I'm not listening to music at the moment, so I can't report on the moment's iTunes selection. I'm watching The Transporter with my fantasy author. Quite the violent movie, I must say. She's transfixed by it, even though she's seen it before.
On to the blog post.
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, is home from her crazed Duran Duran vacation in Orange County, California, where she and two of her girlfriends, Christine and Jennine, enjoyed all the chaos and mayhem that a Duran Duran vacation entails. Now that she's home, I've got her on a strict writing schedule in the evenings so we can complete Book III of the Choices Meant for Gods trilogy. Luckily, she can write while watching this Jason Statham person in The Transporter.
Tags: Choices Meant for Gods, fantasy author, Sandy Lender, Duran Duran
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
She's Being Unreasonable
I'm listening to No More Words by Berlin.
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, will soon find herself chained to the writing desk in the den. I don't think I can stress just how irritated I am. She finished her online book tour July 3 and was to then focus her evening and weekend time on completing the editing of Book III of the Choices trilogy. Has she done this?
No.
Instead, she's made corrections to the galleys of Choices Meant for Kings. She's approved ads for magazines and Web sites. She's sent poems and first-chapter files to test readers for critique. She's fiddled around with Twitter and facebook so she'll have people to announce book release and signing dates to. She's even put together additional content for her Web site. But the thing that's really angered me is this sudden interest in some story about a young lady named Lace. By the gods! I've spent the past three years helping her promote and market my Amanda's story and here she is working on a story about some strumpet from some other world? I'll have no part of such nonsense while...wait.
I'm being censored now. Isn't that just dandy. Apparently, my fantasy author thinks she can work on multiple stories simultaneously.
We'll see about that. These chains that I have for the writing desk will keep her out of reach of the reference books she's using for the "Lace" story, I can tell you that much.
Tags: Twitter, facebook, fantasy author, Sandy Lender, Choices Meant for Kings
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, will soon find herself chained to the writing desk in the den. I don't think I can stress just how irritated I am. She finished her online book tour July 3 and was to then focus her evening and weekend time on completing the editing of Book III of the Choices trilogy. Has she done this?
No.
Instead, she's made corrections to the galleys of Choices Meant for Kings. She's approved ads for magazines and Web sites. She's sent poems and first-chapter files to test readers for critique. She's fiddled around with Twitter and facebook so she'll have people to announce book release and signing dates to. She's even put together additional content for her Web site. But the thing that's really angered me is this sudden interest in some story about a young lady named Lace. By the gods! I've spent the past three years helping her promote and market my Amanda's story and here she is working on a story about some strumpet from some other world? I'll have no part of such nonsense while...wait.
I'm being censored now. Isn't that just dandy. Apparently, my fantasy author thinks she can work on multiple stories simultaneously.
We'll see about that. These chains that I have for the writing desk will keep her out of reach of the reference books she's using for the "Lace" story, I can tell you that much.
Tags: Twitter, facebook, fantasy author, Sandy Lender, Choices Meant for Kings
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
She's Being Demanding
I'm listening to Cuts You Up by Peter Murphy.
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, called out to me this afternoon. Something in her voice made me think I was in trouble. You know how your mother would use your full name at a high level to indicate she knew you'd done something very wrong and intended to punish you for it? Sandy didn't use my full name, but she had that "tone." So I peeked into her den a little hesitantly. It seems I've been neglecting my "duties" in the marketing department.
For pity's sake. Do you visitors have any clue how much work I put into finding avenues for her to advertise in? Do you know how much information I had to gather and type for her new website? Do you know how much energy I expend "surfing" the blasted Internet to find social networks for her to join? Do you know how many of these blasted profiles I've put together for her? Or how many times I've typed her bio? I'm sick and tired of writing about her first story about mice picking berries, I can tell you that much...I've got her on FiledBy, GoodReads, Facebook, Amazon, Barnes&Noble, LinkedIn, SuspenseMagazine, BookHitch, Twitter, AuthorIsland, MySpace, BookTour, Gather, Technorati, RedRoom...
Oh, look, she's brought me cake.
She's quite charming when she wants to be...
Tags: fantasy author, Sandy Lender, twitter, social networks
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, called out to me this afternoon. Something in her voice made me think I was in trouble. You know how your mother would use your full name at a high level to indicate she knew you'd done something very wrong and intended to punish you for it? Sandy didn't use my full name, but she had that "tone." So I peeked into her den a little hesitantly. It seems I've been neglecting my "duties" in the marketing department.
For pity's sake. Do you visitors have any clue how much work I put into finding avenues for her to advertise in? Do you know how much information I had to gather and type for her new website? Do you know how much energy I expend "surfing" the blasted Internet to find social networks for her to join? Do you know how many of these blasted profiles I've put together for her? Or how many times I've typed her bio? I'm sick and tired of writing about her first story about mice picking berries, I can tell you that much...I've got her on FiledBy, GoodReads, Facebook, Amazon, Barnes&Noble, LinkedIn, SuspenseMagazine, BookHitch, Twitter, AuthorIsland, MySpace, BookTour, Gather, Technorati, RedRoom...
