 Last week of August. All summer I’ve been enjoying the weather, and the end of August tells me that the snow will start to fly sooner than I would like.
I don’t want to talk about it.
The picture here is from a recent trip to the mountains near the Wyoming/Colorado state line. Each tree has an interesting personality, yeah?
Work in Progress News ~ After finalizing FLIPPED, and sending it off to two publishers, I took some time to go through Alanna’s book  FINE PRINT to get it ready for self publishing. What I learned was that in 2009 I loved ellipses. I probably took fifteen or twenty instances out of that manuscript. I’m working on Falling Star now. Same thing. I don’t know what it is about those three little dots…
New Release News ~ So excited for Alanna’s book PREVIEW to get a second shot. I really like this story. Twists and turns and love. I made a trailer for it last night. I posted it along with an excerpt on the PREVIEW book page, or you can see it below. Let me know what you think!
Industry News ~ I found it interesting that Simon and Shuster acquired the print-only rights for John Locke’s successfully self-pubbed books. With the swing being toward E, the fact that S&S has seen Locke’s potential, and is willing to forego ebook rights to make him happy, is pretty amazing in my opinion. Good on ya, S&S! If you can’t beat em….join em!
Real Life News ~ Kids are back in school, which changes the dynamics of my entire little town. Population increases by about 20K (all 18-20 yrs old) who don’t know where they’re going. Needless to say I stay off the roads as long as I can.
Search Term of the week aka How People Found My Websites ~ I’ve got two this week. Someone got to Alanna’s site by searching for “dirty footprints on the floor”. Not sure how I feel about that, but I’m buying a mop tomorrow. Over here, someone searched for “A tease”. Now that’s funny. They found my book AT EASE, which I never realized what a squished up url would look like. Awesome.
Hero Quote ~ From a book I’m reworking for self publishing, FALLING STAR
“Because with her I am just Adam Herlihey. I don’t have to be anyone else. I want to get to know her, and I want her to get to know the real me. Not what Opinion Magazine tells her; not what the tabloids write about me. Understand?”
Favorite Song of the Week ~ So many songs, so little webspace. Today I’d like to share one that plays a big role in my upcoming release PREVIEW, I give you Keith Urban:
Interestingly enough, though I’m not a huge fangirl of Keith Urban, he did inspire the aforementioned book FALLING STAR, about a cosmopolitan-country music star troubled by liquor but tamed by one good woman. Though the hero in my book doesn’t have a sexy Aussie accent, I think that would have been too obvious, yeah?
Okay, that’s it for me this week. See you next time!
