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An Update on my 2024 Goals:

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My Swan Song for Joy: a Sister Memoir [COVER]

  • ARCs have been received and are being distributed to reviewers!
  • Create book website
  • Presale boooks
    • Create presale bookmarks by Thursday, August 15, 2024
    • Stickers
    • Banner
    • pens?
    • Memorial Tattoo gift cards (get from Bek)
  • Release date: November 3, 2024 – Joy’s birthday
  • Release parties / programs / readings:
    • GEPL: August 29, 2024 – No Shush Salon
      • reading at the open mic
      • distribute presale bookmarks & stickers
    • Heathen Ink: Saturday, November 2, 2024 – 1 pm
      • Memorial Tattoos – I will purchase a certain # of gift certificates and do a “drawing”
      • Small Swan Tattoos – the day of the event
    • Oak Park Public Library: Thursday, November 7, 2024
      • Contact Julie & Kelly for the Veteran’s Room

Memoir Podcast – Fuzzy Geography

  • August – Research and write a “business” plan & Work on scripts
  • September – Begin recording weekly; continue writing scripts
  • December – Analyze how things are going, what can be done better, etc.

Fantasy/SciFi Videos (TikTok / Youtube) – Greetings from the Liminal Opulent Library

  • August – Research and write a “business” plan; set up schedule; write more scripts
  • September – Begin recording weekly; continue writing scripts
  • December – Analyze how things are going, what can be done better, etc.

TikTok for the HWA Chicagoland Chapter

  • First week of August – email HWA with schedule, plan, and call for suggestions
  • Week of August 11 – Begin recording
  • Sunday, September 2 – begin post, post every Sunday
  • Tuesday, October 1 – begin random additional posts for Halloween season

Short Stories & Novels: time got consumed by Memoir. After memoir release, go back to editing stories & researching publications

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Memoir: My Swan Sister

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It’s been a busy week and next week will be even busier, but I’m going to carve out time (with a butcher knife, if needed) and work on all the edits for My Swan Sister: the Life and Deaths of Joy. I have had some great feedback from my beta readers. Now I just need to finish the rewrites, including deep edits on the new epilogue. Then I must find a copy editor I can afford but is also good, send my manuscript to them, rewrite again, then begin the hunt for an agent or publisher or contest.
Will it be possible to do all of this in less than six months and get it published as a birthday present for Joy? Don’t know… gonna try!

So yeah, just a few things.
#JusticeForJoy #Memoir #Writing #Family #Sister #Editing
#JusticeForJoy
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New Story: A Feral Curse

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Where inspiration comes from is never the same for any of my stories. This one was from a picture and a challenge to write a story about that image. The image I picked is a Pit Bullish looking dog in a suit. The pup looks quite dapper. I named him Bernard in my story. The story started as a drabble*. But the ever so wise and lovely editor of the anthology I’m writing this story for, thought it needed more words; that the story was not complete. I agreed and took it up again. It is now over 2,000 words and STILL NOT DONE! I love this growing feral story and I hope to finish it soon. I also love that is already has a home! I will, of course, let everyone know when it is published and how you can get your copy of the anthology.

*a drabble is a complete story in exactly 100 words