The No News is No News Purgatory Thread, Volume 8

Hey Kris *munches cookie*

Sorry to have Saturday deliveries end. It's a sign that we are living in a dystopia with a crumbling infrastructure that unfairly burdens the poor, who don't do as much electronic banking.

Yay for weight loss, Sunna!

Sorry about the dryer, Tas!

And Amarie asks hard questions. I really had to think about it. Thank you, Amarie!

Hi Kris! Welcome back.

Today is massage and chiro Wed and I scheduled an extra long massage for today for that birthday thing that happened Mon. Since I also missed last one (she was out of town) I figure I deserve it. So 90 minutes today. Aaaaaahhhh

In other news, I'm looking at swag and such, although I don't have my cover art yet, so if anyone knows of good, but cheap places to get stuff...and has ideas of what to get for a first book...please jump in. I don't have a large budget for this, but I thought at least bookmarks or postcards? I want to have everything in place so when I get my cover art I can order everything.

*tacklehugs Kris*

Blond-that swag is brilliant! Love it!

Kell-great interview!

Gawd, I'll never catch up. Back into the work cave for me!
Making tuna noodle casserole for tea, in need of comfort food and, surprisingly, Mr FD said he'd like that.

Hi all. A quick mid-morning break check in. I am enjoying a few pages of Purgatory and a clementine. I love clementine season.


((Tas)) - ugh, so sorry about the dryer.

Blond - lovely swag.

GJB - meh, 4 typos are not too bad. I read a book this week that was obviously missing pages - one scene the bottom of the page, something completely at the top of the next. Didn't impair my enjoyment of the book overall.

Kiahanna - hope kitteh continues to improve. maybe you should show her the new monopoly token.

Sunna - yay for feeling good! Boo on the 3 feet?! of snow - I'll stop complaining about our 5 inches every-other-day.

Kris - good to see you!

Dragonstar - who are your target readers? What would they want? I didn't bother with postcards, because I decided the cost of mailing them was probably not worth the possible benefit. Unless you have a good mailing list of stores and likely buyers, think about what value they have? But bookmarks are almost always good, as are little things that your target reader might like.

~suki

JennW said:

Blond - love the shirts! Love the line on the back. Is that the tag line?

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Well, it's MY tag line. And the last one I made up for swag and promo purposes ended up on the book, so who knows?

BTW Blond, that swag totally rocks!

Dragonstar said:

In other news, I'm looking at swag and such, although I don't have my cover art yet, so if anyone knows of good, but cheap places to get stuff...and has ideas of what to get for a first book...please jump in. I don't have a large budget for this, but I thought at least bookmarks or postcards? I want to have everything in place so when I get my cover art I can order everything.

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You probably can't have anything designed until you get final, hi rez cover art. But the whole process is pretty quick. I order bookmarks from PrintRunner which can get them to you in less than a week.

Bookmarks are the easiest for handing out at signings and conferences. Postcards are fine for mailings, but you need to decide what you want to accomplish with those mailings in order to justify price.

Dragonstar said:

BTW Blond, that swag totally rocks!

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Thanks! I think I'm going to do little black keychain flashlights, in addition to bookmarks. All ties in with the theme of the book, i.e. darkness can kill you.

Tas, that blows. How about trolling Cra!gslist for cheap, temporary replacement?

It's always a joy to see Kris streaking through Purgatory...

Blondchen said:

It's always a joy to see Kris streaking through Purgatory...

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It's like a tradition. *waggles butt*

mornin' puglets!

kris!! *hugs* we miss you!

i hope cricket and cuddles can check
in soon too.

finished ho11y b1ack's B1ack Heart
last night. she literally had my heart pounding
faster with her writing. i think this series
is a study in masterful plotting as well as
narration and prose. recommend to everyone.

nothing but errands and reading before
i leave for mexico on saturday. nervous
excited! =D

That Holly Black trilogy is amazing.

para. right?

i really hope and pray she'll write more.
some day. she has more stories in her
in this world, she's said.

i'll harass her in mexico about it. ha!

Blondchen said:

Thanks! I think I'm going to do little black keychain flashlights, in addition to bookmarks. All ties in with the theme of the book, i.e. darkness can kill you.

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Blond, I don't know if it really matters, but after I ordered my flashlight compass things, I realized you aren't supposed to mail things with batteries.

Kris said:

HI!!!!! It's been so long that I almost couldn't find the place!!!!!

*streaks through thread naked*

*steals 3:59 t-shirts and streaks through thread wearing only Blondchen swag*

Missed you guys!! maybe will catch up now.

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My eyes! My beautiful eyes!

Going to write today. Going to do it. Writing. Getting it done. Going to add words. Going to find a plot. Going to...

OH, SHINY THINGS!!!!!

Okay, I got a research question for those of you who get your hair colored. I've got a character who's getting her dishwater blond hair dyed like Marilyn Monroe blond. What's the process? What do you call the bowls of goop I always see stylists toting around? What sorta lingo am I looking for?

red, i'll let someone else answer that.

Here's a general warning about Word and why I am banging my head against the wall today. For the second time when I've used a thumb drive to switch between 2 computers to work on a manuscript, the document has become corrupted and unopenable. I think it's because one computer is running 2007 and one is running 2010. The first time I thought it was something I did, but I'm sure this new problem is not my fault.

Monopoly token?

I'm not sure if its me being paranoid or not but she seems a bit quieter this evening. Perhaps it's just residual tiredness...

I may need to take her back in to the vets...

RedScylla said:

Okay, I got a research question for those of you who get your hair colored. I've got a character who's getting her dishwater blond hair dyed like Marilyn Monroe blond. What's the process? What do you call the bowls of goop I always see stylists toting around? What sorta lingo am I looking for?

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Not sure on the lingo, but for platinum blond hair, I think you have to bleach the hair first THEN apply the light, yellow-blond color? Even on a dishwater blond, I think there'd be bleaching involved.

Oh, and I think the little thing they apply the dye with is called a spatula.