Book status & CafePress store update
I finished Chapter 23 of Bewitched & Betrayed last night -- serious WOOT!! I took Friday off from my day job as a "vacation day" to write. It paid off big time. I think I've got my momentum back. I now have two chapters to go and two weeks until my deadline of June 1. It's gonna be tight, but I just might make it. However, my muse woke me up at 3:30 this morning and wouldn't let me go back to sleep. This is "normal" for me during the last chapters of a book -- annoying as heck, but normal. BTW -- Around 5:00 AM, I was ready to strangle my muse. Some have suggested that I should get up and write. This is not possible. I'm awake, I am not coherent.
On Saturday's post I'd mentioned needing your help to update the merchandise in my CafePress store. I'll eventually be offering prints of the map of Raine's world that's in the front of The Trouble with Demons. That is, if enough of you would be interested in a print/poster of the map. BTW -- It'll look like it's on parchment paper. Respond to this blog or send me an email (lisa @ lisashearin.com) and let me know.
I need your help on new t-shirt and merchandise ideas. I need cool slogans. I'd also asked for designs as well, but for this round of store updates, I think I'll keep it simple and just do slogans, since after I turn in this book, I need to write proposals for the next couple of Raine books to get another contract from my publisher -- and I know you all want me to focus on that. ; )
As to what kind of slogans I'm looking for, related to my books is great, but writer-related stuff would also be cool (since a lot of you are pre-published writers). As examples of the kind of stuff I'm looking for, here are some great ones I've already received: "Knives are a girl's best friends." "We're not pirates. We're in acquisitions." "Tall, dark, and pointy-eared." "Red-haired elves always find trouble." "I'm not weird. I'm a writer."
Since I work at an advertising agency, I'm going to check with one of my designer friends there (who also does freelance work) to see if she could do the t-shirt/merchandise designs for me.
And for the winning slogans, I'll make it worth your while with book swag and even a Barnes & Noble gift card. Let me hear your ideas over the next two weeks. I'll choose about five slogans (and reward the brains behind the brilliance) and have them designed.
So okay, everybody -- let's hear your ideas. Email them to me at lisa @ lisashearin.com so I can keep track of them. You'll help me update my CafePress store, possibly win prizes, and earn my eternal gratitude. ; )
Coming up tomorrow, a writing question from Jo in London, then I'll be posting on the following:
Making the magic work, or at least make sense.
How long should you prepare before starting a book?
How much time should you spend developing a character?
Am I moving my story forward?
How do I figure out what happens next?
Keeping your hopes up while looking for an agent.
Writing in the moment.
"Framing" your book.
On Saturday's post I'd mentioned needing your help to update the merchandise in my CafePress store. I'll eventually be offering prints of the map of Raine's world that's in the front of The Trouble with Demons. That is, if enough of you would be interested in a print/poster of the map. BTW -- It'll look like it's on parchment paper. Respond to this blog or send me an email (lisa @ lisashearin.com) and let me know.
I need your help on new t-shirt and merchandise ideas. I need cool slogans. I'd also asked for designs as well, but for this round of store updates, I think I'll keep it simple and just do slogans, since after I turn in this book, I need to write proposals for the next couple of Raine books to get another contract from my publisher -- and I know you all want me to focus on that. ; )
As to what kind of slogans I'm looking for, related to my books is great, but writer-related stuff would also be cool (since a lot of you are pre-published writers). As examples of the kind of stuff I'm looking for, here are some great ones I've already received: "Knives are a girl's best friends." "We're not pirates. We're in acquisitions." "Tall, dark, and pointy-eared." "Red-haired elves always find trouble." "I'm not weird. I'm a writer."
Since I work at an advertising agency, I'm going to check with one of my designer friends there (who also does freelance work) to see if she could do the t-shirt/merchandise designs for me.
And for the winning slogans, I'll make it worth your while with book swag and even a Barnes & Noble gift card. Let me hear your ideas over the next two weeks. I'll choose about five slogans (and reward the brains behind the brilliance) and have them designed.
So okay, everybody -- let's hear your ideas. Email them to me at lisa @ lisashearin.com so I can keep track of them. You'll help me update my CafePress store, possibly win prizes, and earn my eternal gratitude. ; )
Coming up tomorrow, a writing question from Jo in London, then I'll be posting on the following:
Making the magic work, or at least make sense.
How long should you prepare before starting a book?
How much time should you spend developing a character?
Am I moving my story forward?
How do I figure out what happens next?
Keeping your hopes up while looking for an agent.
Writing in the moment.
"Framing" your book.
posted by Lisa Shearin at
6:23 AM
8 Comments:
Okay, I love that pirate slogan(and the others are fun too). I seriously need a T-shirt with that one it.
Good luck with the next chapter!
I love the pirate one too!
Sending you an email...
:D
Loveing the slogans! Congrats on getting chapter 23 done! You thought about writing brief notes when your muse wakes you up at night? Maybe it'll shut up and let you sleep for a bit if it knows you've acknowleged it ;)
I'm thinking of slogans! Email coming your way soon! And I'm looking forward to your post tomorrow answering my question. Thank you!
Thanks, ladies!
Jo, I keep a notepad & pen by my bed to write down any during-the-night ideas. However, my muse will just wake me up and then not give me anything worth using. She's sick that way. ; )
Um, the 'knives' slogan might be interpreted way out of context by others.
I would totally buy the "I'm not weird; I'm a writer" one.
Congratulations on the new chapter! I am sadly familiar with the brain-in-overdrive-at-an-absurd
-time-of-night syndrom. (Sorry can't spell for anything, and don't feel like looking the word up.)
I love the pirate slogan. Haven't thought of any to add yet.
I love the "knives" one, but I also loved "Armed & Magical" on t-shirts/hats, etc. until I realized that it might not be a good idea to wear one through airport security on my way to a conference. ; ) I wear those at home. I want to get slogans/quotes that not only will you all like, but so will people who have never read the books --leading them to possibly read the books. I'll put the name of the book under the quote along with www.lisashearin.com. A little marketing twist that just might do the trick. ; )
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