Remind Me Of This From Time To Time

For the Florida Writer's Association gathering in Wesley Chapel this October, I got to have presentation materials for two things completed:

• National Novel Writing Month - discussing the when, why, who, how, and what for the following November
• How To Get Published To Smashwords - writing a story, getting cover art, uploading all of it, getting a default ISBN, publishing to ereader formats, self-marketing

Should have stuff in place by the end of August, have it proof-read by others and fact-checked besides.

For My Birthday, I'd Like a Job Or Writing Contract, But Instead I Get To Test Portals!

This may be my second-best birthday ever (Sorry, Cave Johnson, but my best birthday was a few years back when the Star Trek reboot came out on my birthday, so there)!

Can we get to has combustible lemons?

(it's being released May 8 2012.  Enjoy your cake!  I will...)

April Event! Get Your Calendars Out

Just to let you seven blog readers know, I've been invited to a Local Authors Event at the Barnes & Noble bookstore in Wesley Chapel, FL (address is 28152 Paseo Dr also known as the Shops At Wiregrass).  The event is Saturday April 14th from 2 pm to 4 pm and involves about 10-12 local self-published or small-press authors hawking our titles.  I'll be offering up Last of the Grapefruit Wars in print as well as promoting my estories Welcome to Florida and The Hero Cleanup Protocol.

For some reason, that store's website doesn't have anything scheduled on their calendar (not even Nook training classes, so I think they're just late submitting one), so for linking purposes I have the Event notice from Facebook right here.

Please tell anyone you know in the Tampa Bay area that's within driving distance of Wesley Chapel to please show up and support our local authors!  (good turnouts always encourage the stores to keep hosting these events...)

Here's a promotional sign I've made for Welcome to Florida:

How does it look?

It's Time Again to Watch The Quiet Man On DVD

Yet Another Quiet Man clip (couldn't embed, sorry).

Impetuous!  Homeric!

And Before I Knew It, I Was Back To Job Hunting

The reason - and it's a good one - I hadn't posted anything for most of February is because I finally got hired to a full-time job.

The reason - and it's a sad one - I'm posting now is because this Friday they let me go.  I hadn't even last a full two weeks.  Even my temp job with the US Census lasted longer.  :(

They said I was a good worker, reliable for the most part, it's just I was having problems with figuring out the proper Status settings to apply to the records I was tracking.  Because the team I was hired with was moving up to a higher tier project, they didn't want to waste everyone's time waiting for me to grok the proper procedures and so... out the door.

And so, back to the grind of finding someone who will hire me.  But now I've got this albatross of yet another workplace I didn't fit in: for three years I've been struggling to find a full-time job, and pretty much since 2011 onward trying to find even a part-time job.  If no one was taking a chance with me then, who's gonna take a chance with me now...?

Sigh.

Just Got A Title Idea For a Story

It's set in my superheroes universe.  I just now have to write a story that'll fit the title... ;-)

Lemme get some of it typed before I tell all seven of you what it is.

What Does 2012 Have In Store For Me?

It's been a busy month regarding job-hunting for a librarian opening.  Brevard County interviewed me - twice, which is the really good news - and I did a phone interview with Rasmussen College.  Still and all, it would be nice to finally get a job lined up, get my finances stabilized, my life back on track...

With regards to writing, my mood and interests are distracted at the moment.  I feel the need to write but not the urgency.  Tis the pity.

I'll update here as best I can.  Happy 2012 to everyone!