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Tag Archives: work
GDRs: September’s Plan of Attack
Okay, so I’m nearly done with all my reviewing and planning, and it’s time to get down to work. So here’s September’s plan. Regular readers will notice it’s much, much smaller than of my previous years’ efforts, but at least … Continue reading
GDRs: Plan for 2012/13
What are my GOALS for 2012/13? To Complete and Publish GATECRASH To Write and Publish A New Novel To Publish two new chapbooks To Market My Name As A “Brand” Worth Investing In To Read 42 Novels As you can … Continue reading
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Tagged dreams, Goals, Goals Dreams and Resolutions, plan, publishing, Resolutions, work, Writing
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Plan of Work for May
Fiction * Launch GREENER IS THE GRASS * Complete revision of GATECRASH * Republish SLICK with “Other Books” section * Re-write DAFFODILS for Bloody Scotland competition Poetry * Submit POEMS FROM A COFFEE SHOP WINDOW for PSH giveaway 1st May … Continue reading
April Review of Work
Fiction * Complete BACCARA BURNING – done * Start revision of GATECRASH – IP * Send GATECRASH to beta readers – not done * Re-write DAFFODILS for Bloody Scotland competition – IP Poetry * Complete production of POEMS FROM A … Continue reading
Goals, Dreams and Resolutions – January Plan
Fiction * Complete polish of GATECRASH * Send GATECRASH to beta readers * Submit and recycle short fiction returns Poetry * Publish SILLY POEMS FOR WEE PEOPLE on Kindle * Continue work on LONDON chapbook for spring release * Continue … Continue reading
Christmas Headaches
Image: News.com.au I was into everything over the weekend—everything! Not only did I get through a ton of Christmas cleaning, DIY work, TV and gadget fixing, and writing work, but I also managed a Day Job Xmas bash, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged alcohol, bevy, birthday party, brunch, Chrimbo, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas headaches, Christmas tree, cleaning, Cloisters, coffee and pastries, computer games, curry, daughter, DIY, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, ereaders, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, free ebooks, Greener is the Grass, Indaba, Indian meal, Khushis, Kindle, Kobo, Mother-in-Law, novel, novella, pizza, pubs, Slick, South African food, summer reading, The Pear Tree, work, Writing, Xbox, Xmas
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Goals, Dreams, and Resolutions – December Plan
Fiction * Complete tidy up of SLICK and prepare final ebook formats * Final edits on BACCARA BURNING with beta-readers’ critiques * Submit BACCARA BURNING to publisher * Start work on polishing GATECRASH * Submit and recycle short fiction returns … Continue reading
Goals, Dreams, and Resolutions – November Review
Fiction * Complete BACCARA BURNING and send to “trusted readers” – complete * Complete full revision of HUNTING JACK – postponed till 2012 * Start work on polishing SLICK *NEW* – IP; on target * Submit and recycle short fiction … Continue reading
Embracing the Digital Age
Image: GuerrillaGeek.com Ok, so very suddenly I seem to have a lot of stuff on the go all at once. Not that this is a bad thing, but I’m wary of the fact that with so many plates spinning at … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Fiction, I.T., Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Websites, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, chapbook, digital, digital age, Editing, EP, Fiction, marketing, Music, novella, poems, Poetry, promotion, proofreading, publisher, Rachel Sermanni, rebranding, revision, self-publishing, Smashing Press, Stella, The Bothy Sessions, The Sky Project, work
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Dreamworks
Image: Dreamworks Dream Resolve It was a weekend of squeezing; squeezing all that I could out of the time available and trying to get through as much as possible. There’s a lot going on, both on the writing front and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alistair Darling, annual plan, CDs, charity, cooks, DIY, dreams, Dreamworks, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Bookshop, Eleanor Updale, exhibition, GDR, GDR's, iTunes, JA Konrath, Kindle, magazine, Music, Publishing and Marketing, Ranfurly Review, Reading, Savvy Authors, Simon van Booy, The Sky Project, Trees for Life, vinyl, work, workshop, Writing
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