Kick-Ass Author of Sexy, Sassy, Kick-Ass Romances!
It will continue as it has been for the last year, with a monthly post, and a few others thrown into the mix. I might blog a bit more this year about things that are important to authors and writing, especially since there are quite a few anniversaries this year. More on that in the months to come.
– 1 – I reorganised how I’m going to do things on LJDiva.com.
– 2 – I changed LJDiva.com’s tagline to make it more about my author status and what I write as I move away from blogging.
No longer is it, Author, Blogger, Social Media Commentator, it’s now the awesome line of Kick-Ass Author of Sexy, Sassy, Kick-Ass Romances!
Which, quite frankly, I am!
– 3 – I added a privacy policy page to ljdiva.com.
– 4 – I updated my bio and logo, plus a few pictures and pages on my website, and updated all of my social media as well.
– 5 – I reorganised my social media and updated my Pinterest boards.
– 1 – The release of my four standalone novels in large print and dust jacket hardcovers.
They’re almost done. I just need to proof them and then they are released in March or April.
– 2 – The release of the Porn Star Brothers series in dust jacket hardcovers.
As above. They’re almost done. I just need to proof them and then they are released in March or April.
As I stated in Feb, they were nearly done, and THEN I changed things and THEN my cover designer had personal issues to deal with so things ended up on the back burner. They’re still in the making, so clearly they were meant for release in their own time.
– 1 – Write the next and last Porn Star Brothers book.
Consisting of five stories it should take as long as a normal novel, although my novels aren’t normal length. I’m thinking 60 handwritten pages per story, so 2.5 notebooks, and about 3 weeks. But then, I never know what will happen when it comes to this family and these stories.
– 1.1 – Type them up, edit them, send them off for editing, edit some more.
– 1.2 – Get the covers done, check the proof and release it as an e-book, paperback, and dust jacket hardcover in September.
– 2 – Try and post to Insta, FB, TW more during the week at L.J. Diva and Porn Star Brothers, and pin to my Pinterest boards monthly.
– 3 – Get a mailing list set up for my books and a newsletter set up on the website.
As you can see, 3.5 items were done from this list, due to the reason mentioned above. But they are all coming.
1 – I put over 500 old blog posts into draft mode as they’re no longer relevant to what I do now.
2 – I finally did the book quotes for the four stand alone novels and uploaded them to the website and my Pinterest page. You can see them under the new menu button of NOVELS EXTRA.
3 – I moved a lot of Porn Star Brothers stuff over from their website and added them under the new menu button of PORN STAR EXTRAS.
4 – I added a new page for my inspirations. You can find the HOT MEN page under the FUN STUFF button, or under the FUN STUFF section on the front page if you scroll down.
5 – I moved a few pages around ready for a bit of a clean up with the book pages which will happen in January, or so.
6 – I added writing categories under the BLOG button on the menu.
7 – I moved the CONTACT page to under the ABOUT button so I had more room.
1 – I’m planning on free writing novels, and not worrying about releasing any.
2 – I decided last week that I’m shutting down the Porn Star Brothers website to help myself and cull excess product. It will combine with this website so you’ll see more here at L.J Diva.com. You can check out the website here.
3 – I’m also going to get the mailing list/newsletter up and running in January because of the overhaul.
4 – I’ll be re-organising areas on the front page to accommodate all the new stuff.
5 – Finish releasing all of my current projects in hardcover and large prints.
First off, it’s the ten year anniversary of when I wrote what is now called Falling for London. I wrote it in 2010, set it in 2011, and now, here we are, ten years later and it’s had two covers and two titles. It’s also gone from being independently published to being under my publishing house name.
YAY!
Second, it’s also the ten year anniversary of receiving the call.
Which call?
THE call…from a publishing house.
That’s right, I’ve been one of the lucky people who have actually received a call from a publisher, but after much consideration I turned them down. I’m glad I did. I found out in 2017 that they had gone bust in 2015 and owed their authors a lot of money.
Next year it will be ten years since I discovered self-publishing so there will be some more anniversaries to celebrate.
Feck! Ten years!
1 – Get the covers done
2 – Maybe get the new cover ready
3 – Do November’s blog post
Well…one thing. But then you need to work to other people’s schedules.
1 – Try and get the covers finished.
2 – Maybe get the new cover ready.
3 – Do December’s and January’s blog posts.
Yeah, it’s gonna be the same thing until those covers are done and those books are released.
So there you have it, not a lot to get done as the year is winding down. We’ll see on December 1st whether I achieved them or not and I’ll be talking about wrapping up the year.
1 – RELEASE the last novel in the Porn Star Brothers series, And Always, on September 19th.
2 – Do book quote and book release blog posts.
3 – Do my yearly Jackie Collins post.
4 – Get the interior done for the print books.
5 – Do October’s blog posts.
6 – Maybe get the print covers done? That will all depend on the cover designer.
Well, would you look at that! Five items were completed and I’m feeling very good about myself.
The covers are not done, at this point. They may be done after the rest are complete, but we’ll see how they go.
1 – Get the covers done
2 – Maybe get the new cover ready
3 – Do November’s blog post
So there you have it, not a lot to get done as the year is winding down. We’ll see on November 1st whether I achieved them or not and I’ll be talking about wrapping up the year.