Oh, look, she's brought me cake.
She's quite charming when she wants to be...
Tags: fantasy author, Sandy Lender, twitter, social networks
Monday, June 22, 2009
She's Got Some Duran Thing Going On
I'm listening to New Moon on Monday by Duran Duran.
Today is Monday. There's a new moon today. My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, tells me this is a fabulous thing and cause for celebration. It wasn't until she popped one of the versions of Seven and the Ragged Tiger by Duran Duran that she owns into the CD player that I realized just what she meant.
Happy "New Moon on Monday" to other Duranies. My sympathies to other Duranie family members.
Tags: Duran Duran, Sandy Lender, fantasy, new moon
Today is Monday. There's a new moon today. My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, tells me this is a fabulous thing and cause for celebration. It wasn't until she popped one of the versions of Seven and the Ragged Tiger by Duran Duran that she owns into the CD player that I realized just what she meant.
Happy "New Moon on Monday" to other Duranies. My sympathies to other Duranie family members.
Tags: Duran Duran, Sandy Lender, fantasy, new moon
Thursday, June 4, 2009
She Has Another Great Review
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, asked me to direct you to this link to read a new review of Choices Meant for Gods:
http://tinyurl.com/LASReview
Tags: review, Choices Meant for Gods, fantasy author, Sandy Lender
http://tinyurl.com/LASReview
Tags: review, Choices Meant for Gods, fantasy author, Sandy Lender
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
First Live Twitter Interview Features Authors
NAPLES, Fla. – In the first live online interview via Twitter in Internet history, Fiction Author Jamieson Wolf, Ottawa, Ont., will interview Fantasy Author Sandy Lender, Naples, Fla., Saturday, June 20, from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. EST. They’re calling it the first Tweeterview. The Twitter accounts to follow are http://twitter.com/sandylender and http://twitter.com/jamiesonwolf.
Join these two established authors for this groundbreaking Tweeterview event as Lender and Wolf share writing and writer’s life information in pithy 140-character Q&A segments. The purpose of the interview is to bring attention to Lender’s current fantasy novel, Choices Meant for Gods, from ArcheBooks Publishing, Cape Coral, Fla., and her current online book tour.
“Sandy’s been an author friend of mine for three years now so I won’t have any trouble coming up with questions for her,” Wolf said. “I’ve read her work, including her upcoming release, and am qualified to ask dozens of questions about the world she’s built as well as the publishing process, which will interest a wide audience.”
“And Jamieson’s been an author friend of mine for just as long, so I don’t think I’ll have any trouble following his Twitter-style questions,” Lender said. “This is a new use for Twitter and can bring new life to the staid interview process that readers can become hypnotized by on the Blogosphere nowadays.”
Combined, Lender and Wolf have multiple books available in both print and electronic formats and offer a wealth of information about writing and publishing to Twitter followers who check in June 20. To keep up with the Tweeterview, follow http://twitter.com/sandylender and http://twitter.com/jamiesonwolf. Additional information can be found at Today the Dragon Wins.
Fantasy enthusiasts will recognize Sandy Lender as the author of Choices Meant for Gods and What Choices We Made, as well as the upcoming Choices Meant for Kings. She is the editor of a national trade publication headquartered in Missouri, but resides in Southwest Florida where she spends all the time she can helping with sea turtle conservation. Read more about her at her blog Today the Dragon Wins.
Jamieson Wolf is a speculative fiction writer with close to 20 titles to his credit in multiple genres. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with his adoring husband and a personable cat. Learn more about his work at www.jamiesonwolf.com.
Tags: tweeterview, twitter, online book tour, Sandy Lender, Jamieson Wolf, sea turtle
Join these two established authors for this groundbreaking Tweeterview event as Lender and Wolf share writing and writer’s life information in pithy 140-character Q&A segments. The purpose of the interview is to bring attention to Lender’s current fantasy novel, Choices Meant for Gods, from ArcheBooks Publishing, Cape Coral, Fla., and her current online book tour.
“Sandy’s been an author friend of mine for three years now so I won’t have any trouble coming up with questions for her,” Wolf said. “I’ve read her work, including her upcoming release, and am qualified to ask dozens of questions about the world she’s built as well as the publishing process, which will interest a wide audience.”
“And Jamieson’s been an author friend of mine for just as long, so I don’t think I’ll have any trouble following his Twitter-style questions,” Lender said. “This is a new use for Twitter and can bring new life to the staid interview process that readers can become hypnotized by on the Blogosphere nowadays.”
Combined, Lender and Wolf have multiple books available in both print and electronic formats and offer a wealth of information about writing and publishing to Twitter followers who check in June 20. To keep up with the Tweeterview, follow http://twitter.com/sandylender and http://twitter.com/jamiesonwolf. Additional information can be found at Today the Dragon Wins.
