First spam–how annoying is the stuff? And who actually responds to it? Anyway, I’ve been busy battling it–starting at my web site. I added a delete automatically rule–so if you send something to me and I don’t reply…well, post here. I already channel everything through gmail when I can, which has a great spam filter, but I also had to add some new filters to Outlook. Now I am eagerly awaiting some spam that makes it through the first three barriers so I can see how the Outlook thing works out. Weird waiting for spam…but there you have it.
Now for the process thing. I’ve said it before, but every book I’ve written I’ve used a different process. This worked for me until the last book–Wild Hunt. The book was sold and I had lots of time until it was due, so I got lazy. I followed very little process. Big Mistake! I got lost somewhere in the middle. Ugh.
Of course, all is well now. I went through and edited and finished the darn thing, but bottom line, it was much more difficult than it had to be.
I do not want to do that again.
So, I’ve been looking at my process again. I’ve also built a database to keep track of all the characters in my Unbound series–so if I use them in a later book I know what they look like, etc. and so I don’t reuse a name by accident. I’ve also tweaked a map of Yggdrasil to match my version, and nailed down where all the worlds are. I need to know things like that. I’m a tad concrete. Oh, and thanks to my experience revising Wild Hunt, I’ve also worked out a revision checklist I plan on using from now on.
So, I’ve been busy. Oh! And today, I started what will be the fourth in the Unbound series. I still have to nail down some things, but I feel a lot more in control.
I also need to finalize some of the checklists, but that’s next on my list–then I will be prepared for anything. (ha!)
