Paper, pen, go. Even if you just outline instead of write.
I wound up missing you all, taking care of my poor wife while she had the flu, moving in a roommate, throwing a party for my 7 year old during which the police had to be called.
I love how the frost on the windows in the morning creates such beautiful patterns.
I'm going to spend the next half-hour trying to get a good picture of it for my desktop.
Addendum: The pretty of the ice window:
I nearly got into an accident coming home from work. Some a-hole from New Jersey decided he didn't want to yield while coming on to the highway. I had to slam on my breaks. The scariest part? I don't even think the guy saw me until I laid the horn on him.
Before I go recharge my netbook batteries, I just had to show you all this:
Before I go recharge my netbook batteries, I just had to show you all this:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, good morning, peaches. What is happening?
There's a parade in DC, which is confusing because our team got knocked out of the playoffs last week.
May have to research this more....
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand, good morning, peaches. What is happening?
Is it to celebrate the revamping and mass deployment of the Furbie?
Is it to celebrate the revamping and mass deployment of the Furbie?
ION: I learned this morning that a handful of people hear "indie author" and think small press. I was not one of those people. Not sure why one wouldn't consider that traditional publishing via a small press. Regardless, apparently it's a thing.
I am a happy Mommy.
That is all.
I wonder whether it's them attempting to "conjugate" a title for an author working with a small - or independent - press, or willful ignorance? Judging from what I know of humankind, it's most likely the latter.
ION: I learned this morning that a handful of people hear "indie author" and think small press. I was not one of those people. Not sure why one wouldn't consider that traditional publishing via a small press. Regardless, apparently it's a thing.
Maybe. What's odd is if these authors see it as "independent press" for the indie component, then why ask me if "indie" is the same as "self-published" for review policy purposes. I'm polite and don't respond with "Well, did you publish your book yourself or did someone else do it?" Cattiness gets me nowhere in this situation. About a quarter of the people asking that question are with small presses, the others are all self-published. I guess that means the term has lost clarity.
Before KDP (Kindle Direct Publishing), independent publishers (indie publishers) were non-big 6 publishers (that is, they were independent from conglomerate corporate publishers). So for SF/F, Pyr is an indie publisher. So is Subterranean Press and Nightshade Books.
When KDP became a big thing, rather than call themselves self published, some people using KDP to self publish their works started using the terms indie publishing and indie author to get around the stigma attached to self publishing.
So now, sometimes indie author means "self published" and sometimes it means "trade published by a small or medium-sized publisher".
The stigma of self-publishing is strange... As is the sneering some places have towards indie publishers - not that I am brave enough to spend much time in the SP part of the board. There has, traditionally, been much more innovation outside of the larger companies (though some of those innovations have gone from being quirky selling points, to being annoying promotional techniques which ought to be forgotten by all).