Books & more books

I added a blog to sidereal so you might want to check it out.

I found a finished Dragon book. So I did a cover. It's on sidereal.

The teaser 4 on this blog is the prologue to the dragon book. I had started this book a long time ago. I finally finished it. I guess before my computer went down.

I plan to finish my Elemental series and the Mortal Voice series as soon as possible. I don't want to leave people hanging.  There is one more book for Elemental and two for Mortal Voice that I have planned. After that I will see.

The Time-lost book and the dragon book are the next two to be published. They are both different styles than my other books. I experimented a bit with both to different degrees.

Con registration

Well, I registered for the Con.

 So I'm officially going. Got the authors table. Just got to get my stuff together. Which mostly is as I have a tote designated for signings and Cons. I need more books though. So that's next on the agenda.

Also table decor.

Don't know what to get right now but I'll think of something by the Con.  I want something new to capture attention.

I got about 45 bookmarks so far. I have to decide if I want to do more as I'm out of alphabet beads. 

The sci-fi book is at over 15,000 words.  5,000 this month so far.  So it's coming along nicely.

Logo idea

My logo idea.

What do you think?

The book is coming along nicely. 450 words yesterday and I hope to see more today. I'm over 13000 right now. So I have over 3000 already for this month. And I still have 8 days to go.

I'm still working on a proper name for a creature called a sworlot. It is a cross between a sloth and a leopard.  Anwar is what I have so far but I don't know. What name would you call it if it was your "pet"?

Book title thought

I came up with a title idea for my book.

Resurgence

If you've read my time after Time blog then you might have an idea why. 

I thought resurgent maybe instead.

I'm still working on the cover though I have a picture I like for it. But I'm just in the starting stage of the cover and the back cover synopsis.

I did over a thousand words each day for two days, then 700 the next day. If I keep this up I will be able to finish the book before June. I did a few paragraphs this morning and I hope to do more later.  Hopefully I'll be able to get at least 700 today.

I made some bookmarks last night. How many I need I don't know. They're time consuming even though simple. But I have a while before the Con.

What does the words resurgence and resurgent bring up to your mind?

What kind of cover does those words conjure in a sci-fi genre to you?

& more things

Even though it's four months till the Con, I'm working on things for it.

I bought a new table cloth. My old one was worn and torn. So I got two. One brown, one blue. Wasn't sure what would look best.

Next I need more table decor. I'll have to think on it.

This is the bookmarks I'm working on. Just basic. I'm thinking about passing them out to everyone. But those who buy my book definitely gets one.

I've been working on my bookmarks more than my book. My brain has been stuck on the Con. Trying to figure out what and how to do it. I get a bit OCD when I plan things. Until I get it to a certain point I can't concentrate on anything else.

I'll snap out of it soon. My brain can only concentrate so long on one thing. My ADD sees to that. OCD and ADD .  Neither can hold away for long before the other knocks one or the other out of the driver's seat.

I did 1200 words this last week. 1000 in on day. I also did some work on the bible but I don't count that in my word count.

Well I guess I should try and get back to work on my book. I've a deadline to meet.

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Con plans & things

Between the Pages Con is happening June 19-21 for those who don't know in Springfield, Mo. Saturday is the main day with all the workshops and things.  There are early bird specials so check it out soon.

I plan to go as I said in my last blog entry. Hopefully I'll have a table and be able to go to some of the workshops I want to. I'm still in the planning stage. There's a lot to do before then.

I did a few beaded bookmarks the other day. I'm wandering how many I will need.  They are relatively easy to make but a little time consuming.  But when I can't concentrate on my book I work on the bookmarks.  I've been doing the con's title "between the pages". There are 5 e's and I'm running short. Guess I'll have to get more of them and some t's too.

I put some background on the time-lost series on my Time after Time blog yesterday.  So you can check it out if you'd like.

200 words is all I did for January. Well, half of the month since I didn't start on the book until the second week after I got my computer back. I'm trying to figure out time management and getting the swing of writing again. But I'm getting there. I work on my book in the evening for an hour at least, even if it's just on the bible or fixing spelling errors.

This book will be done by June, though maybe not published. I've set myself a goal with the book. Now I just have to meet it.