[Writing Post] Squirrel Brain, Epub, and Me
Welcome to Texas, we’re in frantic preparations for the possible “Icemeggedon” that could occur on Friday. The Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas isn’t quite as bad as Birmingham was when I lived there. Here there’s just a run on water, milk, bread, firewood – you know the essentials. In Birmingham, that threat induced grocery frenzy as well as people getting out and crashing cars into each other. Texans at least wait for stuff to hit before doing major property damage.
What has that got to do with writing? Beats me. There could be an “Icemeggedon” plot bunny in there somewhere. Something suitable for SYFY, perhaps, though nothing beats Sharknado, everything else just pales in comparison. It’s kinda obvious I’m well into “Squirrel” brain. I have been working on the novel rewrites for the book I wrote in college. It’s a challenge.
I’m getting my calendar set up for next year. I have three confirmed conventions – ConDFW, SoonerCon, and FenCon. I have paid money for tables at SciFi Expo and Dallas Comic Con (I think those are set, but there’s still some ambiguity, so technically tentative, but I think those are good.)
And now I’m also contemplating ways to make more money at this writing thing. Monetizing the blog is tough, not sure how/if I can do that. I know I need to get the chapbooks finalized and up on Amazon and anywhere else. I’m still struggling with how to make the e-book transition – the conversion itself. That’s something I probably need someone to sit down with me and do the step-by-step. You take this file, use this program to do “X”, and then upload to sites Y and Z. I can get the technology – it’s finding it and USING it that’s kicking my behind.
And of course, there’s just the whole “Write MORE, dagnabit” thing. Working on that. There’s stuff out. I’m still waiting on several publishers/editors to get back to me on stuff. I’ve been procrastinating the publisher pokage. I am giving them all the benefit of the doubt that stuff is still under consideration. But I’m ready for good news and hard work. 😎
So, suggestions on monetizing or epub? I’m all pixels and thought processes.