Another Sunday, another check-in

Goals? What are those? Actually, last we checked, I was going pretty good on mine. Still am. I’ve been finally getting past all the distractions and getting down to actually writing. That’s good news for EMBER. Plus, I’m looking at making a solid three figures, baby. Think about that when you’re handing your newborn to …

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November 28, 2011 – 3:24 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Sunday progress report

So, a couple things have been kicking my keister lately. First of all, I haven’t reached the “making new progress in EMBER” stage yet. I’m still smoothing out the progress already made. I want to be sure this doesn’t become a rut, so I’m giving myself until Wednesday’s check-in. If I haven’t made significant progress …

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November 21, 2011 – 1:28 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Thoughts on pseudonyms

Well, I’m a little late in posting a mid-week update, but I decided to go ahead and do it anyway. Mostly because I have something that’s on my mind. A lot of indie writers like to use multiple pseudonyms. They think it’s a way to prevent folks from getting confused if they write more than …

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November 18, 2011 – 7:12 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Sunday check-in from Occupy Ember

Well, my assignment for the week was to get through the stuff I’d already written in EMBER, revising it a bit to fit with SHADA, and be ready to move on to new progress by today. I didn’t make it. There are many reasons, but the result is what matters. I fell short of my …

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November 13, 2011 – 5:28 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged | Comments (3)

Back to writing, at last

Well, the SHADA tour is done. While I remain open to any more opportunities that come my way, my focus is now back where it should be: working on EMBER, the next installment in the Ember Cole series. Do I wish the tour had made SHADA a runaway hit, selling 1,000 copies a day and …

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November 7, 2011 – 3:44 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

Last pre-Halloween check-in

Well, here we are a day before Halloween, the denouement to my two-week-long blog tour in support of SHADA. I got the last interview and guest blog done on Friday, and now all I’m doing is updating my tour schedule with the live links as the events go live, for the rest of the tour, …

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October 30, 2011 – 3:55 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , | Comments (2)

Progress report as Halloween closes in

As Halloween closes in, here’s a progress report on how I’m doing. First, the blog tour entries are all written and sent off. (Well, all but one or two that may be added in, or were added in late.) So I’m 95 percent done with the blog tour in terms of generating content. I’ve also …

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October 26, 2011 – 1:37 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , | Comments (6)

Bumpy start to blog tour

A couple days ago, my blog tour for SHADA began. So there, it’s been a somewhat bumpy ride. The first bump came on Day 1. Tragedy struck BookLurve in the form of some sort of server crash, so my first day had… nothing. But that’s kind of out of anyone’s control. These things happen. Moving …

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October 20, 2011 – 4:06 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , | Comments (1)

Sunday thoughts

Sometimes I think I’d trade in the whole indie thing for a three-book trad contract that pays me in a nice, high-level Samsung home theatre system. Not really, but there are days when I do wish I was living off an advance and letting expert booksellers do the hard work of moving units off the …

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October 16, 2011 – 3:25 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , , | Comments (2)

Paying bills while forging ahead

It’s an unavoidable reality. Sometimes, we have to invest our time in activities that pay today’s bills. That’s the case with how I’ve spent the last couple days: doing contract editorial work that helps keep my financial ship afloat. So while I’m working on my blog tour and EMBER, I am also doing that. Hey, …

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October 12, 2011 – 2:54 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , | Comments (5)

Sunday check-in for ROW 80 Round 4

Well, it’s that time again. Time to check in on how I’m doing against my stated goals for this round of ROW80. Let’s review: IN PROGRESS 1) Complete guest blogs and interviews and various other content for SHADA blog tour. I have something like six items in the bag and nine remaining. My (Teen) Book …

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October 10, 2011 – 4:42 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , | Comments (1)

First ROW80 Round 4 Check-In

Since my first post, stating my goals, I have not had much time to work on them in the obvious ways. Why? Because getting organized first is always a good idea, but it’s time-consuming. For example, I spent a fair amount of time today organizing my blog tour schedule, then posting it to my Web …

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October 5, 2011 – 1:34 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in ROW80 | Tagged , | Comments (7)