I’ve been busy

Posted on January 16, 2005 by Annie Rayburn/Carol Burnside

>Phew! I didn’t know so much was involved in selling a story to an e-publisher. Guess I just never thought about it and what all wuld happen after the contract was signed. I finished the edits and got my ARC’s (Advanced Reading Copy for those of you who don’t know) back. I’ve sent them out to 8 or so sites for reviews and now I’m trying not to think about what they might say about my little erotic story.

With that done, I found out that “Insight” and all the Tickle releases from HeatWave Romance will be sold as stand alone stories. Now I need cover art. So, I contacted an artist who’s work I liked and have my fingers crossed on that one, too. I’ll post more on this later, since I know there’s tons of people out there just holding their breath to see what my cover will look like. LOL

Hello? Hello? Is anybody listening? (I hear echoes. It’s lonely in here.)

I’ve also been working on my website. For those of you who didn’t find this Blog through my website, check it out at www.geocities.com/annierayburn/ and see if you can guess my two favorite colors. 🙂

Okay, it’s late & I gotta get some sleep so the muse will come out and play tomorrow. Later…

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Inattentive, much?

Posted on January 13, 2005 by Annie Rayburn/Carol Burnside

Okay, so I wasn’t firing on all cylinders while the house was full of people. I never sent TRG off because I discovered that, while the deadline to receive my submission was 1/4, the postmarked date had to be 12/28 and I’d already missed it. Boy, do I feel like a dummy. So, here I am with a submission prepared. What’s a girl to do? Think I’ll enter another contest.

I’ve been busy, but it doesn’t seem very productive. Has something to do with cleaning a house after company and getting back into the groove.

Went for my annual eye exam yesterday. Dr. says I might have a hole in my eye. Well, not exactly a hole, he went on to explain, more like what could be a hole but not to worry. What? Well he went on to explain how I should simply watch for more ‘floaters’ in my vision than usual or sudden bright flashes of light which could mean it’s really a hole. Then it can be repaired with laser surgery. Oh is that all? Well, no. If I should notice a spot where I didn’t have vision anymore, say the upper left corner of my vision, then I should definitely seek help because that could mean the retina is detaching and they can’t fix that like they can a hole. :-O At this point, I’m quietly freaking out, but nodding politely. Okay, doc, sure.

But, really, nothing to worry about – yet. Easy for him to say! I’m thinking a second opinion is in order even though I don’t have vision ins. coverage. Not that anyone is reading this, but I’ll post further updates, anyway. I might want to read what happened to me someday. My memory sucks as bad as my eyesight always has.

Okay, I promised to post my 2005 Writing Goals, so here they are:

1. Revise TRG (Hey, stranger things have happened! Someone could actually want

to see a full.) Jan – March

2. Revise FKOG after feedback from GE contest (April-May)

3. Write Heath’s book & find a working title.

Pre-writing in January, Writing Feb-April

4. Write KITA, or a second book.

Pre-writing in August, Writing Sept-Dec.

5. Polish/finish/write short stories and continue submitting them.

6. Enter TRG and FKOG in the Maggie’s (May-June)

7. Attend Moonlight and Magnolia’s conference. (October)

Make editor appt., and enter a cold read

8. Enter Heath’s book and KITA in NTRWA’s GE (Dec.)

9. Attend monthly GRW meetings

10. Upload and do crits every month

11. Maintain database on RWA list – weekly

12. Keep website up to date

13. BLOG more frequently than in 2004 – (that won’t take much effort)

14. Promote as needed

* Subject to change. J

Oh, wow, I better get busy. That’s a lot. I hadn’t realized. Maybe if I break it down into smaller, manageable goals. Yes, that’ll work. Right.

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Making progress?

Posted on January 2, 2005 by Annie Rayburn/Carol Burnside

>I have a few edits to finish on “Insight”. Surprisingly enough, I didn’t have many, but the couple paragraphs they wanted expanded just happen to be in the middle of the love scene. Hard to get ‘in the zone’ and hit (vanilla) erotica status when DS, his girlfriend, my mom and DH wander into my office at any given moment.

When they’re gone, I’ll be missing them. But right now, I need just a couple hours of uninterrupted writing time, thank you very much.

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