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February's End/March's Writing Goals

  • Mar. 3rd, 2008 at 1:07 PM
Ghost, Christmas Skull, Back to Life, The Rules of Tempation, Embrace, The Open Vein Xmas Issue, Short Story, Book Picks, Puppeteer, Pride, Skull On Book, Nightfall: A Novel, Edward Ballister
 Well here we are...a new month! February has come and gone in a blink of an eye. It's ironic, considering we were privy to an extra day due to leap year.

There are many exciting things to look forward to in March. But first, a recap of February....

It seems that I have been consumed with promoting my forthcoming novel, Nightfall. The process has taken a lot of time, however, it's difficult to promote a novel that doesn't have an official release date as of yet. I'm looking forward to announcing this news very soon! What's exciting about Nightfall is it is going to be first released as a limited edition hardcover novel. Of course, most hardcover novels (especially limited editions) tend to carry a heftier price tag. On the other hand (being a collector of hardcover first editions), at least a hardcover novel long outlasts a paperback.

In regards to the short stories that have been submitted for possible publication, I am still awaiting to hear the fates of my stories Rush, Puppeteer, and Jailed.

I'm still in the process of organizing my short story collection, Much of Madness, More of Sin. Currently, I have placed this project on the proverbial "back burner" until I have worked out the last business related to Nightfall.

Other than those projects, I have been working on some exciting new stories for submission into a couple of anthologies of interest. In addition, I'm in the midst of researching information for a short story to submit to the 77th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition.

That said, my writing goals for March are as follows:

1)  Tying up loose ends (with) and providing release date news for Nightfall
2)  Finalization of A Cub's Tail (short story) and submission to Velvet Mafia
3)  Final edit and submission of Sacrilege: Experiments With Holy Water (short story) to anthology
4)  Final edit and submission of Joseph's Request (short story) to anthology
5)  Research completion for The Metamorphosis of Tatiana (short story) {to be submitted to the 77th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition before May}

March seems to be looking as busy as February was. And with the amazing sensation of invigorating, springtime temperatures here in Phoenix (we're in the upper-seventies/low eighties all week), I think I'll find myself relaxing with my laptop on my patio a lot!

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