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Thursday, Progress PLNs

I have my iPad by my compy in case the urge to doodle overtakes me. I have bread dough in progress so that the trickiest day does not fall on Interview Day.

I have an online Interview with the Promptcast people in TWO DAYS and I have no idea how to sell tf out of that.

I am planning to post something today, tomorrow, and the day of. I don't know what the fuck it is, yet, but I will post something.

I also have PLNs to work on something for ADT. Be it rewrite or partial chapter. I'm hoping for more of the second-last chapter to write. BUT my muse is gonna do whatever the hell it likes and I am merely along for the ride.

Onwards towards whatever the hell I can wrangle out of my inspiration.

Wednesday, Rant and Other Shenanigans

Which also include the Archive write-ins. I can at least help edit things there. I have been procrastinating too long on the photobashing. So I'm going to make my friends force me to do the thing.

Step One: Unearth assets
Step Two: Launch Krita
Step Three: Insert assets

I can do that much, I'm sure. It won't take that long. It's getting started that's the bugger.

Same issue with getting started on today's offerings. Helping people in the write-in is way more

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Tuesday, Patreon, Promptcast, and Punchdrunk

What has two thumbs and got another rejection? This nerd. I might finish up the major edits for Destined Darkness before I throw it at anyone again. It needs a little buffing.

Today's focus, after I post on Patreon, is getting a majority of the story for the Promptcast done and dusted.

Following that, the day's tale.

THEN I do some jiggery-pokery on the next stage of the Ingram move. I can get one short done and then commence the rollout procedure

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Monday, Group Activity, Shopping, and Preparations

The Archive didn't have a lot of leftover stories this week. Apparently nine got read on stream. So that makes a total of twelve people writing for the Archive prompts. Kind of ominous for the Archive's future IMHO.

I'm trying not to let that get under my skin. I dunno how well that's working.

On my agenda:

  • Shopping
  • Cheap undercut trim
  • 10 more chapters transferred from ePub to newer version of First Anthology [It's how I stay sane doing this
  • One more
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Sunday, Stream, Headache, and PLNs

So here's the dealio...

  • The ISBN's are bought and paid for
  • I am still using RTFM as a test case
  • I have a LOT of ePubs downloaded to extract, fix, and rejigger into the format that Ingram prefers
  • I am still waiting for RTFM to go through so I know all this horseshit works

Meanwhile, I'm going to try the ePub-to-ZIP trick and see if that streamlines what I am calling The Process. Because somewhere between Smashwords and Draft2Digital, the formatting of

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Saturday, I Can't Catch a Break

SO. For those of you who missed my Tumblr meltdown about it, here's what's happening:

  • Beloved has purchased an account for me at Thorpe-Bowker. The ONLY place that actually sells legal ISBN's to anyone who needs them
  • She also purchased one hundred ISBN's for me
  • I freaked out about this
  • BUT I also tentatively tried one
  • A brownout caused my compy to shut down so I took my meltdown to bed
  • Shocking nobody, I woke up at fuckoff in the morning
  • Finished
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Friday, Wonderful Day For the Creative Spirit

I have commenced a process for moving my shit off of Draft2Digital and onto Ingram Spark. The caveat to this is that I need to buy "real" ISBNs for each book.

Given that I have 31 books out already, and I likely have more in me, that's going to cost a bit. Close to $600 dollarydoos. Ouch.

I have three bucks in the bank and a fraction of that in my Paypal. So I'm doing what I can. Shifting files off of

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Thursday, Promptcast and Other PLNs

I launched today with the aim to get the Promptcast entry done. And that was about all I did until ten AM. And I have bread on, huzzah huzzah.

Good news: I got the Promptcast thing done and the editing is in progress.

Bad news: Everything you expect of me is therefore delayed.

I don't know when I'll be doing the audio recordings, but they're low priority. Higher priority is at least a couple of paragraphs in ADT.

Got to teach myself

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Wednesday, Weekly Thing, Physio, and Patterns

I have Physio halfway through the day. I did have a 1AM activity period, so there's less work that needs must be done there at the minimum.

I'm going to make an attempt at the Promptcast thing in one day. Wish me the very best of luck.

...and yes, I am dawdling on photobashing the cover for Not With a Bang thank you for noticing.

I'll get to it.

I want to get to it.

It's just that it feels like a

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Monday, Shopping, Bills, Duties and Deeds

There's the backup reads, bills to pay, a Leyland's tour and assignments to fill. All to make the Promptcast a cooler place to be. It's nice to belong to a writer's group that's working on improvements with the community.

I also have to record a video of the issue with my Trezor for the peeps in charge of the thing. Fingers crossed, I have a way to get my account back online. If not, I'll figure out a way to get my

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Sunday, Some Remaining Issues

At least my internet is back up and running. My biggest current issue is that my Trezor wallet is currently dysfunctional.

YAY. Not.

I have a couple of weeks' worth of money that I can access in other places. It's not time to panic yet. The time to panic is next fucking week. I am already figuring out alternative transfer methods so that I can remain financial.

I can wrangle this. I just... need a moment.

Who knows? Maybe the forces of

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Saturday, Streams and PLNs

I'm starting to think my stupid fucking ankle is healed. I shall see how it fares during this week. Next week? I could be at parkrun again. At long dingdang last. I'm not setting anything in stone until I'm SURE and that's going to take a long shopping trip with minimal cane use to find out.

That's going to be next week. In a few days. Whatever. I find out when I find out.

In a few short hours, I will be

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Friday, Not Doing So Hot

I am not a happy camper today. My back is complaining when my hip is sorted. I'm going to try for the long hot soak this evening.

I didn't do it yesterday because I would rather sleep. If that happens again, I'll try a soak when I wake up in pain during the wee small hours of the morning.

The meds I've taken are helping. At least with my hips. Not so great for my spine. OW.

Focusing on the story first.

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Thursday, Ouch

On the plus side, my bum knot issue is solved. The bad news is that my back freaking hates me and I'm at lo-bat already.

Bleh.

I'm overdue for a nice hot soak, methinks. All the trimmings.

I'll see how I feel when I'm done with today's tale.

Various bits and pieces of my body want to quit today and I'm bloody tired despite having a full night's sleep.

Wish me luck, I'm going in.

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Wednesday, SHENANIGANS!

So here's the brief rundown of today's schedule:

  • Finish breakfast
  • Return sleep study machine to sleep study people
  • Chemist Warehouse
  • Costco
  • Woolies
  • Whatever writing I can manage before...
  • Shrink time!
  • THEN I can settle down to posting everything y'all expect from me.

Whee fun.

I should be able to wrangle it all. I can say that I will at least try.

Fingers crossed that I can get it all and have a chance to chill at the end of the day.

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