Catching up, again. Sort of.

[catherineldf]

One month after being laid off, I have:

• Set up new events  (see pinned post) for 12/1,12/7 and 12/8, as well as set up a January birthday party for Queen of Swords Press's 3rd birthday at the Irreverent Bookworm on 1/25/20. I also applied for and got Patrick Marsh and Queen of Swords accepted as vendors for 13 Gears Steampunk Fest in February.
  
• Finished reading an author manuscript and am now evaluating.
• Did a round of developmental and line edits on The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper by A.J. Fitzwater. A.J. is a dream to work with and this book is so good! Check out this great new article on current New Zealand queer spec fic and queer spec fic authors which includes quotes from A.J. and from Queen of Swords Press's webmaster, Andi Buchanan.
• Did a small editing/mentoring project with a local writer.
• Had a new class accepted and scheduled at the Rambo Academy. "Book Promotion on a Budget" will walk you through setting up and budgeting for different levels of promo for your books. Online, January 18th!
• Submitted two reprints (one rejected, one under consideration) and drafted most of an article that will go out this week.
• Had several informational interviews and will be doing a second interview for one of those jobs after Thanksgiving.
• Checked out the African American Heritage Museum and the Hennepin County History Museum.
• Saw "Terminator: Dark Fate" (excellent), "Harriet" (good, worth seeing) and "Charlie's Angels (well, win some, lose some).
• Started deep cleaning the house, room by room.
• Did a crapton of administrativa.
• Wrote several thousand words on Blood Moon and another few thousand on other projects.
• Slept. A lot. Because apparently I needed to.
• Went to Teslacon and gave a talk in Madison and discussed some new projects, about which I will I say more when I can.

So less vegging out and less writing than I originally planned, with the result that this week will be all about those two things. I'm hoping to get the Blood Moon draft done by the end of the year. More bulletins coming soon!

Comments

[queenoftheskies]

WOW! Those are a lot of impressive accomplishments. Especially for one month!

[catherineldf]

Thanks! I have a huge backlog. :-)

[brithistorian]

Sounds like a lot of good things accomplished with a lot of good things coming up. Hope you have a good rest of the yet.

[(Anonymous)]

a good rest of the YEAR, that is. ^_^

[catherineldf]

Thank you! You too!