What I’m Working On: March 2015

 

Hey guys. So during the second week of March, my two-year-old Toshiba laptop died. And since it was going to cost half of what it cost to repair it (and a repair that wouldn’t guarantee more damage in the future), my fiance’ decided to get me a MacBook Air. Did I mention he’s the greatest?

Thankfully I’d thought to send the newest version of Our Reasons to myself via e-mail. Since we’re going to need an adapter to get my data off the computer. I’ve also thankfully sent The Birthday Bash to friends so I have a copy in my sent folder so I can work on the re-write/edit as planned for Camp NaNo, which is in a week and a few days.

Last Wednesday was #PitMad. I had a ton of fun with it and there were many cool entries. I probably retweeted about twenty or more, and mostly from people I’d never met. I also had five agents/agencies favorite mine. So far I’ve heard from three. Two rejections and one request for more pages. I’ve sent the pages. Fingers crossed!

If I don’t hear back in a few weeks, I plan to start querying. I’ve already got a list of agents/agencies to start with. If nothing comes of it, then I will post the entire story to Swoon Reads.

Other than that, I’ve started editing/re-writing Creeper. I’m thinking that the entire story collection will be finished by late August or early September. Hopefully. It’s a busy year for me–my fiance’ and I are looking into moving from our apartment, buying a home, and getting married later on in the year so it will definitely be interesting.

Next month Camp NaNo starts. I’m re-writing and editing The Birthday Bash so I can enter it into the next Twitter contest and also have another book to query. I can’t wait. It might be one of my favorites. During the month of April, I will only be posting Camp NaNo updates and book reviews so I can spend more time writing. Book vs Movie will resume in May. Hopefully I’ll have seen more movies by then.

Until next time!

 

 

 

Books in February

First off–exciting news. After my fiance’ and I learned that it would cost about half of what we originally paid for my computer to repair it, he decided to get me a Macbook air instead. I had a Macbook pro a few years back and grew up with a Powermac, so I’ve always liked Macs a bit better. We’ve had it a few days but I’m still getting things set up and getting used to a smaller screen size and the Mac vs. Windows feel.

Blog posts should be back to normal now. I’m going to start this week off with a post about the books I read in February. Since we were sick the entire month of Feb, the pictures like I did for January’s books got postponed. But here they are now!

My reading goal for 2015 is to read 115 books. In February, I read eight books. I read ten back in January. So far, I’m doing pretty great with my goal. Here’s what I read last month.

Favorites: Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone & When You Were Mine by Rebecca Serle.

Least Liked: The Secret Year by Jennifer R. Hubbard