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Wednesday Weekly Roundup

A few “last” this week (sorry for the new subscriber, you came on board too late)! Last post with this title – end of the weekly posts!

Last post with my wordcount! I wrote 8K, which brings the yearly total to a little over 200K. With three more months I may write another 100K, but I won’t be sharing it. Maybe on my FB page if I feel like it.

Last post about my latest title! Yes, the last book of Star Minds Federation is now out and available in ebook and paperback at the usual suspects! Check it out!

Last hours for The 2024 Space Opera Sisterhood Bundle – Curated by Robert Jeschonek! Unless it’s already gone when this goes live… I’m scheduling ahead of time, and my math sucks, can’t calculate if it’s still available. If it’s gone, too bad, you missed it. You can still see it in storybundle archives, but you can no longer buy it.

And for the last time I wish you a wonderful week! “Live long and prosper”!

by Barb on 25/09/2024 • Permalink

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Posted by Barb on 25/09/2024

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Wednesday Weekly Roundup

Last week I wrote 11K, so I’ll probably get to 200K this week. Still very low, but still very okay for a yearly wordcount. The next will be the last post of wordcount accountability, since I’ll still keep count of words written, but will no longer post them.

This leap year will mark the end of an era for me. I never liked them, and thought they brought bad luck, but I must say that in this case I’m very relieved by how it turned out. Big changes coming, doors closing on the past, doors to new opportunities opening soon. Exciting and scary at the same time.

You still have roughly a week to check out The 2024 Space Opera Sisterhood Bundle – Curated by Robert Jeschonek! I have read a few books from the previous bundles (see Bookbub reccommendations), and I look forward to reading some of these as well!

That’s all for today! Have a great week!

by Barb on 18/09/2024 • Permalink

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Posted by Barb on 18/09/2024

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Wednesday Weekly Roundup

Last week I wrote 7.5K and finished another story. I also brainstormed the next couple of stories that will lead to the next novel. I have a collection in the middle of the mini-series this time! 😉

If you’ve been following this blog for years, you know I never did NaNoWriMo, because I write all year round and I find ludicrous the idea of writing only during one month. But apparently this year the people at NaNo endorse AI in writing.

Chris McKitterick said it much better than I could. “What’s the point of using generative “AI” to barf out word-salad stolen from people who took the time to consider those words in those combinations? If you’re not writing something yourself, what’s the point of participating in the “doesn’t matter if you’re just doing this for your own pleasure or as practice to get better” exercise?”

So I’m actively discouraging you to participate. You’re better off creating your own support group on your preferred social media. Like “Let’s write 10K/week” or whatever and see who joins among your writer friends. I’m in a group where people post their submission accountability, so you could start one for writing accountability.

Something like what I’ve done on this blog for so long now… not from the beginning, since at first I wrote the first draft longhand, so I counted only the published words, but since 2015 at least. I think. My memory starts fading, LOL!

And of course you saw the Sunday Surprise post, right? Well, here it is again, the link to the Space Opera Sisterhood 2024! Check it out!

And that’s all for today… have a great week!

by Barb on 11/09/2024 • Permalink

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Posted by Barb on 11/09/2024

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Wednesday Weekly Roundup

Last week, with the break between projects, I ended up writing 6.3K, which takes my yearly total to almost 180K – very low, I know, but that’s the best I can do at the moment. Major changes in my life coming up, so I’m glad for every word I can jot down at this time.

I also did some art, although I haven’t really posted with the rest of it. It’s on Instagram, but not on Facebook. Even connecting social media accounts has become a hassle! 😉 I won’t actually connect them, and I’ll keep posting different things on different platforms.

I may announce an extra release soon, but at the time of preparing this post I don’t have anything ready, so I guess I’ll either do a Sunday Surprise post or you’ll hear about it next week! 🙂

I don’t know on your side of the world, but here it’s still hot. I look forward to the end of summer! Now, if only I could find the “schedule” button on this damn blog… I no longer can’t stand the changes of WP! It’s probably time I quit! 😉 Have a great week!

by Barb on 04/09/2024 • Permalink

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Posted by Barb on 04/09/2024

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Wednesday Weekly Roundup

Last week I wrote 14K+ which is a record for this year. I went back to the fantasy projects I had abandoned to write sci-fi in July and finished the one I hadn’t finished while editing the other. Afterward, obviously, I wasted a day doing nothing, brainstorming the next story, LOL!

By now I’m on the next story, though. When will you read these stories? I don’t know. Mighty Editor is booked for September, but she has the sci-fi stories to edit, and I haven’t decided yet when I’ll publish the fantasy ones. Probably next year, so stay tuned.

I don’t know on your side of the world, but here it’s still pretty hot. Usually the end of August is cooler, but this year it’s not the case, and my brain is all mushy, so I guess that’s all for today! Have a great week!

by Barb on 28/08/2024 • Permalink

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Posted by Barb on 28/08/2024

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Wedmesday Weekly Roundup

Last week, having finished the personal projects and the book I had brought, I ended up going through an abandoned project that I planned to review and get back to after my trip to Scandinavia. So I ended up writing 1.3K new words and mapped wherever I need to go a little better. Still a lot to write, but I guess I can keep going now that I have adjusted the first part!

