Legends of Windemere

This week happened . . . I did stuff . . . I’m still getting over a cold.

Really nothing else going on beyond that.  I do more work on a future story and I wrote up a bunch of guest posts.  I can’t send them out until The Mercenary Prince goes live and I’m really hoping that’s tomorrow.  Don’t hold me to this because some delays have appeared, so it’ll be cutting things close.  This makes me wonder if I should attempt a Christmas Day release.  Not sure how effective that would be.  In the past, I’d assume everyone is off-line with their family.  Now, I wouldn’t be surprised if people were on-line to escape family or indulge in new toys.

Beyond that, I’m still scratching my head in terms of marketing.  I’m doing the same stuff I always do, but I can’t find anything new.  Seems a lot of stuff requires that I have more free time than I actually do.  Guest posts and promo sites are great, but there has to be something else.  Damned if I know what it is though.  At least stuff where I don’t have to sacrifice my dignity and self-respect.  Removing those from the equation means one could do anything to sell books.  Not my style.  Though going by my numbers it seems my style is to fall into oblivion.  

Seeing ‘Star Wars’ on Monday in the morning and then Wednesday is the first day of the kid’s 2 week break.  I don’t know how often I’ll be around during that time because health and weather are factors.  I will be trying to edit Crossing Bedlam at night and get the promo posts for it ready for the later half of January.  I might be getting a day or two solely for editing, which will be nice.  Some days I’ll be the lone parent while the wife takes on-line skill modules to up her resume.  Small chance I can edit during those periods if the kid decides to play on his own.  I’ll carve out my author time when I can.

Sorry this isn’t more interesting.  Then again, WordPress has been quiet this week and I simply am not an exciting person.  Since I stopped revealing future ideas, I haven’t had much excitement to report.  I don’t do much during the week besides writing and parenting either.  Those don’t scream blog hits and I don’t want to use my son as clickbait or whatever.  He makes an appearance from time to time, but that’s really it.  Next month will see more insight into what I’m writing and the creation of the next two releases.  I hope that garners more attention even though I’m doing a week of ‘interviews’ that might flop into the mud.

One thing I need to figure out is my next project once the kid goes back to school.  I have Book 13 of Legends of Windemere, the next Ichabod Brooks short story, and the sequel to Raven’s Hold.  The 2nd option won’t take very long and the last one isn’t needed until October.  Though I really want to get into the big series and see if I can writ the last 3 books before the end of the year.  Could always edit Book 12 too.  Maybe Ichabod and Book 12 to keep the workload low as I prepare for Crossing Bedlam to get released.  Then get the paranormal thriller out of the way and give myself a clear push for Legends of Windemere and I’m just rambling now.

What are the goals for the week?

1. See ‘Star Wars: Force Awakens’.  Never speak about it in public.
2. Edit Crossing Bedlam.  Little by little.
3. Release The Mercenary Prince as soon as possible.  Connect to marketing sites and send posts out to others.  I will be doing it in HTML like usual, but feel free to mention if you need it another way.
4. Prepare January posts.
5. Entertain son during his break.
6. Figure out what movie to take him to on Christmas.
7. Get over this cold.
8. Drink tea out of ‘Squirrel Whisperer’ mug from Ionia.  Love this thing.  🙂

A preemptive thank you to everyone who has offered to help promote the new book when it comes out.  I really appreciate it.