Idol Speculations is out! Plus Meet Dawn Colclasure
Sep 01, 2023 3:36 pm
TL:DR
- Update on my non-comedy adventure and COVID fun
- Purchase Idol Speculations!
- Webinar on how to load a book on Amazon Sept 23 ($10)
- Meet Dawn Colclasure
What’s New in FabianSpace
Last week, I mentioned that I may be doing some comedy at a local fashion show. Long story short, I did not get to tell jokes. Instead, I was the announcer for the child and female models. I had a lot of fun, we made money for a good cause. (Success Indeed, which helps high schoolers who want to go into vocations instead of college). There's another show in November, and I may get to do comedy and more announcing then.
However, during the setup, which I helped, I dropped a chair on my foot. I think I have a hairline fracture, but my doc is on vacation and all Urgent Care would probably just boot me and tell me to ice it, so I bought a boot and am gimping around. In the meantime, two of my boys have Covid, so we're isolating. I'm negative so far.
On September 5, I'll be on A Podcast?! talking about my books, classes, and Everything, Everywhere, All At Once, a movie I totally identify with. Listen in!
Idol Speculations is here!
When an elder god that’s been hiding in the lakes of Los Lagos, grows under the inadvertent influence of Mundanes, it emerges as a monster out of a kaiju movie. Vern gets the help of mages, the National Guard, and even a mechadragon, but in the end, it’s up to Vern to save the day.
I'm so excited to have this one come out. I've been wanting to write it for a long time. I've shared the summary twice now, so let me tell you some fun facts!
- I wrote this one for my son, Steven, who is a big kaiju movie fan. We had a great time watching the movies together.
- Shogzallie is actually a leftover from Nun of My Business!
- Shogzallie rises to attack on my son's birthday. (Happy 30th, Steven!)
- I asked Brent Donoho to make a drawing of Shogzallie as a scene break.
- I ordered more line drawings for coloring pages! I'll have those for you next week!
How to Publish on Amazon – class and demo
The last couple of times I’ve published a book on Amazon, I held a webinar to show folks how it’s done. I’ve had a great response and decided to formalize it into a class. I’ll cover what you need to prepare, some of the basics, and then walk you through a demo, using Idol Speculations as the guinea pig! You’ll leave with an understanding of how to publish using KDP (Amazon’s platform) and a worksheet to help you prepare.
The class is on Saturday, Sept 23, 8-9 PM, Eastern.
$10 (CWG members contact me for a coupon code.)
Meet Dawn Colclasure
I had the opportunity to talk about self-publishing for Dawn's newsletter, The SPARREW. The SPARREW Newsletter is a free monthly newsletter for self-publishers, authors, readers, reviewers, editors, and writers. Each issue arrives with the latest industry news and interviews with some of today's most prolific industry leaders. It's a worthwhile newsletter and even better, subscribers receive a free ebook with every issue.
She is the author and co-author of over four dozen books, among them 365 Tips for Writers: Inspiration, Writing Prompts and Beat the Block: Tips to Turbo Charge Your Creativity, and the horror novel, Shadow of Samhain. She is also a book reviewer and ghostwriter. Her stories have appeared in magazines, newspapers, websites and anthologies. She is a former journalist who wrote for the national newspaper SIGNews and a former poetry editor for Skyline E-Magazine and American Bard. She is also a self-publisher. She publishes the SPARREW Newsletter each month. Her websites are at https://dawnsbooks.com/ and https://www.dmcwriter.com. Her Twitter: @dawncolclasure.