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Pride in Ownership

Indie authors can take pride in the new Smashwords' Indie Author bestseller lists on Publishers Weekly.  Indie Bestsellers

Smashwords keeps pushing the boundaries of Indie books and establishing itself as the place to be as an Indie writer.  Every point of contact that I have had with Smashwords has been encouraging to me as an artist. 

My experience with Smashwords has been A+++  My books are really getting out there.

When I first started out in 2011, I thought Amazon would be the major player, but I feel like Amazon is tip-toeing around trying to keep the publishers on top and the indies can scramble for the crumbs below.  I don't feel any pride in ownership with Amazon, but I feel extremely proud to see my books distributed worldwide on many different devices and in many channels with Smashwords.

I know Amazon is doing the same thing, but why don't I feel any pride in ownership?  I just don't feel like Amazon knows what to do with Indie writers. 

Hurray for Indie writers and the new bestseller list!  I'm going to shift my focus to not only publishing on Smashwords, but being a Smashwords consumer!

Eat, Drink and Be Merry!

A friend of mine gave a speech at his birthday party and said we should live our each day as if it is it our last -- we don't know when, but one of the days of our lives WILL be our last day.

Tell the ones you love, you love them!  Spend time with them.  Enjoy each minute.

In the world of writing and rewriting, as you work through a manuscript, do you practice this philosophy?  Do you write each page as if the book may end on the next page?

Do you write each chapter completely as if it were the end of the book?

Or do you just live and enjoy each moment of the writing process?

If today was your last day, did you write the story you wanted to write?  Did you get to the important parts of the story or did you nitpick over and over and over through a scene that you may delete later anyway?

If you only wrote the story you need to write on your last day on this planet, what would it be?

School's out!

While I'm letting my new book draft breathe for a couple of weeks before starting editing/rewriting, I'm starting the sequel to my young adult SF book, City of Fury. 

The new book is called School of Fury.  After everything that happened on Fury in the first book, Anjie and Kaz return to Earth so Anjie can go to high school with her friends.  Unfortunately, she's in for a shock:  she's been gone for 20 years! 

Times have changed and Anjie has not.  Anjie's friend, Kaz, a native of Fury, has seen what happens to a planet when war and greed take control. 

Learning about the environmental movement on Earth and the changes Earthlings are making in caring for our planet is going to be a great adventure!

Rewriting -- let me know your recipes for success

I love to bake.  Measuring, mixing, stirring and putting the dough into a pan are my favorite things to do in the kitchen.  

Decorating and frosting are not my strengths.  I really just want to slap some frosting on the cake and eat it!

Unfortunately, my approach to rewriting is closer to my cake decorating skills than I really like.  I want to be a meticulous editor and poet who analyzes every word, phrase and sentence in my books and makes them perfect, but I'm not like that.

My goal for this new draft is to be patient.  Let the cake cool.

Plan how I want it to look.  Pick out the right decorations.  Have the right tools in hand.  

I am going to take my time and make this book beautiful.  

And then I'm going to eat it and enjoy it!  

Let me know how you approach rewriting -- I'd love to hear your experiences and how you decorate your cakes :)

Fashion Week Paris June 2013

Fave of the day:  Inspired by Dandelion Fluff?

 

 

 

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Fashion Week in Paris! Keep up with the fun on my Pinterest Board Awkward Styles

It's here - Paris Fashion Week!  Have some fun and check out my Awkward Styles board on Pinterest...

Awkward Styles