December 29, 2015

Hiya, lovelies!

So I had a weird sense of...strangeness. I literally feel like I just posted my last blog post a couple days ago, but here it's been a couple weeks? It's insane how quickly time goes by around the holidays - wow! 

Anyhow, so I recently heard back from my editor about my editorial assessment, and she should be getting that to me around the 6th of January. I also contacted an amazing artist from deviantart to commission for both the ebook and print version of the book cover for Twisted - I've already chosen what stock photo I want for sure on the cover, I just need to essentially make it look cool and format it, hence is why I hired a professional - for a very reasonable price, may I add! I'm also going to go entirely through full content editing around the 20th of January, so I'm hoping to get Twisted out at the end of February! And then finally start working on Unstable.

I have an idea for how I want to start getting my book out there, and my original thought was to sell ebooks first, since it's going to cost to print books, and if my book flops, then I won't lose THAT much money. But I've decided that a lot of people probably still prefer actual books over ebooks, so I'm going to print a few at first to see how that goes and sell in both formats. It's honestly so much to think about, and I'm so thrilled to talk to my editor about the process in accurate detail so I don't make any huge mistakes. This is my first time going for this, so of course it's nerve wracking, but I really feel like I'm ready to get Twisted out there! 

I also have a new and professional twitter that ya'll might want to check out; I post about books I've read, about my personal blog, and more on books I will publish one day, so yeah - check it out @Sarah_Marie28

Other than that, I hope ya'll are having a great time celebrating your holidays! xx

December 14, 2015

Hiya lovelies!

I hope everyone is having an amazing day, I got to sleep in this morning and eat brownies for breakfast so, evidently, life is beautiful. I'm off for the winter break as of now, so no classes 'till mid January soo

FREEEDOOOOOOOM.

As for Twisted, I sent my completed manuscript to my editor for an editorial assessment, and she should get back to me by January 6. I'm so nervous but excited to get some professional outlook on what I have so far; I know I have things I need to fix, but once she gets back to me, I'll really know where I stand from a marketing perspective. Needless to say I haven't been able to even look at the manuscript since I sent it, though I've gotten a couple of new ideas I'm going to bring up with her when I hear back. My biggest issue is which route I should take when it comes to publishing, but once she finishes reading my manuscript she's going to give me her advice on that. I'll keep ya'll updated when I hear back from her and whatnot; I also sent the manuscript to my best friend (also my ex hahah) to read and he said, and I quote, "It's like when you go to the bookstore without any money and pick up a book to skim over, and you start reading it and realize that it's surprisingly really good, and you wished you had actually brought money." Soo there's a bit of positive feedback with him on that, though he has yet to finish reading it 😂

As always, feel free to hit me up on twitter @SmilinForYa! Or just email me from here. Hope ya'll are having a great day and enjoying the holidays!