by Kai | May 16, 2011 | content, Free for all
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Boredom is this wonderful thing for writers – it’s where I get most of my inspiration from.
it’s like, recently, we were sitting in class waiting for our tutor and someone started talking about books they were never going to read – and we all decided, that if we couldn’t read a book, we had to do *something* with it. By the time the tutor had come online, four of us were making book sculptures!
It’s also how I get into the most trouble. honestly, if I’m bored I’m more likely to volunteer for something.
So, I’ve set myself limits – no more ordering domains off of Godaddy – not after I spent all those months pruning them, and no more volunteering for long term commitments, unless they’re good for me. I’ll need to see how long I last 🙂
Kai’s book, Glass Block, is due out in August
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Kai is a writer, author and avid reader. A mental health advocate, Ludosport athlete and coder. She’s the mother of two young adults, owned by two cats, and lives with her beloved in the Cotswolds.
by Kai | Apr 28, 2011 | Publication notices, News, Announcements, content, Language, Personality, Writing, Books
One of the major areas I’m looking at right now, while increasing my ‘discipline’ and butt in seat stickivity for my writing is to look at my release schedules.
So, when I’ve got Glass Block out the gates, I’ve got several choices – Near Earth, Black Monday or another book, I’m not sure whether I’ll move forward with one of several books, or if I’ll take the time to build up my copywriting business, or do something else. All I do know is the next few weeks and months are going to be jam packed, and I hope that they’ll be good for my carreer.
One of the major things I’m learning right now though is that I can’t underestimate anything – if anything, I need to build in space and delays, just to make sure I get through it all – with dissertations and other projects in the way, I’m well aware that just about anything could go wrong between now and June 4th – it’s a good lesson for writers though – as I’m restructuring (again) to ensure that I have time to work on the things that interest me most, I’m also aware that there’s no way in this WORLD that I have the time to do everything I want to. Not right now anyway – it might be possible later once the books start actually doing well……
And that’s where you, my dearest of dear readers come in. Please (please please please!) come on over and check out Darkness PD and fan me on Facebook – D Kai WilsonViola
Thanks!
Kai is a writer, author and avid reader. A mental health advocate, Ludosport athlete and coder. She’s the mother of two young adults, owned by two cats, and lives with her beloved in the Cotswolds.
by Kai | Mar 10, 2011 | Announcements, Writing, Books, Publication notices
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It’s not all gloom and doom in my household.
One of the big projects I’m launching post graduation is my new press project. It’s two parts at the moment – with the whole thing being ran from one site – Occam’s Library is my e-book print arm, and covers working on the Kindle, and the Nook and other projects that involve the ‘simplest’ solution, while Schrödinger’s Library is the print project and will be lagging slightly behind this one. I think that the overall project needs a proper name, so for now it’s falling under Lime-in-the-coconut , which was my original co-op press project. So all and all, it’s very positive.
But – I need a bit of help. To make a press really work I need to have people to read the stuff we’re putting out. For now I’ve got some very specific books in mind for going out, so please don’t query me to take your book. What I need instead is…well, a couple of things really.
One is to follow @occamslibrary on Twitter. The second is to join up to my writer’s fan page.
Occam’s Library’s first release is going to be Glass Block – it’s been variously described as ‘Law and Orders down and dirty with a dystopic CSI, discovers blood borne viruses that creates vampires, werewolves and other wibblies and has a love child’ or ‘absolutely insane, off the hook, gimmie more!’.
I describe it as a sci-fi/horror/slipstream thriller that constantly leaves you guessing, and introduces you to Elliot Peters, one of the main protagonists in the green-room in my head.
The second book out is a guide to social networking and blogging – it’s in the process of being renamed because we didn’t like the name it had – it walks you through, step by step, what you need to do to set up your blog to work with social networking, and how to leverage it effectively, including planning things like promotions, blogging calendars ‘etc’.
The third book out, near Christmas, is yet to be decided. It’ll either be Pictures In the Dark (a bipolar’s guide to good mental health), or Near Earth. And of course if things pick up, or there’s a demand, there’s something like 12 other books in the Glass Block series waiting to be edited and released, plus dozens of other universes and other fun stuff that’s sci-fi, horror or a mix of both.
For those of you that don’t see anything you’re interested in yet, Green room in my head talks about all the different genres I write, while Writers-bookshelf is going to gear itself more towards the theory and practice of publishing, but I write and have written in just about every genre known to man and woman kind, including erotica, so there really is something for every type of reader out there available. You gotta tell me though – which is the other area I need help. I’m legendarily indecisive, so I’d love to hear what you want to see. Got a favorite genre? Really interested in what I’m talking about? tell me!
Kai is a writer, author and avid reader. A mental health advocate, Ludosport athlete and coder. She’s the mother of two young adults, owned by two cats, and lives with her beloved in the Cotswolds.
by Kai | Apr 9, 2010 | Novels, Reading and Reviewing, free downloads, Writing, Books, Nanowrimo
And he’s the free chapter from Glass Block – let me know what you think, and whether you like it or not. Interested, not interested, I’d love to hear your views!
Glass Block free prologue
Glass Block Blurb
Sometimes games and reality shows just shouldn’t be revived – Elliot Peters, detective at Quadrant A, Downtown Darkness knows this best. When he’s plunged into a nightmare game show, he begins to realise that the religious element of the city might just be finally making their move and it’s a race against time to stop the release of a deadly virus that four of the prisoners had been carrying.
Available for Pre order July ’10.
Kai is a writer, author and avid reader. A mental health advocate, Ludosport athlete and coder. She’s the mother of two young adults, owned by two cats, and lives with her beloved in the Cotswolds.
Looking forward to those recipes.