Sheeeesh...ARC onboarding, FB Author page building, Bookfunnel landing pages...it all *sounds* easy, but there are a zillion decisions for each one...

I'm not complaining. :D

Whew! Bookfunnel set up, getting some ARC readers now...

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I've bought books whose cover was so inspiring I didn't want to look inside for fear of disappointment

FINALLY, the proof print has shipped!

Just for reference, I ordered the proof from IngramSpark on 10/3.

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I finally got around to redesigning my author site. This is definitely not what I’m best at, but, like anything, with a little persistence, you get where you’re going.

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Marketing for the new book is something I *should* look forward to--I love the book!--but I keep dragging my feet. I would rather write, of course, but (cinching up PJ pants) onward!

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Elliott Bay Book Company Full-service, general bookstore operating since 1973. Frequent author events, cafe, over 150,000 titles

Went to Elliot Bay Book Company yesterday. I love this store!

elliottbaybook.com

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> Life is choice. All day, everyday. Who we talk to, where we sit, what we say, how we say it. And our lives become defined by our choices. It's as simple and as complex as that. And as powerful. so when I'm observing that's what I'm watching for. The choices people make
-- Louise Penny

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Becky Chambers did a reading at WWD in August and *slayed*. Her "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" is fantastic, too.

Are you a cozy fan, by chance?

30?! Well done, you!

✧ Last book you read: The Magnolia Palace (Fiona Davis)
✧ your current read: The Bullet That Missed (Richard Osman)
✧ Last book added to your TBR: Starter Villain (John Scalzi)
✧ Next anticipated read: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Becky Chambers)

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I just dawned on me: 15 years ago this month, I quit smoking.

Exterior corner view of window on the corner of Dottie's Diner.

Big news coming soon…. 😃

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Truth! (I loved your response and actually I LOLed aloud!)

Oh, and they're *so* excited for you to read it, too! Ugh!

R.K. Benton headshot, cartoon-like

I'm messing around with an anime-inspired headshot. What do you think?

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Big day! Last night we ordered the proof copy of Of Hearts and Murder, my first novel in print.

After ages of writing, editing, and tweaking every little detail, it’s finally about to land in my hands as a real book.

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You made my day! :D

Screenshot of book cover's spine and some of the surrounding layout to show the slight color difference

Another proof came in this morning. We noticed that the spine's color ever so slightly diverges from the rest of the cover. A wee little defect, but Art Woman is on it!
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Oooh! High tech! You can probably stop bullets like Wonder Woman now!

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

No copyrights today, folks...

> Due to a lapse in government funding, the U.S. Copyright Office is closed

copyright.gov

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Huzzah! That's great news!

We got the proof at about 10am and found a few problems. Fixed. And, by fiddling with the margins a bit and moving page numbers to the top margin, we were able to cut the number of printed pages by a surprising amount.

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^^^ My response to @steveohmert.bsky.social who said, wisely:

> History is made by the unheralded

Nigel Insole, sub-agent third class of MI6 and working on floor -6, forgot to change the ribbon on the teletype and thus nobody saw that the false-flag cable from Moscow which said "bombing commences is 10 minutes". Even HE didn't know he'd saved the world.

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Revision cycle and eProofing from IngramSpark takes two or three days. The wait is *interminable* but it does give me a chance to think of new wonderfully awful predicaments for the people of Marion, wheee!

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Okay, I snuck in three recipes at the back of the book. I mean, half the action seems to take place in Dottie's Diner, it just makes sense there'd be recipes from the place, right?

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Scrivener 3.45 - Interim Build with Tahoe Support The next update of Scrivener for macOS, Scrivener 3.5, with full macOS 26 Tahoe support, isn’t quite ready. We’re hoping to have it ready in the next week or so. However, since macOS 26 is being relea...

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