Friday, May 27, 2011

The Albuquerque Cheer

ABQ!
Woo woo woo!
ABQ!
I love you!
Jump with glee
for Albuquerque!
Leap about
and give a mighty shout:
[go to first line]

The sort of thing I think about while standing in the sun all afternoon.

Thursday, May 26, 2011

I just deposited my first royalty check ever

I just deposited my first royalty check ever, for $28.94, from Whiskey Creek Press for first quarter sales of ebook copies of my novel THE SON WHO PAID ATTENTION.

I can deposit checks into my credit union account from home via my scanner and computer.

Little by little I am advancing toward becoming a professional writer. First there was the $5 I won in 8th grade for an essay contest. Then there was the $1 to option movie rights to an early draft of TSWPA for a year some years ago. Then came getting TSWPA published in September and since then buying and selling several dozen paperback copies myself. And now I've gotten a royalty check.

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Wednesday I joined

Wednesday I joined a writing group in Santa Fe that meets semimonthly at the south side Borders Books. The founder and leader of the group calls herself Mama Bear. She's a creativity coach.