As the post header says. :) I’ve never experienced Bastille Day celebrations, being stuck here in California, but if you observe the day, have a great one!
Ah, yes…feed the bunny, please. I still haven’t lost sight of my 1848 student revolutions in Paris historical story idea. Heck, I even bought “Do You Hear the People Sing?” for my iPod as a constant reminder. Then again, I’ve always liked that song, anyway, so being reminded of the story through it works beautifully for me. Heh. But it’ll be written after my Beatlemania story because it’s another angst-ridden thing. I prefer to balance my state of mind by alternating uplifting and downer stories as I go.
In less savory news, I have a feeling that Curse of Arachnaman will end up flopping because I’ve been having the worst time finding people willing to review the book. Rainbow Reviews have blocked authors from submitting material for review, and I have to depend on my publisher to take care of that; hopefully they did. Another review site lost their YA reviewer and have no one to take on the book. Well, they have a prospect, but I’m not holding my breath.* A couple of other reviewers who took up my Masks series in the past seems to have shifted attention to LGBT YA published by mainstream presses, which irks me. Most of these authors already enjoy massive word-of-mouth and other promotional benefits, being published by one of the New York presses. We small press authors, as always, get the short end of the stick.
The only dependable promo blog I turn to is Lee Wind’s. I also managed to establish a relationship with Dreaming in Books and Naughty Book Kitties. And some word of mouth via my backlist. Oh, well.
* EDIT: The YA reviewer alternative is interested in taking up the book. Yay! Still batting zero everywhere else, though.
