We are now in the month of NOVEMBER!!! There are only TWO months left in the year 😲😲😲😲😲😲!! Where did the time go?!?!?!
To start with, November celebrates the 12-year publishing anniversary of my second book "Raise Your Brown Black Fist 2: MORE Political Shouts of an Angry Afro Latino" (Outskirts Press, 2011). I was always proud of this book, and it started my string of literary works. Once I knocked book number two out, I just knew that I had to produce more literary works. Available in paperback and eBook formats for the masses.
Welcome to NaNoWriMo!!!! For those of you not in the know, that acronym stands for "national novel writing month". It's when people participate in writing an entire novel in one month. They actually have workshops, and an organized festival to do this. Personally, I've never participated in it, but if that's what you wanna do....more power to you. I know that it's a good exercise to do to get the creative juices flowing, and helping you to be/stay hyper focused on writing your literary project, buuuuut...thaaaat ain't for me.
The holidays are coming up. I don't have any plans to participate in any events. Knowing my shitty ass job, I probably wouldn't be able to participate any damned way. Since the holidays are coming up, business usually slows down for us at the day job, as they start cutting back on hours. Normally, that would be good, but since my work schedule is never consistent, it doesn't really matter. Doing any hand-to-hand sales would help me to boost my career up, not to mention....putting some much needed extra money in my pocket. Other than hitting off a coworker at the day job with a copy of "In My Lifetime" (at a discount, since the copy was damaged), I haven't been able to get out, and really get my name known out here. Not than I'm regretting moving out here, but...I thought that my writing career would be in much better shape than this...
No real plans publish any works in 2024. I still have other w.i.p.s that I haven't gotten around to finishing. These poor ass sales of mine have me pretty bummed out, and it's affecting my writing. Why bother publishing shit, if nobody's gonna buy and read it? I need to get back that love for writing, and just get that shit done, if just for my own sake. Fuck the rest of y'all... 😡😡😡😡
Been doing pretty good on the video front. The latest episodes of "The Rough Draft" have been posted to YouTube, and have been shared across my social media (except for Twitter/X...I haven't been on there for a hot minute...). We are now up to 64 episodes. I'm hoping to end this year on a strong note, with a few more episodes...
Was hoping to do a few local Kwanzaa events, but can't seem to find any (at least, online). Need to try some word of mouth. That's the only thing about out here...they actually do do word of mouth, but you usually will found out about it at the last minute. Oh, well...
That's all for now. Will keep you posted on my progress. Until next time...
Uhuru sasa, y paz. Keep the fist raised!!!
#AlwaysOnMyLiteraryGrind
