I’m trying to decide what to do with my newsletter. It’s abundantly clear that I don’t have time for it on a weekly basis, and yet, I don’t really want to just send them out willy-nilly, because I know I don’t read half the newsletters I’m subscribed to, and I really don’t expect others do either. What’s your favorite way to keep up with authors? Newsletters? Blogs? FB? Twitter? Postcards mailed out to announce the new releases? Do tell, fair readers...

The readers (all 2 of them – thank you both!) have spoken...and Falling in Public will be the next serial novel here. I’ll post the first chapter this Friday, and if you’d like to subscribe to only the serial story, there’s a new subscription link in the sidebar. For now, the serial will be just one chapter per week on Fridays.

Also, if you’re so inclined you can head over to the Fantasy Ranch Novels blog on Tuesday for the first chapter of The Minister’s Maid. That draft will also be posted once weekly on Tuesdays.

India Drummond is doing a giveaway for her new release in June – check out her post here on how to enter. She’s an excellent writer, so if you like urban fantasy with romantic elements, you won’t want to miss this!

And Carol Ward, my most excellent editor has started both a new serial novel and a series called Grappling with Grammar at Random Writings. I’d highly recommend you check them both out!

This Week at...

...The Variety Pages

Wednesday: Writing Notes – Where to Start?

Friday: Ch. 1 of Falling in Public

...Fantasy Ranch Novels

Tuesday: Ch. 1 of The Minister’s Maid

...Beyond the Words

Thursday: Data Gathering

Goal Reports

I did pretty well on my goals last week. All of the writing tasks save the 3k words on my thriller short were completed, including turning The Biker’s Wench over for editing. I feel pretty good about the progress made on all my books last week.

Business took a back seat again, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. I’ll have to step that up this week though. I do need to get a few things done. Last week I did well to keep up with daily promo, and upload my books to the Xcite store.

As far as personal goals go, I was off the hook for laundry as hubby worked from home and caught most of it up. I got my three workouts in, and cleaned out the fridge/freezer, but as far as shutting down work at midnight goes? Yeah, no. Same with getting to bed at 1am. There’s just so much to do! Though I did take more time for reading this week.

Goals for the Week

Writing

• 5 serial chapters (TMM is done)

• 5k on IYD (short)

• Start revisions on HPC (which needs a new title...)

Business

• Finish promo items

• Finish samples for author services packages

• Daily promo

Personal

• Quit work at midnight, bed by1:30am (I’m not giving up on this just yet...)

• More clean-up in the backyard

• Keep up with laundry

• Update my Goodreads account

That’ll do for me, I think. What’s going on with you?

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