Apparently that was episode 30 and I kept calling it episode 29! Whoopsie! In this episode I update you on where I am with my short story…did I actually decide to pants it? I also talk about my first book and a few more edits that I made. And finally, I compare editing with going to the dentist. Here is the youtube video where Dean Wesley Smith talked about Writing Into the Dark. He describes looping better than I did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnNYQZbrtDU&t=4s Here is the youtube video (apparently I mentioned in my show notes last week too!) that I use to plot my first book and my short story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94F-3Z6CJJw

On this week’s episode I’ll talk about what it’s like to finally finish my book. I’ll also take you through the laundry list of things I have to do in the next seven weeks to prepare for the release…and spoiler alert, it’s a lot! Here are links to some of the things I mentioned in the podcast Create If Writing – Episode 142 – Paid Email Promotions The Creative Penn – Episode 429 – KU vs Wide Kindlepreneur List of Promotion Sites GoOnWrite.com: Finding premade covers for my short stories And here is the bulletin board I built a couple years ago that I use to plot. It’s four feet by three feet and perfect for plotting on note cards the way I do. The little slips of paper are the chapter numbers.

In this podcast, I’ll update you on my travel week and how the editing went. I didn’t get finished like I’d hope but I’m a lot closer. I’ll talk about the things I have to do before I release my book and how much I have to do in such a small amount of time. And if you stay until the end, you’ll hear me talking about that time I made out with a dolphin. This is the first youtube video I ever used when it came to plotting my story and it will be my starting point every time going forward. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94F-3Z6CJJw

Howdy all, in this episode I’ll talk about where I am right now with Book 1, my plotting of my first short story and why I like the trips to Nebraska. This is a link to the Smashwords Podcast with Mark Coker I referenced https://www.smashwords.com/podcast

On this week’s podcast, I’ll update you with where I am in the process of getting Book 1 out there. I have an editor! and a Deadline! I’ll also talk through what I want to do as I’m getting closer to the book 1 release date.

In this episode, I talk about how I did last week, my research on how I’m going to release my book and the editors I talked to (yay!). I also talk about my work trip and how Nebraska filled me up. Although I did say I would talk about my food and I didn’t! So below, I added some pictures of what I ate. Reedsy Blog on eBook Publishing https://blog.reedsy.com/ebook-distribution/ The two books I bought because I liked how they looked as paperbacks The Rook by Daniel O’Malley Wool by Hugh Howey Dinner Tuesday Breakfast Wednesday Dinner Wednesday Dessert Wednesday Lunch Thursday And that’s where I finally felt full and stopped eating like a complete pig happy boy.

This week I’ll talk about where I am in regards to book one. I did more Scotland planning. I introduced a new segment and brought back an old one!

In this week’s podcast, I’ll attempt to explain to you how I’m defining my editing process. I’ll also talk about my attempts to gain more mailing list subscribers and I’ll go over my quarter one and quarter two goals.

In this week’s podcast I really feel like I just rambled my way through, but to be honest, that’s how this week is going to be. Lots of stuff going on including my work life, my author life and my uhh…well, I don’t have a third but those two are going to take up most of my week…and month. Here’s a picture of the nail they found in my car tire

This week you’ll hear my excitement as I had my best writing week of all time. I am close people…so close. I’ll talk about all the chapters I worked on this week, the preparation I’m doing as I get close to publishing and why I am excited about tonight (Sunday night)