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L.J. Diva’s End of 2020 Catch Up

01/12/2020 by L.J. Diva Filed Under: Business & Legalities, Publishing, Writing Leave a Comment

 

Back on the first of Feb I posted this list of shit to get done (you can see that here), and now I’m rounding things up since it’s the last post of the year. So here we go…

 

Here’s what I had ALREADY achieved in January (all in green)

– 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.

 

What was ALREADY in the making this year…

– 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.

 

What I HAD planned for the year…

– 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.

 

There’s even a couple of things that I’ve done this month that weren’t on the list…

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.

 

 

For 2021 I already have a few things to do.

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.

 

So there you have it. 2020’s catch up and 2021’s list is already on its way.

 

Meanwhile, here’s November in social media pictures…

 

 

 

A Ten Year Anniversary, and Shit To Get Done for November 2020!

01/11/2020 by L.J. Diva Filed Under: Business & Legalities, L.J. Diva's Books, Publishing Leave a Comment

Let’s jump into that anniversary news…

 

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!

 

Let’s get into what I achieved in October from the list of shit to get done…

 

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.

 

Okay, so let’s launch into what I want to do in the month of November…

 

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.

 

Meanwhile, here’s October in social media pictures…

 

 

 

 

Shit To Get Done for October 2020!

01/10/2020 by L.J. Diva Filed Under: Business & Legalities, L.J. Diva's Books Leave a Comment

Let’s get into what I achieved in September from the list of shit to get done…

 

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.

 

 

Okay, so let’s launch into what I want to do in the month of October…

 

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.

 

Meanwhile, here’s September in social media pictures…lots of book posts, but I’ll keep them to a minimum here…

 

 

 

 

Shit to Get Done for September 2020!

01/09/2020 by L.J. Diva Filed Under: Business & Legalities, L.J. Diva's Books Leave a Comment

Let’s get into what I achieved in August from the list of shit to get done…

 

1 – Finish the large prints, dust jacket hard and hardcovers of the PSB series. Make any corrections before re-uploading and SETTING A RELEASE DATE!

(I have completely redone the large print books in a different font, which is why it’s taking so long. I also needed to buy the proofs of my hardcovers, and some of them will need tweaking. For all I know NONE of the books will be out until the end of the year.)

2 – Finish this year’s novel and have it edited and ready for release.

3 – Get everything ready concerning the last book in the series, such as, THE COVER!!!!!, Book quotes, and blog posts.

4 – Write September’s blog post.

Okay, so as you can see I definitely did this blog post, and definitely did #2 and 3. #1 is in red, which means, it’s just not happening with everything going on this year.

But the last book in the Porn Star Brothers series will definitely be released as an e-book on September 19th.

 

Okay, so let’s launch into what I want to do in the month of September…

 

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.

So there you have it, six items for September’s shit to get done list. We’ll see on October 1st whether I achieved them or not.

 

Meanwhile, here’s August in social media pictures…

 

 

 

Shit to Get Done for August 2020!

01/08/2020 by L.J. Diva Filed Under: Business & Legalities, L.J. Diva's Books Leave a Comment

Let’s get into what I achieved in July from the list of shit to get done…

 

1 – Finish proofing the large prints and the dust jacket hard covers of the novels, and hardcovers of the PSB series. Make any corrections before re-uploading and SETTING A RELEASE DATE!

 – If they’re not coming this month, then it’s definitely August 19th.

2 – Finish writing this year’s novel and type it up, maybe even give it its first edit.

3 – Write August’s blog post.

 

Okay, so as you can see I definitely did this blog post.  And 1 and 2 are in the orange, which means, there is one chapter left to write and then type up and the first draft will be done. You can see from my social media pics below the word count jump over a two week period. At this stage the last book in the Porn Star Brothers series will be released as an e-book on September 19th.

As for the large prints and hardcovers. Fingers crossed they will be released September 19th as well.

 

Okay, so let’s launch into what I want to do in the month of July…

 

1 – Finish the large prints, dust jacket hard and hardcovers of the PSB series. Make any corrections before re-uploading and SETTING A RELEASE DATE!

(I have completely redone the large print books in a different font, which is why it’s taking so long. I also needed to buy the proofs of my hardcovers, and some of them will need tweaking. For all I know NONE of the books will be out until the end of the year.)

2 – Finish this year’s novel and have it edited and ready for release.

3 – Get everything ready concerning the last book in the series, such as, THE COVER!!!!!, Book quotes, and blog posts.

4 – Write September’s blog post.

 

So there you have it, four items for August’s shit to get done list. We’ll see on September 1st whether I achieved them or not. 

 

Meanwhile, here’s July in social media pictures…

 

 

 

A Half-Yearly Catch-Up and Shit to Get Done for July 2020

01/07/2020 by L.J. Diva Filed Under: Business & Legalities, L.J. Diva's Books Leave a Comment

 

First, I’ll get into the update on the list of shit to get done.

 

I’ll leave out everything I had already done in January and just concentrate on everything else.

What was already in the making this year…

– 1 – The release 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.

Okay, so clearly THAT didn’t happen, but they are planned for August or September, most definitely.

 

– 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.

Again, didn’t happen in those months, but are planned for release in September.

 

What I have planned for the year…

– 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.

The book is nearly finished, but not typed up, edited, no cover, no nothing. I now post once a week plus blog posts, and the mailing list is still waiting….

 

 

Let’s get into what I achieved in June from the list of shit to get done…

 

 1 – Finish proofing the large prints of the novels, and then the dust jacket hard covers and make any corrections before re-uploading and SETTING A RELEASE DATE!

2 – Finish writing this year’s novel, of which I’m nearly there.

3 – Continue looking into newsletters and mailing lists.

4 – Write July’s blog post.

Sooooo….I did one thing, but two are still on the move! And I’ll pretty much give up worrying about mailing lists right now because, you know, books to get done!

 

So if you want to see the others things I’ve been up to, head over to my style blog, Jewel Divas Style. 

 

Okay, so let’s launch into what I want to do in the month of July…

 

It’s the school holidays, so hopefully I’ll have two weeks to finish the novel and type it up.

1 – Finish proofing the large prints and the dust jacket hard covers of the novels, and hardcovers of the PSB series. Make any corrections before re-uploading and SETTING A RELEASE DATE!

If they’re not coming this month, then it’s definitely August 19th.

2 – Finish writing this year’s novel and type it up, maybe even give it its first edit.

3 – Write August’s blog post.

So there you have it, three items for July’s shit to get done list. We’ll see on August 1st whether I achieved them or not.

 

Meanwhile, here’s June in social media pictures…

 

 

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