Aaaand...GRL is now in the rear-view mirror.
Overall, the experience was a good one. Between my two author lounges and the book signing, I talked to a lot of people and was able to get a good dozen people to download book one of the Ten Rigs series which is always free.
My roommate and I are friends outside of the conference through fandom/fanfic for the BBC's Robin Hood. She did invite me to attend the con in the first place, back in 2017. It was in Denver that year.
As I've mentioned numerous times, I was reassigned from a storyteller panel to a general author Q&A panel due to life circumstances of two of our original panel members....
The Q&A in and of itself was fine. I never had to go first, so I could contemplate my answers for some of the more thought provoking questions, and I kept from putting my foot in my mouth. On the other hand, only a handful, and by a handful, I mean maybe 10, people were in attendance. Needless to say, I was terribly disappointed. That's not to say it was anyone's fault. I don't lay blame anywhere but on crappy societal circumstances.
GRL will not be on my radar for at least two years. Now that it's off my plate and off my mind for this year, I can devote brain power to planning 2022.
* * * * *
So what's in the forecast for the next year...?
Good question!
I'll be pondering the action items for the following:
- finishing the fifth hockey book
- planning / writing the sixth hockey book
- planning / writing the next Christmas book
- pondering the planning / writing of two new three-book series that are little more than a few vague "what if" ideas
- doubling down on learning some aspect of my craft--specifically plotting
- coming up with some sort of advertising / marketing plan for my books that won't take a lot of time and won't break the bank
- and more...
Hope you had a super weekend. Catch you later!
No comments:
Post a Comment