Life as an author . . .
In addition, I found a review on Goodreads for The Last Stitch by a very sympathetic reader and that actually made my day along with the fact that Liviu of Fantasy Book Critic is ramping up to review my last two ‘indy’ books, the afore-mentioned The Last Stitch and its prequel The Stumpwork Robe. Now that really scares me to hell. FBC and Liviu are so highly respected within the genre in which I write and one hopes for such good things. But then again, maybe I should be expecting the worst (Really? Do I have to?).
In the meantime, it’s summer and as my final edit is finished (Is it ever? Really?) I’m off to have a swim
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. . . more later.
Post Script: Three hours or so later. The air temp is 26 degrees, the water temp about 20 degrees and there was just me on the beach. It smacked of Robinson Crusoe at the very least. Three swims, back home and believe it or not, am reading that 50 pages again . . . just to make sure!
I always advise writers at this particular point (after sending something in to an agent / publisher / ms assessment service) to get started on Project B while they’re waiting. Good luck!
Juliet
Thanks Juliet. I may just have a bit of a holiday as its been a year. And then I’ll return to the WIP, The Shifu Cloth, which has spent most of the year being placed aside when needs must.
You’ve nothing to worry about! Liviu’s got to love them. They are superb.
Thanks SJAT. Wish I had your confidence. But most excited, found a review of The Stumpwork Robe on Goodreads last night too. They liked it.
Congratulations on that “latest assessment”!!! How invigorating it must be!
I personally cannot subscribe to the “best way to view life is to expect nothing … and then anything else is a bonus” philosophy. I’ve fairly recently allowed myself to succumb to my “dreamer” side. Yes, as a result I’ve faced some occasional disappointments, but I prefer them to my old “Eeyore” ways. 🙂
I know exactly what you are saying, Scribbler59. I have always had a ‘dreamy’ side . . . it’s how I get to sleep at night, ‘imagining’. Anne of Green Gables is my kindred spirit. When I switch the computer to collect my emails, my heart beats fast and I repeat ‘please let them think its okay, please let them think its okay,’ over and over. In many ways it’s a relief when there is no news yet, it means the novel still has a fighting chance and I have time still to dream!