Happy Halloween!!!!! ๐ฆ Enjoy some updates on ALL THE THINGS
Packing and Printing and Panic, oh my!
Tomorrow (Sat. Nov. 1st) I get on the plane for the AuthorNation 2025 writer's conference! My flight is Tallahassee Atlanta Las Vegas, and while Iโm not looking forward to the planeโs canned air, I am getting excited about the event.
Iโm printing out stickers to put purchase codes on books, designing cards to represent books I wonโt have with me (thanks for screwing that up, Amazon!), double checking that my websites are up to date, and practicing my presentation!
โฆoh, and also packing. (NTS: check the weather in Vegas!)
If you are there and see me, please say hi! My presentation is โย Unstoppable Storytelling: Crafting Epic Long-Running Serialsโ and is based on my book Become an Unstoppable Storyteller. I will be in the โBronze 3โ room on Thursday, November 6, at 9:00 AM!
Byword of the day/week/month/life continues to be: Done is better than perfect.
Weekly Round Up
Yet even with all the obligations, travel, planning, and organizing, there is news to report!
Dragonโs Grail Arc 3: The Dukes of Odwego has launched on The Bibliotheca! The first chapter, Adrift on the River, returns with Astra and her companions Traz and Xavai floating down the Hoshikwazu with no destination and no plan! Exciting times! Trazโs condition is worsening, their raft is not fit for traversing such a big waterway, and exceptionally bad luck continues to haunt them! The story will be updated every week on Thursdays.
CAN HAZ PODCAST! Iโm back to regularly updating my podcast, The Author Alchemist. Iโve shifted the focus from straight craft advice to being a bit more down-to-earth discussions of mindset and productivity. I hope to get on a weekly posting schedule, but in the meantime, Iโll be sharing short vids from my travels!
A Plea for Authorโs Notes: If you missed it earlier this month, this blog post is all about the joy of writingโand reading!โauthorโs notes. In the digital world, where space is endless, we have the opportunity to talk about our stories with our readers in ways we never have before!
Shop of York: My shopify store has languished for a while, but given my appearance at AuthorNation I figured it was time to update it. Eventually, I will have a lot more products there, including print versions of my books you can order directly from me! So go subscribe/follow to stay up to date!
The Skepticโs Inspirational continues! Daily bites of motivation, inspiration, and reflections suitable for everyone, no matter your spiritual or philosophical approach to life. Hard to believe weโre on day 303 of the year already!
Flashback
This one isnโt very old, itโs from March, but really hits right now as I pack for AuthorNation 2025.
Why? Because the only reason Iโm presenting at this popular and well-respected indie author conference is because in spring of 2023 I spent two fevered months writing and publishing a book on how to write serials, which was based on a spur-of-the-moment webinar I was asked to take part in. Nothing about that was planned or on my agenda, and I certainly never expected that to bloom into my appearing on numerous podcasts and eventually being invited to give this presentation! I wrote the book and marketed it with no idea of what it would lead to, only that I needed to keep going.
Spoopy season continues!
Most all of Tallahassee knows about Tallahassee Nurseries, the premier gardening center of the whole region. Itโs a sprawling indoor/outdoor complex that is fun just to walk around and see all the amazing plants. Iโm not a gardener even a little bit, but visiting there always makes me wish I was! Anyway, they often do the holidays right with their decorations, and this year was no exception!
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