Just a quick post before I start my dayjob.
Destiny’s Blood has been popped off to my lovely beta reader for comments. The ending was a bit rushed by I will revise when I get some comments back.
Yay! I made my goal.
I received the edits back on Robot Hearts’ short stories. I admit at first they went into the too hard basket. I was writing Destiny’s Blood and then I had Gammacon on Saturday. On Sunday I bit the bullet and it was worth it. Three stories under my belt. That leaves the remaining stories which I have tonight and tomorrow to work on. I have ideas how to respond to the editorial comments. I think I can do this. Why the deadline? I’m heading to Glasgow and worldcon on Saturday and I have already booked a proofread. Having lined up a professional I can’t stuff them around. A day maybe, but yeah must do. Great for creating deadlines. Thanks Keri!
Gammacon was well worth it. I went half with Chris Andrews on a booth. It looked great. Chris arranged for a fantasy back drop and the way he arranged the tables gave us a great footprint. Our position wasn’t great but we had a number of good book buyers. Enough that we broke even and maybe made a small profit.
This was our table just after we had set up.
This is a close up of my side of the booth, with Chris in the background setting up. Chris writes fantasy too but also useful booklets for planning novels and books on writing. They sell really well.
Anyway, this week is a roller coaster until I get on my plane.
Cheers for now. Must log on.
Donna Maree Hanson, Author, Phd in Creative Writing 