So I’m going back to high fantasy for now, even in my readings. You can check my recommendations on Bookbub, but the latest titles are all sci-fi, because that was what I was working on in July. Next you should see more fantasy titles in that section!

I’m also studying Viking history, so I might throw some of that into it! 😉 Then I may eventually go back to historical novels and write the sequel to The Fern and The Cross! But I’ll need time to research, possibly in a real library instead of online, so we’ll see… it’s probably for next year!

Thunderstorms all over Italy are taking away some of the heat, but it’s still a long hot summer and I look forward to the end of it… that’s all for today! Have a great week!

by Barb on 21/08/2024 • Permalink

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Posted by Barb on 21/08/2024

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Wednesday Weekly Roundup

Scheduling this on Sunday morning, since I know I won’t add any words to the lot. I wrapped up the project and this week’s wordcount is 3250 new words. This week I’m taking a break from everything – I have a family project to set up, and my pictures of Scandinavia to review – then I’ll be back in the saddle.

Some of my friends went to the Anthology Workshop, others to Worldcon, I just stayed here, sweating in the head. AC gives me a headache, and I’m doing fine with old-fashioned hand fans or electric fans. Hope this week off will help me clear my mind despite the heat.

Great news for my Indian friends! If you’re a voracious reader, you no longer depend on Kindle Unlimited! Kobo Plus is reaching India, a subscription program less taxing for us authors (they don’t demand exclusivity)! Happy reading!

I shall be back with the next project! To India, happy Independence Day tomorrow, to Italy (idem) Buon Ferragosto! Have a great week!

by Barb on 14/08/2024 • Permalink

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Posted by Barb on 14/08/2024

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Wednesday Weekly Roundup

Last week I wrote about 4K, and I’m not sure how many new words I’ll manage this week – or the next, when I’ll probably skip the post not because I’ll have no laptop, but because I won’t have any WiFi. Unless I manage to schedule something Sunday night, I guess I’ll skip another week. I probably won’t have much to say anyway…

The August title is out! And the September title will either come out at the end of the month or at the start of October, because I need to send a couple of stories to Mighty Editor mid-September. And I might have completed another mini-series by then, so I might make it to the end of the year, then we’ll see.

For now check Killer Squad! It’s the last longer work of the Star Minds Federation sub-series, the last title is a collection of shorts. And with these, I’m closing the Star Minds Universe for now. I might do the third box set, in case you want to buy them in bulk and you don’t have a Kindle! 😉

What’s next? Not sure. Probably more sci-fi, then I’m definitely going back to fantasy. That’s all for today! Have a great week!

by Barb on 07/08/2024 • Permalink

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Posted by Barb on 07/08/2024

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Wednesday Weekly Roundup

So, it’s back to the heat, and trying to get through the summer! I managed to put some order on the publisher’s site and added my IASFA author page to the Samples and Free Reads. Since I no longer have a newsletter and plan on “retiring” soon, I will no longer participate in their promos.

I am considering putting out a few more free short stories, but maybe I’ll just put them on BookFunnel, announce them here or on the publisherìs page and eventually put them under another tab. If anyone is interested, that is. Since I can no longer put polls on my blog, I’ll just follow my inspiration, as usual! Nobody answers my polls anyway, LOL!

Last week I wrote a little over 4K, which brings my yearly total to 150K – very low for my standards, I know. But, like I said in January, I don’t care. Then on Monday I heard the sad news that my good friend and fellow author Victoria Zigler passed away, so I’m currently in mourning.

She was the sweetest person and my #1 fan. When she told me she didn’t have much to live, I was devastated, and now she’s truly gone. But we shall meet again, Tori, I know we will! Rest in peace, my wonderful friend.

To celebrate her and her writing, here’s a list of the guest posts she did on this very blog:

Hastings 1066 Fortnight

Sunday Surprise

Random Friday

Sunday Surprise

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I give up trying to tame WP for posting links to this very blog… And that’s all for today! Have a great week!

by Barb on 31/07/2024 • Permalink

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Wednesday Weekly Roundup

Last week I wrote 4K worth of rewriting on my latest project. This week I might wrap it up and possibly write another short story, but there won’t be a post next week. I’ll be traveling, it’s the summer, and I have no energy to schedule anything. I’ll update you the following Wednesday.

And of course it’s July, so new title! Morning Star is the complete rewrite of something I wrote back in 1986. I have published the original (with minor adjustments) in Italian, but this is almost a different story. Same characters, slightly different plot. And concentrating on what was considered “book 1” or “part 1” in the original, since the “sequels” were kind of repetitive.

After the last two titles of Star Minds Federation I will consider the Star Minds Universe complete for now. I will probably make another box set with what was left out of the first two – or maybe not. Since it sells only on Amazon where you can get the whole series with one click, why bother? 😉

That’s all for today… have a great week and c-ya on the 24th!