Chillaxing

Today, I’m chillaxing (see Def. #1). I deserve it, I think you’ll agree. I finished the 3rd major revision of my novel yesterday. Wahoo!
Don’t worry, plot will be back on Monday.
My plan for today is to Chillax
So, here are the chillaxy things I plan to do today:

Behind the scenes Blog Tweaks. Finish tweaking

Professional Development

As freelance writers, we often need to look for creative ways to generate income to pay those pesky bills. One solid way for me has been to teach professional

Digital Versions of The Wayfinder

My novel, The Wayfinder, is now available in two different digital versions. You can still find used copies of the book on Amazon, Abebooks and other online stores. In addition, you can download the novel from Amazon’s Kindle store and from Mobipocket’s Ebook store.
Amazon’s version requires the Kindle, Amazon’s exclusive ebook reader. Mobipocket can [...]

Ebooks

Are Ebooks finally ready for Prime Time?
I hated it when, about ten years ago, my local library went to the online digital version of the reference book, Books in Print. I tried to look up something about quilts. There were about 5-600 entries beginning with Quilt in the title, and in the paper version, I’d [...]

El Dorado School Visit

School Visit Focuses on State Projects

3 Keys to a Successful School Visit

I just finished a great school visit. Driving home, I realized there were some keys to making it great.
Communication.
It’s essential to communicate with the venue effectively right from the first contact through the actual event. I try to respond within 24 hours to requests for

Plot maze

Time to Re-Plot my Novel
I’ve been chugging along on my novel revision, enjoying how the scenes are coming together. But it’s time to stop and take a wider look at the structure of the novel. Sigh. I’m not pleased. I was enjoying the pace of revisions and starting to enjoy the rhythm I had established [...]

Retreat Trailer

For an inside glimpse of the Novel Revision Retreat, here’s a short video podcast or trailer from the recent San Rafael, California retreat.

changes

Transitions
I’m going through a couple of transitions right now.

I’m moving my office up to the third floor of our Victorian house that serves as office for myself and my DH’s business. In relation to that, I note that

Oliver in Europe with Triplets

Halversons Take Oliver to Portugal, Spain, France and London, England

One of the nicest things about working on the Oliver K. Woodman books were my editors at Harcourt. They were smart, efficient and experts in making a picture book’s text and images come together.
Deborah Halverson did most of the editing work on Searching for Oliver K. [...]