Dang It & Yay!

I lost my internet on Wednesday arvo... I thought it was just an outage... When I still never had it this morning I had to ring up and get it fixed because I needed to send my Galley Proof back to Annette S at MLRPress for Toowoomba Boys 3: Dancing With Demons. The good thing is I only found three mistakes (two typos and a centring issue).

My other good news is that my back was given the all clear no more Basal Cell Carcinomas for me... Though I'll have to have regular check-ups.

So Fricken Busy...

Listen Up: 

Yesterday I told you how I got Galley Proof from MLRPress on Toowoomba Boys 3: Dancing With Demons. I'm still doing those.

I also really did get 1st edits from MLRPress on Lancaster's Way 2: A Different Way Of Seeing. I have since done and returned them and then the same for 2nd edits--Christie now tells me it's off to line edits.

From Totally Bound I just received a tentative release date for the print version of The Connelly Chronicles 1: Family Connections. I even just went and checked out my page on their website N.J. Nielsen ~ Totally Bound Link How fricken cool is that?

I've been in meetings/chats with Bronwyn Heeley (another Australian author), we are starting on the creation of the world for The Hunted. We'll let you know more as we get further into the planning stage.

Thoughts On: My Writing & Other Things...

1- Today I received Galley Proof from Annette B at MLRPress. on Toowoomba Boys 3: Dancing With Demons... I have to get it back in the next day or so.

2- I just got an email from Christie N at MLRPress that I should be getting first edits on Lancaster's Way 2: A Different Way Of Seeing.

3- Going to be having a new addition to our household... our 13 (almost 14) year old step-son, Ethan (pure coincidence he and Em both start with an E) is moving in with us...I've been running around like crazy organising things like schooling, new clothes etc.

4- Emily starts university today... so I've been helping her get all her stuff organised (the work of a mum is never done).

5- The saddest part is getting ready to go to Marv's funeral he was well loved within our company... take my advice make sure you have a check-up with your doctor on a regular basis. he found out he had cancer in March and was gone by July... a shock to us all my heart is with his family.

6- Been working on a couple of new story idea's - all in longhand - names are 1) I'm Not Okay... 2) So Pretty On The Outside... 

7- I've been working on Master's Of Time 1: Shadows On The Heart - I'm lengthening the story by a lot as at the moment it's only around 15K long... there is so much more I want to Add like why Andreas was on the run in the first place... And why Tucker Daniels (the witch) was drunk when he performed the transportation spell that went so wrong. I want to spend more time with Rurik, Leif, and Andreas so the reader gets to know them a little better and why they are like they are... if that makes sense.

8- It's Tax time again for us Aussies so I've been busy doing my Bas... well I supply the info and my book keeper and accountant do all the really hard work and then let me know how much I owe the ATO.

9- The Lines Of Marsden 3: You Make Me Die In Pieces is still calling to me to be finished for MLRPress... as is... The Connelly Chronicles 2: Beautiful Goodbyes for Totally Bound... as is... The Gaean Prophecies 1: Admetus Gaea for Wayward Ink Press...

10- I really can't wait to see and show you the covers for #1 and #2... I promise as soon as I get the final things I will share them with you all.  I think getting the covers are just as much fun as writing the books in the first place... I can't talk for other authors but it is for me... I always do a chair dance when I receive the artwork for the first time.

11- NaNoWriMo... well to be honest I'm still not sure what I'm going to be working o for that... I figure that November is still four months away so that gives me plenty of time to work out what's going on.

12- I've been trying to work out how to get better at self promotion... I realised pretty early on that I truly suck at it. So if any one has some pointers they are willing to share then feel free to leave me a comment or three...

13- I'm also trying to get my shit together to sub my first for Fireborn Publications... every time I think I'm close to finishing something comes in and throws me off schedule.

RIP Marvin

Today we lost a great man and friend in Marvin Baker... 

He'll always be remembered for his rambling and his unique sense of humour,

his fear of snakes even the rubber kind - which was funny for the rest of us.

