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Procrastination is always a bitch

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:37+00:00October 4th, 2007|Avoidance, Self promotion|0 Comments

I've been lazy updating this blog. I really don't know how people find the dicipline to update their blogs every day.So what has been happening in the life of a struggling publisher/author. Well a lot, I had the bright idea of promoting Imagine This by joining some online book forums. The biggest mistake of my life, people are just plain vicious. Last night I didn't get a wink of sleep because I was reeling from the attack on my character by strangers who don't know me or my journey to get to where I am. According to Hazel, (a lady on the forum) the fact that I've managed to get 5 people to review my book on Amazon and they've given it 5 stars it's apparently highly suspicious and according to her unfair on the people who buy books. Oh my gosh, where have I been. I just read the above [...]

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Procrastination

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:37+00:00August 29th, 2007|Avoidance|0 Comments

DJ,I'm obsessed with reading other peoples blogs. I'm still yet to start on the fabled second novel. I've procrastination down to a capital P. While I'm thinking of procrastination, I haven't been to the gym either. I'm starting to look like a whale on two legs. The other day I put on a pair of skinnys along with a skin tight blouse and looked at myself with disgust in the mirror. My belly was proudly protruding over my jeans. Needless to say I took them off and put some baggys on.Well instead of talking about my non-pregnant stomach, I really should just sit down and do some work. I just can't get into it, my latest excuse is that I've got 12 books to get through. Went on a spending spree last week and bought even more books, which brings my total of non read books to 20. The one [...]

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Define despair

By Sade|2016-12-31T02:17:37+00:00August 21st, 2007|Avoidance, Self Publishing, Selling|0 Comments

DJ,For the past months, years, days, hours and seconds, I've been making a promise to myself. Today I'll start the next book I say to my brain. Yet curiously, despite the fact that an outline has been done and the story mapped out. I find myself staring at a blank piece of paper everyday, it mocks my intent. It screams 'fill me with words that mean something.' Each day I make a mental list:1. Go to gym2. Follow up calls for Imagine This (whatever press or media coverage I can get)3. Start 2nd book.If I'm not properly awake by 7am, then Item number 1. goes out the window. My excuse is traffic, yes I could walk to the gym, but why would I if I can drive there. It means I don't have use the communal showers and can jump in my car with my smelly sweaty self. Now by the [...]

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Boredom and more

By Sade|2007-07-27T12:57:00+00:00July 27th, 2007|Avoidance|0 Comments

DJ,I feel like giving up on everything, I'm not even sure why I put myself under such pressure. I don't exactly feel like a failure, but I'm not brimming with success either.Still haven't heard back from Ruth over at Borders, I reckon she's had enough and is ignoring me. To get away from it all and live outside my own head I decided to go and see Shrek, I loved the 1st one, can't remember much about the 2nd and the 3rd I thought was a complete waste of my time. I'm still avoiding doing any real work. These days, I do all my writing in my head and it's fantastic. I can't remember what I've written and it's still the pesky opening paragraph. I reckon once I can get that straight in my head, then it'll be full steam ahead.Now I'm off to pretend. :-)