Okay – WAIT WAIT: HERE’S NEWS!!! Cars 2 opened today, and GUESS WHOSE NAME WAS IN THE CREDITS???? Gin caught it on her phone cam. Is that pirating?
And if you stop by Ginna‘s place, you can watch a GREAT video demonstrating the level of artistic accomplishment we have in this family.
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Ack.
This is what happened: I went to see my friends Tracy and Laura. And it was because – because I used to be a writer. Some people thought, a pretty good one. Some people, like my children and bosom buddies (like the brilliant and busy Sharon who IS a writer) still believe in me. But I haven’t done anything for a long time. For one thing, the business intimidates me. Finding an agent is unpleasant and discouraging – I’ve never had one before. You have to have one now. Yadda yadda yadda. So I went to Tracy and Laura to learn a few things.
When Tracy pulled up my beloved website, the one I did in Dreamweaver a number of years ago when I was having my last writer-identity-crisis – the site I thought was pretty cool and nice – when he pulled it up and I saw it through his eyes Ack Ack Ack. It was little and pinched and just too cute for words. So I’ve spent the last three weeks revamping my public presence, learning all kinds of new little programming tricks and trying to preserve what I love about the old one. In hopes of kickstarting myself into writing gear again. But where are the 110,000 people who bought my first book? I don’t know how to find them. So it’s Facebook pages and stuff, and – phooey.
So I’m introducing this whole huge monumental life-sucking-out bit of work to you guys so you can tell me what you think. There’s a front page that sort of links everything together. Then there’s my private side. Then the professional side (do I have a profession?). On the private side is – basically – THIS (what you’re reading). On the pro side is another blog/site entirely – all about the books – the reviews, the press package – but most importantly, there are sample chapters from each of several manuscripts. And there are blog articles about writing itself – how to’s, how not to’s (there shouldn’t be apostrophes there – arg), just – you know – my flippant and stream-of-consiousness opinion about things. You know how dangerous reading THAT can be.
I have two manuscripts with editors right now, and I’m kinda hangin’ around trying not to call too much attention to myself (like not lying across their desks, tempting them with exotic cupcakes) before I take the next steps. But I’d love it if you’d look at the whole package and try some links (some of which still lead nowhere) and tell me if it looks okay, and maybe – if you have time – sample some chapters. Ultimately, I’d love it if you voted on which book you’d like to see in print next.
You can comment – criticize (I mean – haven’t you ever read a book and just wished you could tell that author a thing or two?), tell me what’s slow, what works, who you love, who you hate – there’s even a forum for discussing each book – you can say anything you want as long as it’s civil.
And if you have any interest in the books and my future book activity – please like the Facebook page thing that there in the sidebar, so you’ll get my notices about what’s happening. It won’t be real active, so no worries.
But for now – would you go look and just let me have it? Pies in the face accepted as long as they are French silk.
You can also get to it at http://ponyworkshop.ponymoon.com
And I think I put buttons on the nav bar under the header, jah?
Thank you!! Thank you!! If you’ve read this far, you’re already a great friend!
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