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Dealing with Adversity

Writing is a tough gig to handle. It isn’t for the meek of heart. Anyone who’s been in this game long enough is well aware of the ups and downs (and sideways … backs and forths for that matter) that an author has to go through to get published. The competition is fierce. The quality of your work has to be near perfect to make it in today’s market. Particularly in today’s market. We’re all feeling the pinch. The publishers, the bookstores and especially the consumer. Those entertainment dollars are going to be more carefully scrutinized before being released into the economy.

Writing During the Holidays

What can you say? It’s a well known fact that holidays play havoc on the writing schedule. Between the parties, the decorating, visiting with family, shopping, etc., etc., finding the time to write is a challenge. For a lot of people (like me) the month of December is pretty much shot.

I just spent yesterday evening dragging the Christmas decorations out of the crawlspace (and whacking my head a couple of times on the low ceiling) and putting them up all over the house. This is even with the intention of not going overboard and putting up each and every candle, angle, or snowman that I own. We haven’t even purchased the tree yet. We always go the real tree route as opposed to the artificial. The debate of real versus fake is material for another blog, so I won’t get into it.

Segregation?

It was a toss up as to what I was going to blog about today. There’s the ever popular promotion blog … or there was the discussion of the pros and cons of the ebook signing at the RT conference this year. You may have heard about it. This year in Pittsburgh, RT decided to hold a book signing for the e-pubbed authors on Wednesday and the usual signing for the print authors on Saturday.

Print Release of 'Forget About Tomorrow'

My turn to blog again? Hmm … that came up fast. Oh wait! This is Sunday. I get to announce the print release of my first romantic science fiction ‘Forget About Tomorrow’. I thought blogging about the eformat release was exciting. Knowing that my baby is gonna be out there in the hands of reader is infinitely more so.

New Release - PROMISE FOR TOMORROW by Liz Kreger

I’m happy to announce the release of the second book of my Tomorrow series – PROMISE FOR TOMORROW.

Genre: Romantic Sci-Fi
ISBN: 1-59998-694-9
Length: Novel
Price: $5.50

Dodging assassins and political intrigue, Rianna and Jhaan fight to bring a promise of hope to a world on the edge of extinction.

I’m including a brief excerpt. I hope you enjoy my story as much as I enjoyed writing it.

Slice and Dice

Cutting those superfluous scenes … painful, ain’t it? You have a scene that’s absolutely perfect. The setting is terrific, the characters are in place, the mood is dark … but it doesn’t move the story forward. (Thud!) What do you do? You slice it. That wonderful scene has got to go. No matter how much it hurts you have to make a clean cut. Otherwise your story may grind to a messy halt.