I just got my first royalty statement! This is for the month of June, as Harlequin’s royalty periods end June 30 and December 31. So the book had been out for a month when the royalty period ended. I did not earn out (which is what it’s called when you’ve earned your advance back), but that doesn’t surprise anyone. I *did* sell about 7000 books in June. So for all of you who’ve been asking how the book is doing, there, that’s our first indicator. As Deirdre says, “More than…
oh dear :)
My laptop was able to pick up the wireless network from Mom & Dad’s today. Curses, now I’m online. :) Fortunately, it’s still early enough that a lot of people aren’t up and about yet, and, well, work to do even with the sweet temptation of internet calling my name. My tummy is not well today. I though last night it was unwell from tiredness, and I suppose it might still be unwell from tiredness, but I just have this unpleasant bubble of ook sitting in my stomach. I’ll do…
around for a day or two
Mom and Dad are flying to Seattle in the morning to visit my grandmother, who is in the hospital again, and so my sister has recruited me for babysitting the next couple of mornings. Since staying in Athy would mean getting up at 6 in the morning to catch the 6:40 train for a 10am babysit, and would be expensive, I’m staying in Dublin til Friday afternoon (my time) and will be around online a little in the next couple days. Ted and Shaun went back out to Athy tonight…
V for Vanity
(written 12.7.05, 8:51am) Man, I made my hair all cute this morning and then pulled a fuzzy over my head and now it’s not cute anymore. :P I need to unpack more so I can find some of the other fuzzies that don’t mess my hair up so much (or at all, with the one that’s a jacket instead of a pullover). The problem with those ones is I’ve lost enough weight that they’re voluminous. Comfy, but not cute. My hair has gotten very long. Another six inches and I’ll…
writing fu
(written 12.06.05, 5pm): This is how I revise. My directory structure’s usually set up like this: Series Directory Book Title (original files in here) 2nd draft 3rd draft Once the original drafts are done and I’m going into revisions, I take the latest draft and copy it into a new directory. If, like with HoS, I’ve done *lots* of revisions already, the old directory usually gets renamed to define what the biggest change I made in that pass was–in this case, it’s been renamed “Revisions for Structure”. The…