Fantasy enthusiasts will recognize Sandy Lender as the author of Choices Meant for Gods and What Choices We Made, as well as the upcoming Choices Meant for Kings. She is the editor of a national trade publication headquartered in Missouri, but resides in Southwest Florida where she spends all the time she can helping with sea turtle conservation. Read more about her at her blog Today the Dragon Wins.
Jamieson Wolf is a speculative fiction writer with close to 20 titles to his credit in multiple genres. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with his adoring husband and a personable cat. Learn more about his work at www.jamiesonwolf.com.
Tags: tweeterview, twitter, online book tour, Sandy Lender, Jamieson Wolf, sea turtle
Thursday, May 21, 2009
She Has This Mole
I'm listening to Desire by Gene Loves Jezebel.
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, has a small, light-colored mole on her neck that looks like a tiny little pebble or raised freckle. It's quite the charming little thing, although she's muttering at me to get to the point and stop adding editorial comments. It turns out this mole looks a lot like a seed to her companion parrots who sit on her and get hit with hunger pangs.
Her newest bird needs a name! You can see the precious thing at Sandy's main blog, Today the Dragon Wins. Leave your name suggestion in the comments link there.
Tags: companion parrot, fantasy author, Sandy Lender
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, has a small, light-colored mole on her neck that looks like a tiny little pebble or raised freckle. It's quite the charming little thing, although she's muttering at me to get to the point and stop adding editorial comments. It turns out this mole looks a lot like a seed to her companion parrots who sit on her and get hit with hunger pangs.
Her newest bird needs a name! You can see the precious thing at Sandy's main blog, Today the Dragon Wins. Leave your name suggestion in the comments link there.
Tags: companion parrot, fantasy author, Sandy Lender
Friday, May 15, 2009
She Tweets, But Doesn't Let Me
I'm listening to Nothing Looks the Same in the Light by Wham!
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, has a presence on Twitter, a micro-blogging networking site, but she refuses to let me participate. You can follow her at http://twitter.com/sandylender. But you can't follow me. She says it's difficult enough to keep track of what I'm saying about her here.
I've tried convincing her that, of course, I would only tweet about Amanda Chariss. For those of you not aware, Chariss is the lovely heroine from Choices Meant for Gods. She's this amazing young woman who arrives at my family's estate completely unaware that she's the single most important figure in our society's...wait...Sandy's harping at me about getting too romantic here. Next thing you know, I'll have to post about the differences between her fantasy work and works seeped in romance. (Just so you all know, Choices Meant for Gods was seeped in romance the moment she described Chariss.)
Ed. Note from Sandy: Choices Meant for Gods was seeped in romance the moment I described the hot and handsome Nigel Taiman, who has just announced he will NOT be completing this post. He he he. The point was you can follow me on Twitter, but not poor Nigel.
Tags: fantasy author, Sandy Lender, twitter, tweet, fantasy, romance
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, has a presence on Twitter, a micro-blogging networking site, but she refuses to let me participate. You can follow her at http://twitter.com/sandylender. But you can't follow me. She says it's difficult enough to keep track of what I'm saying about her here.
I've tried convincing her that, of course, I would only tweet about Amanda Chariss. For those of you not aware, Chariss is the lovely heroine from Choices Meant for Gods. She's this amazing young woman who arrives at my family's estate completely unaware that she's the single most important figure in our society's...wait...Sandy's harping at me about getting too romantic here. Next thing you know, I'll have to post about the differences between her fantasy work and works seeped in romance. (Just so you all know, Choices Meant for Gods was seeped in romance the moment she described Chariss.)
Ed. Note from Sandy: Choices Meant for Gods was seeped in romance the moment I described the hot and handsome Nigel Taiman, who has just announced he will NOT be completing this post. He he he. The point was you can follow me on Twitter, but not poor Nigel.
Tags: fantasy author, Sandy Lender, twitter, tweet, fantasy, romance
Friday, May 8, 2009
She'll be Guest Blogging Tuesday
I'm listening to Kiss Them For Me by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
This is just a quick announcement to let you know you can catch a guest blog article from my fantasy author, Sandy Lender, at The Author Island Tiki Hut, Tuesday, May 12th. There will be a contest of some nature that she's not given me information on yet. This does not help me market very well...
Tags: fantasy author, Sandy Lender, Tiki Hut, guest blog
This is just a quick announcement to let you know you can catch a guest blog article from my fantasy author, Sandy Lender, at The Author Island Tiki Hut, Tuesday, May 12th. There will be a contest of some nature that she's not given me information on yet. This does not help me market very well...
Tags: fantasy author, Sandy Lender, Tiki Hut, guest blog
Thursday, May 7, 2009
She Recommends This Video
I'm listening to I Wanna Be Adored by The Stone Roses.
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, highly recommends you check out this video about the trials and tribulations of revisions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKkR9S2lq6Q
She says it's "brilliant marketing."
Tags: fantasy author, Sandy Lender, editing letter
My fantasy author, Sandy Lender, highly recommends you check out this video about the trials and tribulations of revisions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKkR9S2lq6Q
She says it's "brilliant marketing."
Tags: fantasy author, Sandy Lender, editing letter
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