The No News is No News Purgatory Thread, Volume 9

Hi all! Day job has been crazy busy, and anticipated September launch is adding to that, so I haven't been online as much. And then I was down for the count with a bad cold for about 10 days. So, hi!


DeannaR - I hope you send revenge queries!

Maryn, Lily, Tas -- Ah, basements and accumulated stuff... We have boxes that I moved here 12 years ago, and then we moved from the old place to our house 6 years ago. But we finally got some lovely bookshelves for our living room and dining room, that gave us more surfaces for display. And there were things I knew I wanted out. So we brought up about 4-5 boxes, I went through them, put out some stuff, tossed a lot of stuff (boy is it interesting what I thought I couldn't part with 12 years ago compared to now), and then repacked one smaller box of keepsakes and took them to the attic. Felt good, and it's so nice to see those things I'd either forgotten I had or knew I had and missed.

And I agree on this heat! I'm ready for fall. Sorry for the AC, Maryn!

Tas -- yay for vacation! (Even if several months away).

~suki

I've had a bout of book adulting this past week. Got all my accounting stuff caught up for self-pub, and all four books submitted for Ingram. Still waiting on proof copies for the last three, but it should all be done by the 1st of September.

Now I just have to get bookstores/libraries to order them.

I have the option to pay for marketing through Ingram's catalogue, but I think I'll wait and do that with the Peacemaker re-release. (And of course, the final Jesse book when it's time)

Ugh, I wrote out a long post then hit "Reply to Thread" instead of "Post Quick Reply" and lost it. <grumble grumble> Well, here we go again (though likely less long).

Tas -- well done with the adulting, and very cool that the books will be out there again by September-ish. I can imagine the accounting stuff and formatting work, etc., but yay that they will be out there again soon through Ingram!

I did some publishing adulting these last two weeks, too. Mainly I sought help with a few things (which I really don't like to do) so as to try to help get Radical out there more. Some of it cost some money, and all of it will mean more work for me (if any of it is successful), but hopefully I'll at least feel like I gave this weird book its best shot. And a few more good reviews came in, so that makes me feel immensely better that readers/reviewers who "get it" are not just flukes.

I'm so done with summer, and ready for fall, but then I remind myself that I desperately need these next few weeks to get some stuff done, so stop wishing the days away. ETA: But this time of year always makes me crave new pens and notebooks and all the "school supplies." I might just treat myself to some this year.

Now, if I can just stay positive, willing to put myself out there, and get my brain to resume work on the next book.

Hope you all are enjoying these waning days of summer.

~suki

I am totally willing to share what I know about self-pubbing, for whatever it's worth.

Fixed some problems with my Ingram files, so waiting for digital proofs again. Someone ordered 3 copies of MBG already, so my book WILL be in a store for the first time ever. (I know who it was, so I'm hoping he sends me a pic of my book on a shelf)

Once all four books are live, I'm going to talk to a local indie here about being my source for people to order signed copies.

Also considering contacting a big indie in Seattle and asking about a signing event when we're there in March. I fully expect them to laugh and say "Who?"

Not sure where this productive streak has come from. I feel like I've shaken off this fugue that plagued me all summer.

I have now joined a yarn subscription service. My descent into madness has begun.

Yeah, I went with the quarterly delivery instead of the monthly. Just to try to keep a handle on it.

So, got all my Pirate Ninja Press books up at Ingram. Need to contact my local indie to see if they're willing to carry/ship signed copies.

Also got my first yarn box. Now I have 820 yards of stunning yarn (silk/baby camel) and no idea what to do with it. It's not enough for a sweater, but how many shawls does a girl need?

Hi All! I haven't been around much, and that's in part because of the build up to launch of Radical, which is today!!!

I know we've dwindled in number, and posting has dropped off, but this forum got me through querying my first novel, finding an agent, submission, publication, and then the writing and road to publication on Radical.

Even though we are fewer, and quieter, I value us. I just wanted to say thank you to those of us who still post and check in here.

And now that that is out of the way, Good for you on immediately resubbing, Lily!

And I bow down to the knitters and sewers. I'd love to be handy with such things. But I've tried several times and it's never taken.

~suki

Thanks, lily. At this point I'll be happy if my publisher is happy. (Though it would be nice to earn out and start getting royalties regularly).


~suki

Minor success: I emailed Amazon about linking the reviews from the old version of Peacemaker to the new one, and they did it super fast! So that's 11 reviews I won't lose.

Trudging along. Still not really writing.

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Also, why is my post from yesterday eaten?

A friend of my dad was annoyed with a girlfriend once, and didn't want to answer her phone calls, so he forwarded his phone to the dial-a-prayer number.

Tas - yay for keeping your reviews!

I haven't been really writing, either, but all of a sudden I really want to. So, I'm taking that as a good sign.

(Your yesterday post must have look particularly tasty.)

Maryn -- boo on being sick, especially too sick to even enjoy TV, and then having to deal with annoyances from the person who got you sick.

At my day job, prepping for a big meeting tomorrow, but launch week chugs along. Launch party tomorrow night. I'll drop off some cake in here after.

ETA: LOL. Tas, thanks for sharing that anecdote. Makes me want to put it in a story.

~suki

Just dropped my Peacemaker cover on Twitter if anyone wants to see...

So, somewhere in the last week, someone in Minnesota bought 4 print copies of Devil. This always intrigues me. Is it a book club? Is someone burning me in effigy? What's going on in Minnesota?