We are so busy, we are crazy, we run run run

[dancinghorse]

My form of OCD tends to focus me tightly on a few things, and I lose track of the fact that though I read lj every day, I should, you know, post to it once in a while.

Since I last officially showed up here, spring has evolved into the threshold of Arizona summer--not so hot today, but the Dragon is stoking its fires. 105F by Saturday, they say. Gah. Still, that's June, and Dragon Weather is what June for the most part is. We steel ourselves for it, and make sure the coolers are working and the hoses are ready and the horses have lots of shade and cool(ish) places to stand.

There have been a lot of things going on. Writing. Horses. Visitors. Camp Lipizzan. My sister helped me update the Camp and Editing/Mentoring page, so that finally makes sense. (Still booking for early 2014, and have an opening in October. November is full, full, full.)

I've been Bloggy McSpamalot lately. Most recently, mizkit and I had this conversation, and it turned into this big honking blog about the publishing industry and what it's done to authors. I'll be guest blogging over at janni's blog I think next week--more on that subject, with a personal slant. And there's the Horseblog at Book View Cafe, which shows up every other week or so, for horse neep and general matters equine.

And there's bookstuff, too. The Kickstarter came out really well, got lots of support and now I'm writing the book and prepping the rewards. One of which is an old favorite of some of you, and is out from BVC this week, with new cover and everything: The Hall of the Mountain King. The rest of those will be coming in June and July, and two sequels in August. I'll KindleNook them after that, but BVC royalty rates are much better, so I like to start there and stay for a bit.

I know. It's all terribly press-release-y and linky. It's like when you visit a friend after too long, and it's all piled up and arranged into lists and you babble it all out at once and then you stop and take a breath and slow down and start talking like a human being again. I feel more than a little bit as if I'm wroking three jobs and they're all 12 hours a day, and the math isn't quite working.

Still. The more one does, the more one finds one can do. Getting one's mojo back (at long last) helps a lot with that. Now to keep it. That's the goal.

Comments

[foalstory.livejournal.com]

mojo is a powerful thing, enjoy it!

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[puffbird.livejournal.com]

Would you consider an artist coming to Horse Camp to sketch? (I won't be able to afford it for a while, but I want to know if it's something I should save up for!)

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Definitely. March Camper is an artist and photographer as well as a writer--she's been posting photos here on lj. She's quennessa.

:)

[puffbird.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes! I follow her. She does amazing work.

Excellent. Commence the saving!

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

:)

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

I'll talk to Rachel about our possibilities, depending on what you have free, re Camp!

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

Yes! Yay! Let me know.

[joycemocha.livejournal.com]

It seems to be the season for folks having long intervals between posts--a busy spring.

I enjoyed your publishing blog--it's good to understand these realities.

And I hear you on the mojo thing. Keeping it can be hard...

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

I think it is wonderful that you have your mojo back: some of the best news of this year.

BVC and ebooks of OOP

[abigail deese (from livejournal.com)]

I'm so glad I went down the Google rabbit hole and came to check the LJ. I haven't been on LJ in years and sometimes forget it still exists as a blogging platform! I recently moved to Tucson to finish a Master's, and I had completely forgotten that you live out here! Apparently 3/5 of my favorite authors live in Arizona or the Southwest.

Now that I've seen that you prefer the BVC site for ebooking, I'll be sure to buy digital copies of your books there (I noticed the other night that Amazon barely had any of your books for the Kindle, and now I know why!). I saw somewhere a mention of ideas for stories in the Hound and the Falcon universe, and my little heart seized up with excitement. Are there novellas or sequels or short stories out there in the aether? I first read Alamut when I was 8 (and had a protracted and very solemn discussion with my mother when she tried to take it away from me halfway through because she remembered that there was sex in it!), and I think those characters are some of my truest and deepest literary loves. I always imagined a story in the future where they re-emerged from the forest to find the world changed.

Anyway, I have just finished reading A Wind in Cairo for the first time (I've never seen it in a bookstore before, and found it in ebook format last night), and found myself wanting to know what is going on in the world of Judith Tarr lately. I'm glad I did! Also, as a completely random observation, you shouldn't feel uncomfortable about frequent Kickstarter campaigns (in my opinion, at least). Lord knows plenty of creators pitch ideas there without ever delivering anything to their backers. Amanda Palmer has a wonderful philosophy of allowing your fans to support you, and is a great proponent of crowd-funding, which I mention only because my brain is full of disordered magpie thoughts and it seemed connected.

And now I am off to poke through BVC for shiny reading material. And quite possibly digital editions of H&F, since mine are currently on the East Coast.