This week, I sat down to calculate my writing expenses for 2013. This is the first year I've had a separate bank account for my business, and it made it so much easier to keep track of my expenses. I used my debit card for everything except for tips and vending...
1. Worldbuilding is hard. Like, really hard. One of the things readers like about my Shadow Reader books is the worldbuilding, but the Realm and fae came easily to me in those books. Not so much with this sci-fi project. I'm having to make up names for weapons, ships,...
I have no fashion sense. If you've met me, you know that. I'm a writer, so I sit at home in jeans and t-shirts all day. I don't like shopping. I rarely ever go, and when I do, it's usually in a panic because I have some event coming up or I'm going to be seeing my...
Yep. That's right folks. I was born today a not-so-few years ago. Right now, I'm home with a sick boy, but tonight, my parents will be watching the twins (I really think sick boy isn't so sick anymore), and the husband and I are going to get our geek on - playing...
I haven't worked on my sci-fi book today. I'm avoiding it. I'm avoiding it because I think I need to delete two chapters. On the surface, that doesn't sound too bad, but I've already deleted and rewritten this section of the book a dozen times, and one of those...
One. So tired. One of the toddlers was up half the night vomiting. Poor guy. He's perfectly fine this morning, but we kept him home because... well, he was up half the night. He's going on five hours of sleep and I'm sure he would have been cranky at school. Sidenote:...
Aside from the Matter of the Mystery Poop*, potty practice is going pretty well. We've had a few accidents, especially if we dare put pants on them, but all in all, not as bad as I feared yet. But the kids are home with me today. SAD FACE! I just couldn't send them to...
The husband and I will be attempting potty practice this week. Potty practice. We can't call it potty training. If we do, Toddler B will think we're going on a train ride. There will be tantrums if we tell him he is wrong. That's my big, stinky plan for this weekend....
(If you're not interested in the business side of publishing, you might want to skip this post. You might want to skip it anyway because I'm such a newbie at publishing, and there are so many more experienced, more business-savvy authors out there than I am. ) ETA: I...