A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Do Ebook Preorders Work? Part 2

A Newbie's Guide to Publishing: Do Ebook Preorders Work? Part 2: A few months ago I wrote a blog post about preorders . I experimented with three preorder titles, curious as to how they'd perform. He...

Abandoned Blogger Sites Are So Uncool

I was looking through all the Blogger posts, and my Live Journal account.

Abandoned sites are just so sad.  Equally as sad is not having anyone read your blogs.  Hmmm.

I suppose that is why the blogs should really be about the writer and not about some abstract Ideal Reader.  My Weebly helps me keep focused on my writing projects, and I get a fine sense of accomplishment when I post a blog entry every day. 

My hope is that this Blogger site will help me focus on teaching writing.  As a teacher, I rarely have time to reflect on what is working.  The plan isn't to rant about specific students, which is highly unprofessional, but to think about how assignments are going.  

My Live Journal account was basically a journal of how depressed and unfulfilled I get sometimes.  However, since I am doing what I love, I haven't been journaling for like two years.  Instead, I am spending my time reading and writing and teaching and raising my kids. 

So, to the point of this blog.  I am ordering the text books for my creative writing class next semester.  The Creative Writing books are all new to me, so this course will prove to be quite exciting!  In the other class, I am only adding one new book. 

That is all I have.  As soon as I start to read the textbooks, I hope to post weekly updates on ideas for the course. 

Finally Finished My Short Story Collection

 

Above is a draft of the book cover of my collection, which is currently being edited by Adam Gottlieb.  The artwork was painted by my little sister, Diana.  I like the simplicity and the color scheme.  

I am now moving onto my next project, a novel I am rewriting for a third time titled The Harvest.  I hope to have a full draft done over the holiday break.

If you want to read excerpts of both works, visit my other site dedicated to my writing:  http://www.barrioblues.com/

This Blogger site is going to be focused to my creative writing successes and challenges in the classroom.  I am teaching creative writing again next semester and hope to continue to do so in the following years.  Since it will be more of a reflective blog, and I don't want to retract from my already busy schedule, I will aim to post once a week, unless it's a quick post.  I want to improve my craft and really spend some time to think about how to improve what I do.

Zoé - Arrullo De Estrellas (Explicit)