Sometimes Art Makes Money
Seven years ago I recorded a bunch of original songs from when I was a singer/songwriter. In 2013 I finally had them mastered, copyrighted them as an album and started selling them digitally on CD Baby (my album is called Going of Age and is only available as a...
The Query Has Flown!
I just sent my first query letter to my first potential agent with my first manuscript. Since it can take up to two months for an agent to get back to you, it will probably be a slow process of trying a couple of different agents before I get on with self-publishing....
Querying
Image from valeriekingbooks.com These days I consider my manuscript finished, so I'm excited to be working on my first query letter. That's the letter you send an agent to get them interested in your book. A friend of mine with a lot of publishing knowledge listened...
New Haircut
April 17, 2014 I go back and forth with hair length. In my blogger.com profile photo you can see me with long hair (that photo's from January 2013). In this recent photo you can see the mop I've now chopped off. I haven't had my hair this short since 1984. It's the...
You Are the Placebo
Dr. Joe Dispenza's You Are the Placebo: Making Your Mind Matter was released today. I pre-ordered it, but since it was just downloaded to my Kindle this morning, I haven't started it yet. I'm excited because in this book Dr. Dispenza continues presenting...
The Dog Ebook Lives
I did it: I spent five hours on Sunday working on my dog ebook! It felt great. I once again plugged into memories, revelation and syntax, smoothing out the paragraphs and fleshing out details. I felt grateful that I didn't have children, pets or even a husband to...
Long Weekend
My employer just announced that we're getting July 3rd and 4th off this year. I felt excited about this four-day weekend at first. But now it sinks in: what will I do with four days off? There was a time when I'd spend such a weekend with my husband, getting away from...
So, Next Sunday Is Easter
Holy Easter cake in the shape of The Lamb. I never know what to do with Easter, so I think this year I will finally do absolutely nothing and feel fine about it. I was raised Catholic, but always found this holiday disappointing and sad compared to my favorite,...
Fine. Then DON’T Like Me.
This is a pre-post because I'm hoping to blog more extensively on this later. I'm in Toastmasters International, an organization that helps people become better public speakers. I'll be doing a speech called "The Art of Being Disliked." My point is that we burn up way...
“Meditation Time.”
In my little run of flash posts, here's a photo of me meditating. Can you tell what colors are my favorite?
How’s Unmarried Life Treating Me?
I'm continuing to go through the process of unplugging emotionally from my ex-husband and his dog and focusing on me. Like many women, I really centered myself on my marriage and how I could improve myself and our relationship. Unsurprisingly, I wanted to talk about...
I’m Back on a Laptop!
I don't know why, but my Comcast modem stopped talking to my Apple laptop weeks ago and I've had to do everything on my iPad and iPhone when I'm at home. Yes, I'm one of those Mac people, but I'm not an asshole about it. There's enough in life for me to be an asshole...