Getting it all sorted!

So as of today (and handy that it's a Tuesday!) I'll be posting here every Tuesday. Once a week, that's it. A little run down of what's happening in regards to all of my goals (oh so many of them!) and life in general. (Book reviews still will go up as I finish books though!)

On Saturdays, I'll be making a post on my new author blog, Clover Salt (my pen name, isn't it cute?) in regards to my novels! The one in progress right now is called Otter, and as I've mentioned, it will be posted at Channillo.com! There isn't a whole lot there yet, but I'll be making it look nice today. Probably all in greens (or pinks? Different kinds of clover, hm...), to fit the name, heh.

And speaking of which... Otter will begin to be released, one chapter at a time, as of this Friday! Every Friday, a new chapter will come out. I am really excited to finally be putting something I've written out into the world. I've been writing for as long as I can remember, but I tend to keep things close by, and not show anyone. So this is a big deal to me! I hope everyone enjoys it, though!

No news about my to-do list right now (though a big pile of them are about to be knocked off of it, you'll see!) but my writing news was too big to not post about!

Have a great day, random strangers who visit here! :)

Busy busy busy!

Oof, been slacking a bit here!

Between writing for Camp NaNoWriMo / writingchallenge.org and getting multiple offers from serial writing sites (I accepted the offer from Channillo, as I mentioned a bit ago!) while trying to plan a big move (it's going to take a bit longer than planned, but doing it right is more important than doing it FAST!) means that blogging has gone to the back of my mind.

As of mid-May, my first story's first chapter will be available for reading! My wonderful husband is going to be editing for me, so we'll be able to prod each other to help each other out. I'm excited to be finally putting something of mine out there on a professional level. The last time I did that, I think I was still in elementary school. Eesh!

So, this is really just a reminder post that I am still alive, and hopefully I have some real news soon!

End of the First Week of Camp NaNoWriMo

Whoo, I made it through the first week! Last time I tried to do NaNo, I was sick by day 4, and by day 6, I was in the hospital. Managed to get out 17k words by tapping like crazy at the end of the month, but it was too little, too late, to call it a "win"... This month will have its own challenges (we'll be travelling back to my home!) but I'm up for them!

Managed just under 13k words in a week, doing extremely well some days, and not so great on my off-days (mystery health problems make things so exciting, no?) but they balanced out to the point that if I manage to keep up this kind of rate, I'll get to 50k well before the end of the month.

Over on Twitter, I've made quite a nice little following, and was actually approached by someone who owns Channillo.com! It's a serial publishing site, where you submit your stories as you go along. Can be short stories, poetry, or a novel, sent out in chapters. As I was saying to my husband yesterday, it makes me think of the old days of FanFiction.net (does anyone still use that? Am I showing my age? Just checked, it's still there, looks the same as it did uh, when I signed up, whenever that was, ahem...) when people posted one chapter at a time of their fan works.

Only, you get PAID. I'm all for getting paid.

Not getting paid to mention them, by the way, I just really think it's a great idea. Though if they happen to notice a bunch of clicks coming from this post, they're welcome to send me a nice kickback!

So all in all, I'm glad I decided to go for it, and write my novella (this is not going to be a full novel, I already know that, but it's still fun!) because it's getting me noticed by the right people, and I'm having a blast with the author community on the whole.

Now here's hoping that our cross-country trek later this month doesn't make it too hard to keep the groove going!