It's the first Wednesday of the month, and so it’s time for the Insecure Writer’s Support Group (IWSG) monthly blog hop! In an IWSG post, we writers bring our writing challenges and problems out into the open to share with each other and try to offer solutions. Although I've been getting quite a bit done, I've still had a few challenges with my own writing in the past few weeks.
Missing the Newsletter
Halloween came and went too fast, it seems! For me, that was probably because I was so busy trying to get out the Halloween edition of the Far Out Fantastic blog post since I didn't have time to do a newsletter. I apologise for that subscribers, but there will be a Holiday one coming in December. For those who aren't subscribed to my free author's newsletter, you can subscribe here.
Preparing "Bad Apps" for Print
I've also been busy preparing "Bad Apps" for its print edition. Currently I'm working on the book cover, which I had to make a kind of last minute change of plans as far as online tools go. I had to switch from Kindle Direct Publishing's Cover Creator to Canva, which has been working out much better. I have more details about the print (paperback) edition of "Bad Apps" on my post for October 30th (the Halloween edition mentioned above). So, if you haven't yet, be sure to check it out. It includes the Book-To-Movie review, in which this time I review the 1985 film, "Cat's Eye", and two of the Stephen King short stories it's partly based on.
I'll admit that I've been a little slow with the writing this week. I've been worn out each evening both from working on last week's post and from a Halloween rush where I was trying to get so much done just to celebrate the holiday. I was really trying to get the print edition of "Bad Apps" released by this past Saturday, but that didn't work out. It will probably be another week or two before it releases. Keep checking back here and at my Facebook page for the latest updates.
A Real Bad App?
In the meantime, if you're interested in the ebook version of "Bad Apps", it's now available at Amazon. However, for the time being, I suggest you use the above link because, for some reason, "Bad Apps" doesn't come up in a search on Amazon whether you put in the title or the author's name. That seems to be the case more with the Amazon mobile app than the website. So, if you want to check out a real bad app, try looking for my book on the former. (I know, that was a dumb joke.) I'm going to try to fix the problem during the remainder of the week. We all want people to find our books, right?
IWSG Question of the Month
Now it's time for IWSG's November 4 optional question: As a writer, do you have favorite themes that you like to explore in your stories? If so, what are they? When I was an English major in college, I was a theme nerd when reading literature for my classes. I was always analyzing for the themes in the stories we read. I still look for them in some stories that I read today. However, when it comes to my own writing, theme is the last thing that I worry about. In fact, I hardly even worry about it at all. It's my belief that theme will form itself as you write the story and focus on developing the plot and characters.
'Bad Apps' Book Tour to Come
I'll be putting together a book tour for "Bad Apps" pretty soon. If anyone is interested in hosting my book's presentation on their site, please let me know either in the comments box below or email me at sarellanorose@gmail.com.
For those of you who celebrate it, what did you do for Halloween? Do you intentionally explore themes in your writing or do you let them develop on their own? Today’s IWSG is brought to you by these super co-hosts: Kalpana, Kim Lajevardi, Rebecca Douglass, Jennifer Lane, and Cathrina Constantine! IWSG was founded by awesome author Alex Cavanaugh, writer of the Cassa Series of novels!
Until next time . . .
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