R.J. Theodore's Blog, page 9

FLOTSAM is out today! Huge, huge thanks go out to John Adamus, my galaxy class editor, along with the entire in-it-too-the-elbows Parvus Press team who helped me get this book out the door and in the hands of its new readers. It's been an absolute pleasure to work with Parvus over the last eleven months, […]

Between episodes of Phantom Traveler, most of my writing energy has gone into guest content for a blog tour to support FLOTSAM's launch. I seem to do okay with Non Fiction in general (I have written several guest spots on Ketovangelist.com and helped pen the first half of our book Kickass Keto), but these posts are […]

FLOTSAM releases in 20 days. I feel like it's so much closer by the way things are picking up speed behind the scenes. Most of my blog tour essays are done, and now I turn my anxious thoughts to organizing in-person events. This past weekend was v.v.exciting! The paperbacks that Amazon decided to ship out […]

This morning I promised Colin of Parvus that I'm done with FLOTSAM. No more revisions. No more layout changes. Forever and ever, Amen. Revisions to the manuscript itself were locked in last Tuesday, in reality, when Colin and I Zoom-conf'd for 3.5 hours to go over my notes from the audiobook review and prioritize any […]

The audio files for proofing/QC arrived on Saturday morning, which was perfect timing for getting them reviewed and sending my comments back on schedule, but wow that was an intensive weekend. My back and neck (plus right shoulder) are not happy with me. Thankfully I got out for a couple hours this weekend to walk […]

Life lately has been a flurry of Flotsam-related emails and phone calls. It is tremendous and I wouldn't trade it for the world, but it's left my head in a bit of spin and it's definitely impacting the work I'm trying to get done on Phantom Traveler. Add to the mix that the Ketovangelist team […]

There are shenanigans and plans in the works around here! On Thursday, Colin Coyle of Parvus Press emceed a Conversation on Craft between the lovely Karen Osborne and me which aired via Facebook Live. It was a great chat and it was over way too fast! It'll eventually live on the Parvus site, but for […]

I have a lot of confidence about my writing when I sit down to craft stories about other people. Not so much, when I need to write about myself. If you follow my blog, you know I'll share my rough spots as much as the shine. It's who I am: a real person, being as […]

Wow. Just. Wow. I knew, at the end of December, that I felt very positive about 2018. And it wasn't just me. There seems to be this hum, this buzz, this vibe. I heard excited, unabashed whispers from everyone and every corner that 2018 is going to be big. My buzz increased with everyone I […]

I'm in a very to-do listy mood today. Sometimes all the joy I get comes from planning and deciding on directions and next steps. Thankfully this doesn't happen every day, because plans never engaged don't go far. I spent yesterday afternoon playing Skyrim. I figure listy moods probably come from the deep, painful, lingering guilt […]