Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Showing posts with label research. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
And yet more research...
I've done yet more reading on how to write a business plan. The different kinds, what the different sections are, what should be included, how to write them. Mini- or micro-plans, internal plans, presentational plans...
The key is determining the sections that are going to be most helpful to me going forward. And what sections I don't need or, honestly, have no desire to figure out how to accomplish. :)
But I'm gathering the information section by section so that at some point I can compile it all into a single complete document.
I also researched front matter--you know all that info in the first several pages of a book? So I looked at books from seven different publishers. Several big dogs--Harlequin, Montlake, Carina Press. A couple of respected/reputable mid-sized epublishers. And one small epub.
I want my imprint to look as professional as possible, so I'll compare the lists and create a checklist of my own. Then I'll go grab the standard verbiage for things like copyright notices, trademark acknowledgements, the "this is a work of fiction" disclaimer, etc.
This is turning into a much more involved endeavor than I imagined, but it's nothing too complicated or overwhelming to tackle. At least not yet...
The production and distributions aspects are yet to be experienced...
Monday, March 24, 2014
I bet you didn't know that I could juggle...
Not the "magic" kind of course, but the kind that requires one to keep track of several different things and all the inevitable sub-things and shoot-offs that go with them.
As you know, I've been coordinating, as we say in the romance writers community, a contest. Not just coordinating, but pulling off, pretty much single-handedly. I'm not doing it again. I'll be happy to coordinate as in truly directing others to do the various tasks, since I did it this year, but I'm not carrying the whole thing myself next year.
In addition, I've been working on a major project for work. It was technically supposed to be finished last week, but that didn't happen. It'll probably be the end of next week before it's 100% done, though most of it will get done this week. Next week will be for double-checking, crossing T's and dotting I's.
There are a few business ventures I'm researching and prepping for.
I'm also working on several projects from my proofreading business--one proof job and a couple of series bibles for an author friend of mine.
Then there's Sonshine I have to keep an eye on.
But every now and then my arms get tired and I have to drop the balls and rest.
What do I do to rest...I read though, to be honest, I read for a purpose.
The only thing I do that has no double purpose is play computer games. I decided a few weeks ago that I really missed playing them and started up again. I don't--can't--play to the exclusion of all else like I once did, but I must say it's been fun to just play for a few hours here and there.
What do you do rest and relax that has no other purpose than to let you do just that?
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