Notes of the Day

NOW 99CENTS

"NOTES OF THE DAY" covers it all, doesn't it?

In stressful times, I have a lot of notes, notebooks full of them, stickies, whatever. I'm sure you do, too. Right now, I am trying very hard to catch up after a few years of stress. I'm in my very cluttered office, because I've moved and I am working on a WIP, and doing ad work. I recently changed computers, no small deal to get one up and running the way you want/Printers etc. Software.

My small heater is running away because it's very cold. A towel is rolled and fitted beneath the door to preserve whatever heat possible. Ordinarily, I'd have bread rising to bake later. However, bread doesn't want to rise unless the room temperature is helped. I suppose I could have brought the 2 bowls into my office. Hmm. Too late now.

I have another blog/website which is also behind, due to the last few years and I'm headed for that next. *After* I work on my WIP. The first 2 books of my new Fresh Start trilogy were out at the top of 2018 and then things got on overload.   

NOW 99cents, THE COWBOY is a re-release and still popular, one of my first books. Limited Time Offer. (Notes for writers, read below?)

I write a variety of fiction (mystery/suspense/women's fiction, romance, short stories etc.) and this one is sheer fun and quite frankly a distraction we need in these times. I hope you enjoy The Cowboy!

Here is some ad work for my current sale, and WRITERS PLEASE NOTE THE COPY/PASTE FORM useful on Twitter and Facebook. (Shorten for Twitter). The links are not hidden for demonstration. Donna Fasano has helped me so much with ad tips, and keeping a copy of copy/paste ad work was her suggestion. I'm using Mac's Notes shared on my iPad or Mac. Note the meme, made with Adobe Elements, really useful with backgrounds.

Now #99c #FunRead for Distraction Time

>>The Cowboy @CaitLondon

“Loved, loved, loved this adorable romance!” 

Oklahoma rancher Lucas Walkington will do anything for his twin teenage girls, including appearing on a dating show as The Love Bandit. To help her sister, Chastity Beauchamp substitutes as Honey, a Heartbeats Goddess. City girl Chastity knows more about filing cabinets than men, but when she sees this delicious rancher, she wants her one chance for delight. He’s soon whisking Chastity away to greater, outer Oklahoma.

Kindle: https://amzn.to/2U9D1EY

UK: https://amzn.to/3aENCig

CA: https://amzn.to/2JwvgUq

AU: https://amzn.to/2US5a3x

BN: https://bit.ly/33XTyjM

iBooks: https://apple.co/2UPP2Q9

Kobo: https://bit.ly/2USrY33

#romance #humor #sale #weekendread #romanticcomedy

WRITERS: Please check out the labels for Writers Stuff, etc. And I hope the above copy/paste tip of Donna Fasano's helps you, too! If you read/or write Sweet Romance, be sure to check out her website for that?

Goals Checkup

Having trouble meeting your goals? Looking at last year and forward into 2020? I’m doing that now. Making that list.

Every individual uses different systems to get the job done. As for goals, some of us are over directed. :) I'm very regimented, and that works for me. 

Working a day-job full-time, singles, parents, travelers etc. all come into the timing of getting the job done. A work schedule, i.e. cleaning this day, shopping another, pot meals on Sunday/Wednesday has served me well while working a day job full time and writing—and even now as a full time writer.

My attitude has always been to Make Time for Writing, in lieu of Finding Time. “Writing” is translated as just that and does not include PR work, conferences, travel etc. Just Writing.

The right tools help. One of the biggest helps now for me in rough draft is the coordination between a desktop (iMac) and my tablet (iPad). Writing while traveling etc. is much easier, and I love a special keyboard.

Right now, after a house/state move, I'm way behind on writing/ad work etc. Hiring assists is a big deal in time management and that is on my list. Basically, I'm a list maker for everything and that is a major help meeting goals.

After a big house/state move and a family long-term illness and death which affected us all, I'm in an update mode. I’m cleaning up my binder notebooks, covers, ad work etc. Trying to pick up the pieces/threads of the last book in a trilogy. Jayne Ann Krentz once had a wonderful rule: Research/Organize/Plot the book whatever, but once you start writing, don't let anything stop you. Nora Roberts had another: I can fix a written page, but not an empty one. Both could be misquoted, but you get the idea.

Setting X-amount of pages per day is not for me. If the story is hot and you can, run with it. If not, do some job work, edit, review, make notes and then jump into it. Also never leave a story without a paragraph or line to help you pick up the story.

We can meet priorities, or come close, if we make those lists, prioritize, and Make Time for Writing. I use Notebooks/Binders to meet goals, but other can use computer programs. But scheduling Life Management is probably the biggest tip, and right now I'm working on a schedule for more exercise.

Rather than X-amount of words per day/session, I think a list of priorities might be more appropriate, and write the story as it comes to you--or as your outline/synopsis defines. That daily schedule is the best helper I know, and Make Time for Writing. If you keep on that story, keeping it warm within you, that is one BIG GOAL.