Chaotic Array

I've been compiling a lot of good writing music lately. I should probably make another 8Tracks playlist but I'm lazy, so I'm gonna share some of it here instead. I listened to a lot of these while writing Divinity...

So, Divinity is available for pre-order , and I'm now going on vacation. I'm only gonna take two or three days, but it's gonna be a nice bit of rest before I hop onto Tears of Sunrise and the sequel to Divinity. I'm going to read And I Darken and enjoy the new speaker I just bought for my computer and blatantly ignore social media and get back into sketching and go on walks and venture into the city for some rare human interaction. In short, I'm doing all I can to avoid being burnt-out. I have to write Untold as well, but the plot for that just changed drastically and it's still in the outlining stages because of the switch. It's so much I need to take a step back for a few days, get my head back in balance, and then hop back in. I always like a little break after publishing a new book, anyway, for some reason. Postpartum depression or something, indie author version, but my books burn bright and fast and once they're done I miss the fun of writi

So last night I finished my last round of copy edits on Divinity, wrote the acknowledgements, formatted the ebook, and sent it off through Amazon's review system. The pre-order should be up within 12 hours if everything goes right. And if it doesn't, I guess I can always bury myself under a blanket nest and pretend the world ended. I'm super excited to be putting another book out, but I also plan to fix the whole paperback situation today after I've done the cat box and dishes - aka, the lack of a paperback edition. I haven't seen the SOSAS paperback, but I'm sure it's beautiful. And it's my only book available as a paperback. Why? I'm lazy. And formatting paperbacks doesn't just mean more formatting and more forms to fill out - it also means more graphic design, more proofing, hours of work for each book that could be spent...writing a new book. I wrote the draft of Divinity, which was like 30,000 words, in 7 days, and edited it in 5.

I'm deep in the pits of editing hell, sorting through alternate characterizations and back stories and fictional family trees, so I can't take the time to write a super long blog post today. Once I finish this round of edits I'm starting tonight I'll be writing another self-publishing know-how type post, though. Probably. Right now I'm focused on making Divinity the most fun adventure I can. . . I've been eating this Dairy Queen ice cream cake while I obsessively edit and tweak the cover design. I think it's pretty fun, so far. It's got angels and monsters and hot boys and Devil Wears Prada-ish subplots. I feel like readers will be able to tell I'm only scratching the surface of things with this book, and the questions they're left with will lead them onto book two. Because, damn, book 2. Things are going to go a little insane. I don't think I realized when I started writing these how action-driven the series was going to

There are plenty of posts like this out there, and plenty more that teach you how to self-publish piece by piece. I don't feel the need to make too many in-depth tutorials about that, because there are people who have already said those things better than I can. There are also certainly authors who have been both writing and self-publishing for much longer than me. I've been writing for nearly nine years now, but I've only been publishing since 2014--first, writing erotic romance under a pen name, and later, the young adult and new adult books I write and publish now as Apollo Blake. On July 29th I'm putting out my first New Adult paranormal romance with erotic aspects in it as Cosmo Knox to separate it from the more tame books. So while I do feel confident giving publishing advice and guidance, I'm also aware that there are authors out there with much more in their repertoire to share than I have. If anything, the most advice I have to offer is about graphic de

I really, really need new candles , but the only kind I want are Bath and Body Works 3-wicks and I worked at the local one, so. I don't wanna go back to shop, because, awkward. Also I'm technically supposed to be saving for a new laptop. Working at a desk is my normal method, but I hate desktop computers. Like, with a passion. This one is secondhand, really slow, and Scrivener keeps crashing on me. It takes like 2 or 3 tries to restart it, too, which is not optimal. Another thing is, I do all my own cover design, and I have a lot of variations of large files for those, so it cramps up space, but I need them all. I really want to get into music production, even if I'm just learning basics, and I need a new computer to do that work on. I know this one can't handle it. I think if I tried, I'd fry it. I want another touchscreen laptop, because I fucking adored that thing, but I need to save a lot if I want one. Plus I'm also trying to find a new living situa

In my post about Divinity, my m/m romance novella coming out soon, I said it would be out on the eight. I lied. It will probably not be out until closer to the end of the month, but I do intend it to be out this month. These things happen with publishing sometimes.   I still have no release date for Untold but it will likely be sometime next month or the one after.   I am still not accepting unpaid writing work, so please don't send me offers to write for 'experience' or 'the pleasure of it' because there is more pleasure in writing my own books that I know I am actually getting paid for, along with said experience.   The 99c promo for Shadows of Ourselves is over and you should check and see if it's still up on your Amazon storefront while you can, before the price change takes effect, if it hasn't already.   As always, I'm very grateful to everyone reading and giving feedback on my work! If you've bought one of my books, thanks a millio