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MGR Tour: New Beginnings!
Welcome to 2015 MGRers! The years go marching by, and this year will be no different. It will be gone before we know it, but while it’s still fresh, I’m going to share what I plan to accomplish this year. It’s ambitious, but I think it’s doable.
First, I need to get Polar Bear on the Loose into publishable shape. I completed my revision, but beta readers tell me Inuit (Eye-Knew-It) isn’t ready for your curious eyes yet. That means I’m going to do another round of revisions, attempting to address the concerns raised by my daring beta readers. I’ve set a publication date of August 4, 2015, so I have a lot of work to do.
Second, I sorted through my “stack of stuff” (to steal a phrase from Rush Limbaugh) and decided the next draft for revision is the work that has been known as Twilight. Clearly, I can’t use that title, so I’ve reassigned it to a working title of Geeks. Geeks will undo revision using Holly Lisle’s “How to Revise Your Novel” course. I’m setting a goal of one lesson per month for this revision. Polar Bear on the Loose took me six years, so two years is fast for me.
Third, I’m working on a short story for Blackbirds Second Flight, which has a planned release date of March 31. The cover looks like this:
Finally, I’m learning the behind the scenes part of publishing my work this year. Cover art design, formatting for various ebooks, probably formatting for print books, front matter, back matter, and stuff I probably don’t even know about yet. The nuts and bolts of self-publishing, first in the ebook realm and then in the print realm. I may not learn it all this year, but I’m beginning the journey.
Blackbirds Book Signing Photos
Yes, I was in Ada, Oklahoma, on October 30th signing Blackbirds First Flight. This was a first for me, but it made it so much easier to be doing it with my more experienced friends Stephen Bagley and Wendy Blanton. I was thrilled to get to meet fellow co-author Gail Henderson. Here are a few photos from the event. I also enjoyed meeting so many of Stephen Bagley’s friends.
When we arrived at the Ada Public Library yesterday afternoon to set everything up for the book signing, we discovered Stephen’s friend Jennifer already there with the treats. (Don’t they look yummy?) The wonderful library staff had our tables ready for us.
Once Stephen and Eric arrived, we didn’t take too long to transform the space for the signing (really a party):
Tamara Siler Jones (‘Endorphins’ author) joined us via Skype from Iowa:
Finally, we had people show up, buy books, and just hang around chatting. Nothing boring or stuffy about this party!
Stephen has two friends named Gail, and both of them were at the signing tonight. This is Stephen and his Gails.
We had a few young people in costume show up. I recall seeing an Egyptian princess, a mermaid, Darth Vader, a character from an animated series I didn’t recognize, but when he took his mask off, I’d have guessed he was one of Robin Hood’s Merry Men (I’ve been informed the character was a ‘Dark Jedi’). 
Darth Vader likes Smarties. (I guess the photographer was a little shaky due to the proximity to Darth.)
I almost forgot about R2-2D2-2:
Halloween wouldn’t be complete without a light sabre (I think Eric lost an eyebrow or two…):
Thank you to everyone who came out to make it a successful and enjoyable evening.