son’s room and putting full sized bed together.
- Son’s school stuff.
- Help clean house for Passover.
- Try to forget that matzoh gets boring very fast.
- Biking as usual.
Legends of Windemere 
Congrats in advance on the launch. Don’t forget to send any promo info you’d like shared on my blog 🙂
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Thanks. I’ll be sending the Cover Reveal when the time comes. The ‘just released’ post will probably be a reblog thing, but I’ll see if anyone wants a copy to post on their blog. Reblogs don’t get as much traction as original stuff.
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That’s why I very rarely do them. Send away anything you’d like me to share 🙂
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I do reblogs more now since I dropped to 3-4 personal posts a week. Mostly interviews and book debuts. I seem to get more reaction on Twitter to these than WordPress.
You got it. I’ll probably make a post to see if anybody wants it anyway. This weekend and week are going to see me having very little memory and energy. Far too much chaos. 🙂
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Very little memory? Sorry, what were we talking about again?
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Not sure. I’m going to guess it had to do with food or sleep. Possibly movies.
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Or cat videos. This is the Internet, after all.
I’m sure it was cats.
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Good point. Cats are always in demand. For some reason.
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I blame the Egyptians. And the Bangles.
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Congratulations on the progress! I’ve been intensively playing grandmother this week with the granddaughter on spring break. I don’t think I’ve posted anything much beyond daffodils in two weeks!
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Thanks. I’m heading toward the same situation here. Spring break for my son starts Thursday, which means I’ll be more of a rarity. Not a smart move for debuting a book, but I’ve found that mid-month releases die quickly. Not that I’m having the same luck I used, but whatever. How much longer is spring break for your granddaughter?
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She’s back at school Tuesday. Sunday night we’re babysitting for a few hours while mom and dad go out.
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The joyous respite of a few hours away from the kids. 🙂
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Awesome, Charles! And BTW I appreciate my book making the top ten to-do list;) Don’t forget to send promo info my way to share on my blog!
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You got it. The cover reveal volunteer list is just waiting for the art. 🙂 I’m enjoying the book a lot. Though I just finished a part that makes me dislike referees. 😉
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Yay! Cover reveals, to me, are some of the most fun. That’s when you realize, holy crud there’s a book on the way!
LOL, I know where you are at. It’s one of my sister’s favorite parts. “What line?” Scratch. “That one.”
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That’s the one. If my son wasn’t watching TV next to me then I might have actually cursed. Not sure what to think that one of my favorite characters so far is Percival. I think it’s partially residual from the ‘Merlin’ TV show.
I’ve found that cover reveals seem to work better than blog tours. At least for me since I release books every 3-4 months. The long series doesn’t help matters.
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Lol. Percival is one of my favorites too. Just wait til you see what he does in part 2. lol.
I miss the TV show:(
Can’t wait for the cover reveal!
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Really looking forward to part 2. The weekend was not reading friendly. I think the show did end on a good note. Honestly, I didn’t see any other way it could end.
I’ve been watching a Starz series called ‘Black Sails’ and the actor who played Percival is on there. It’s like a prequel to ‘Treasure Island’ and he’s Billy Bones. Very cool.
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Send me anything you want me to post. I can do more than the cover reveal if you like.
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Thanks. As I told Nicholas, I’ll make a post after the book comes out to see who wants a copy of it. I’m trying to keep a list, but I think I’m running on mental fumes now.
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Man down! We need another pizza in here stat.
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I am cooking one. Though it’s an Elio’s pizza that I can cut into sticks for the kid. Chinese food tonight. Really need sleep.
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Looks like a big week. Can you put something on the Matzoh?
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Peanut butter, jelly, jam, marmalade, and regular butter. Matzoh doesn’t have much of a taste. It’s just one of the few things we can eat and functions for most meals and snacks.
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Don’t forget if you need to wander in the desert for 40 years it will come in handy.
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I’d prefer a GPS, but I’m sure the Matzoh can be used as a weapon in an emergency. Edges are sharp enough on some of them.
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Ha ha ha
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Hey Charles, in all my rush, I think I missed the Cover reveal helpers application, so if it’s not too late, can you count me in? If I need to fill out your form, could you direct me to it?
Looking forward to your release and seeing what you are up to 🙂
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Thanks. I’ll put your name on the email list and you’ll get the HTML file once I get the final pieces. 🙂
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Awesome, so glad there was time for me to sign up!
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One thing at a time, Charles. You can do it!
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At this rate, I’ll be lucky to get anything done. Rough weekend.
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Wow!!! So much going on. Yeah, this is a busy week. Will await the cover reveal info.
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Me too. I’m really hoping the cover comes soon. With a family gathering on Saturday, I might have to sneak away a few times.
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Good luck with your goals. I’m behind on getting back to other’s blog posts (obviously).
I agree about the matzah. It does get very boring. I usually plan to eat pasta and lots of bread after Passover! 🙂
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Thanks. I aim for pizza after after it, but my birthday is on the 9th. So I’m probably going to enjoy cake and something else the first day that I can.
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Pizza AND cake! 🙂
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