Until we meet again in the great beyond we'll miss you.

You'll be in our thoughts for forever and a day.

This was what I was listening to when I heard the news.

I thought I would share where my head is at.

Today I Received...

Today I received the fully signed contract for Lancaster's Way 2: A Different Way Of Seeing from MLRPress, and I should have my first lot of edits next week.

It follows on from Book 1: When Souls Collide... We find out more about the boys on the Triple H ranch where the unexpected sometimes happens and we also get to what's going on in the life of Chase Williams.

For Now Blurb (unedited):

Sometimes a different way of seeing is all that you need.

When you're told often enough you don't have the brains god gave you—you start to believe it. When tragedy strikes Chase Williams finds himself alone.

Andrew Golding is an ass... or so everyone believes. With his momma’s wrath following him he turns to the police as well as his ex-brother in-law, Riley, seeking refuge on the Triple H.

A murder at the ranch has everyone pulling together to find the truth. Drew discovers there’s more to Chase than meets the eyes. His friend definitely has a different way of seeing the world and the people in it, which only makes Drew love him more.

Real Life ~ Sometimes Not So Fun.

I got conned I tells you... Yesterday Emily rings me up and says. "Mum, come for a drive with me to Ipswich. I have to drop off some tools to be fixed." I'm like okay, nothing major I can sit in a car for 80 minutes. 

Not even 10 minutes into the drive she gets a phone call and we have to go back to the work shed, find, cut, grind, and then load up gear (Z Bar, Push-Pulls, Genset...etc) all this was in the rain. Poor Emily did most of the work as i can't lift anything heavy because of my ouchies, but I did get to drive the forklift--harder than it looks. So anyway, by the time we finished we were both wet... DUCT TAPE is the best invention ever when your fricken workers take all the ratchet straps and don't bother bringing them back. Mind you, Duct tape not so fun for the person who needs to get the gear off the truck. 

So we are all packed up and then we set off for Moogerah Dam... which is about 2.5 hours away from the shed. The first thing we notice is that whoever drove the ute last (Steve) didn't fricken fill the fucker up so it cost me $80 to fill it up with diesel. Luckily even though we winged it on directions we made it there without getting lost, but have realised people don't seem to like doing the speed limit. It was raining and they were speeding past us. 

Then it was a drive down a very steep hill which dropped off one side...not so fun when you're scared of heights - thank god I wasn't driving as I closed my eyes. After unloading the gear and going back to the shed to swap cars we finally made it home around 5:30 pm... we had originally started out at 11 am...So what started out as a 80 minute trip turned into a 6.5 hour trip. Now today we're supposed to go to Ipswich and do what we were meant to do yesterday... here's hoping we get no phone calls.

Random Thoughts On What's Next...

I'm at that time in my life where my brain knows I have so much I still need to get done by the end of the year but my body is like FUCK IT! I need a vacation.

My mind is restless at the moment as I have three things I am trying to finish and I keep getting side-tracked by The Lines Of Marsden 3: You Make Me Die In Pieces... as much as I tell myself it's not time yet I have a ton of hand written scene's written up that just need to be smoothly linked together.

I've already have one person tweet me and tell me they loved my Goodreads story: Trying Not To Love You... I hope others feel the same way... I mean, I hope they enjoy the story.

Speaking of GoodReads stories... I think I'm going to re write book 1: Shadows On The Heart... lengthen it, and then give it back to Goodreads as a free story... I'll probably write book 2: On The Flipside Of Reverse, & book 3: Following The Aftermath and give them to Goodreads as free stories as well. At least that's my train of thought this week. Let me know what you all think?

Can you believe there's only 77 days until NaNoWriMo starts for 2014... where has the year gone? I swear it only feels like yesterday we were all celebrating the new year. When in fact in 138 days we'll be celebrating the next new year. I'm still trying to work out what I'll feel like working on for NaNoWriMo... I have so many choices but no idea which one I'll choose.

On that note I will away as I have some questions to answer for a promotional thing I have to do toward the end of the month...Later Gates.