1000 Ebook Sales!

Well, it took six months, but I’ve finally surpassed 1000 ebook sales! That’s pretty exciting for me, especially having gone into this with low expectations. I’ve got five short story collections out now, including the newest Delightfully Twisted Tales: Love and Other Filthy Habits which contains the much acclaimed “You Had Me At Rarrrgg.” Acclaimed by who, you ask? Look! A shiny, sparkly pony!

In other news, after a long hiatus, I’ve started submitting my short fiction again. Feels kind of odd having stories out there in front of editors, especially having been on the other side of the equation for a while. It’s been fun acquiring stories and seeing them produced. It’s equally fun to see names of authors I know personally rising through the slush. I also better understand the value of an editor’s time. No longer will I be frustrated with form rejections, and personal ones will be appreciated that much more.

In novel news, NaNoWriMo was a big bust, but I’ve put a lot of time into figuring out why my novel had stalled in the first place, and realized one of my POV characters was actually a background character. Her story is still very important, but not in a narrative sense which was really tripping me up. Another POV character is a secondary character now, leaving me with three POV characters instead of five, each with very strong narratives that will drive the story quickly once I get started up again. I guess it never occurred to me that those two extra characters could be anything besides POV characters, given how important they were to the story, but I guess my muse knows better than I do, because if they’d started out as secondary characters, they probably wouldn’t have been as developed as they are. As they say, no words are wasted words, and I’m eager to sink my teeth back into this book.

Well, my dog is looking at me crazily, so I’d better wrap this up. Happy Writings!