We are now in the month of OCTOBER!!! My birthday weekend just passed (it was on Friday, the 8th), and we've just finished celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day. It was a quiet birthday, as I am new to the city, and don't have any friends out here (yet). I spent the weekend working on my latest literary w.i.p, and just reflecting on the way my life has gone for the past (now 47) years.
I don't regret moving out here to Raleigh, but the new day job COMPLETELY sucked ass. Currently looking for a new gig. If worse comes to worse, I can always try & work for Amazon. I've heard the horror stories of working in their warehouses. At the same time, I have a friend back in Delaware who works for Amazon, and she loves it. To each, their own...
We are now in the second half of celebrating Latino Heritage Month. Being new to town (and not having my own place of residence), I haven't been able to organize any events, political or literary. I'm still trying to get my bearings out here, so I haven't really had time to politic with any local activists, or fellow scribes and creatives, out here. Not to mention...NOT trying to order any books, and then they can't be delivered to the hotel I'm staying at. That would be a waste of money, and a headache to go through.
Speaking of LHM, my eBook publisher Draft2Digital had a sale going on with one of their distribution partners to celebrate the cultural month. It's actually been able to help me with sales; I had 4 eBook downloads last month through OverDrive to libraries in Ga & TN, and 1 eBook download this month, so far. Hey...my stuff is in LIBRARIES, now!!! That's an achievement!!! To me, that's progress.
My current w.i.p. "Second Chance Points" (KDP, 2022) is going VERY well! I'm just about done with the editing process. All I really have to do now, is create the cover art for it, and choose the month that I want to publish the book, next year. I should be done with everything for this project by the end of November; that's usually when I'm done working on a new literary project. The fall season always seems to be my month of completion, usually going into Thanksgiving, or immediately afterwards.
Haven't really done any new episodes of "The Rough Draft". Haven't really had any ideas to do any episodes on. Being personally in flux doesn't help, much. I still don't have a permanent place to live yet, and the job situation has been unsteady, at best. At least I'm able to get some writing done.
Anywhoo...that's all for now. I'll keep you guys updated to my progress. Things are going okay, so far. I just want to start working on some of my other manuscripts projects, now that 2CP is out of the way. Maybe now I can get back to writing Books 3 & 4 of The Black Fist book series. We shall see, Galvatron...we shall seeeee........
Keep the fist raised.
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