Virtual Assistants?

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There is all this talk about Virtual Assistants…some good, some bad.

Some say they "do everything to get your book published, from editing to publishing"
Erm. I think I'll hire an editor to edit, not a VA. :)
Some say they "organize stuff" for them.
Personally?
Sure, I'd love to have one who gets me organized. But then, I probably just need a serious kick up the keister.
I have no clue what a VA charges, or what they could do for me, but the idea sounds great, in theory lol.

I'm a disorganized slacker, with too many things going on at the same time.
I forget stuff, then rush around like a loony.
I lose things (like important emails!) and then scrabble around like an idiot trying to find them.
Well, not always, but it happens.

Things that tend to suffer are my blog (for those reading this regularly…well, you already know.) facebook deteriorates into personal banter (not that it's bad, but most people don't care about Oz stomping on my foot…I realize that.) and dayum…I keep meaning to do a nice useful newsletter.
I should do more marketing, and promo…and time just gets away from me and well…it doesn't get done.

So, would I love to have a VA who organizes my stuff for me? Hell yeah.
Could I afford one?
Probably not, lol.

My goal for this year is to be more organized.
I think I already half failed, and half succeeded.

*groans*

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Watch Me Edits

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The second round of content edits for Watch Me are finished and sent off to my editor.
Hopefully it's line edits next and we can head down the home stretch. :)
No cover to share yet, blurb isn't finalized either, but I'll keep you updated.
It's funny, every time I go through the story I sit there, thinking "I wrote that? Really?"
The same happened with Howl, and Smitten.
I think it says something when you're able to read your own stuff and (just sometimes) amaze yourself. It's that old "Where'd that come from?"
Honestly, sometimes I look at my own stories and find something I don't recall writing. Well, I do…but…I kinda forget after a while.
I do have a third book in mind, but at the moment I'm working on "Caedir".
I'm back up at 15k after scrapping about 32k total.

Anyway! I shall chill a bit now that the edits are out of the door!
 

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Friday Fun

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I'm blogging at Believing is Seeing today.

Come on over and see why you need to Beware of Puddles!

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More injuries.

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Got my foot stomped and am hobbling around now.
Oh joy.
It's swelling up nicely, and I doubt I can get it into a boot tomorrow.
But I guess being immobile, and practically shackled to my computer, means I get on with writing.

I've been eying all the self publishing for a long while. There are stories on my drive which I might work up for this.
It also scares me.
Not because I suck — I think I write better first drafts than many self pubbed tenth drafts (and my editor happens to agree) — but because there is a kind of safety aspect to having a publisher behind you.

It's also scary because in a self published book, anything goes.
No, I don't write erotica, I don't have taboo subjects or situations either, but I wrote a scene last night where the hero slaps the heroine. (She deserved it, but that doesn't make it right.)
I edited that out again this morning.

We'll see. :)
 

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Distractions…

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Yeah, tons of them.
Here I am, having a whole two weeks off, able to write morning, noon and night — or round the clock if the mood strikes me — and…can I?

No.

Make that a HELL no.

It's not even that I get terribly distracted (which I do), or have things (aka Oscuro) to take care of, or get disturbed by anyone. Nope. None of that.
The worst culprit for not writing?

Sleep.
Yep, you saw that right.
Sleep. Here I am, I can stay up way into the wee hours, or until dawn if I want to–and instead I can't keep my eyes open at 9:30pm.
What's up with that?
I watch a little TV (hey, I did say distractions) and I fall asleep in front of it.
I wake up at 2am and can't sleep, but if I don't, then I'll be having daytime nap sessions–so I force myself back into bed. I read–and fall asleep.
Yes, Oz can be exhausting, but dayum…that's just ridiculous.

I think I'm changing back to regular coffee!

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