There may be major changes coming to this website. For starters, it is likely to become less ten-minute rule forward. In my efforts to expand my writing (I’ll tell you about the meet cute later), I am considering reforming this site into a proper writer’s site. In this I mean the front page should be a landing page focused on work and releases and resume. There ought to be a reasonable headshot somewhere. The ‘main’ blog should be focused on the writer and writing and not the personal stuff, though being honest with the audience is core to what I do. So, I am thinking about reforming the blog in light of being closer to releasing this second novel and having to have somewhere that people can see what I do as a freelancer.
What I do clearly is not enough to support the team and I can do more. Today I watched the lead editor of the novel line and a NYT best selling author both pull door duty at the convention booth. It blew me away to see these guys just helping out. I can do that–heck it is who I am, and I told them that I would be chipping in quite a bit more next year. Then they asked me to do a signing this Saturday, and I was blown away again, because I’ve never done a signing and that is just really cool.
One thing I did do that I never have before is have a solid meet cute with an editor. My partner and I were out in the city waiting for an Uber. Turns out you have to walk a bit away from the convention for the prices of Uber transit to go down. If you get picked up right there it is going to be $20 extra. So we walked a few blocks. When we were crossing the street to get to where we would meet the driver, we were struggling to find the button to trigger the walk sign. Finally we gave up and made a run for it. Moments later we noticed a lady having the same struggle. She saw us noticed and we explained we had just done the same thing. She was wearing a Con badge, which led to us striking up a conversation. She explained she was an editor who developed adventures for Dungeons and Dragons. I explained I was a freelancer who wanted to write for Dungeons and Dragons. We exchanged cards. All very cute. So, I will be sending samples next week.