Hello, friends!!
I added the second exclamation point to the above sentence because I’m overcompensating. I still feel shitty. Last Sunday I started feeling like garbage again and by Monday I was definitely in a rebound of Covid. The coughing and stuffy nose/sneezing got real bad. Now it’s primary coughing and wheezing. My chest hurts. This sucks but I have had worse, believe it or not. Poor Pamela is still feeling shitty, too. G, though, is good. She still has a little bit of a cough but went to school and had a good time.
Anyway, while I didn’t work as hard as I have in the past on the writing work, I was still busy this week, so let’s take a look.
Welcome to the 87th installment of Gauthic Times, the newsletter about my writing, my life, and a look into October.
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Editing on Project: Amusement Park continues.
I set myself up on the kitchen table, grab my pen, and go to work. So far, I’ve gone through 51 pages of the book. That means 631 pages left to read and edit. There’ve been minor edits so far, though as I progress I find myself doing more crossing out and tightening, I’m very much in a discovery phase of going through the book. Re-acquainting myself with the story and characters. I have to admit that I’m mostly enjoying what I’m reading. That delights me.
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Next month looks like I’ll be making two appearances because writers of horror are in demand in October!
On October 5th, I’ll be doing a signing at Barnes & Noble in Smithfield, Rhode Island. I believe this will be similar to my signing in July in Wareham.
October 26th is going to be really cool! I’ll be appearing at Barnes & Noble in Wareham, Massachusetts, again. This time, though, I’ll be part of a Halloween event that will feature at least five or six other authors (so far) and some of those authors have me stunned. I’ll give more information as the time comes but this is looking like a pretty cool Southeastern Massachusetts event.
I’ll provide more information on both events as we get closer.
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A few weeks back I posted a short story called “The Death Museum” for paid-Patrons as a thank you. This week Patreon began allowing creators the chance to sell individual posts or collections of posts through our shops. As a result, I’m selling “The Death Museum” to anyone who wants to read it.
The price through the Patreon website is $3. The price through the Patreon Apple App is $4.50. Because of recent changes that Apple has made with its commerce stuff, subscribing and buying through the app actually costs more because Apple is charging Patreon (and its creators) more. I will see the same amount of money no matter how you pay for it.
This is a story that I really like so I’m hoping people will read it.
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I think that’s it for today. Consider yourself updated. Thanks for reading!
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