Beading and Reissues of Some Older Writings

My day off is today and after I finish with my errands, I'll settle down with my beadwork and bead, bead, bead. I have been afraid to check the absolute deadline for my piece, but I know I'm pushing into November and it's due relatively early that month, so I'm really hauling to get this done. With several hours today, I should be able to get quite a bit accomplished (along with the shopping, laundry, and cooking dinner aspects of a normal Wednesday). I also have a repair that needs to be completed by the end of the week. I need the money that will bring to me, so I'll be taking a closer look at it today and try and whip it together tomorrow morning.

This is another piece from the 2013 Challenge. This small
handbag was beaded by Hannah Rosner. 2013 was the third
year of the Toho Bead Challenge and the first year I signed up
to participate. I was unable to finish last year, so I'm determined
to finish this year. 

I got notification from one of my craft publishers that an old project of mine is one of a dozen chosen for a new holiday e-book they'll be putting out soon. Happy me! It's a Holiday ornament cover that I designed to go over a shining Christmas ball. In fact, I have one upstairs,since I gave one to my mother-by-marriage and inherited it when she died. I designed it so that if the ball broke, the cover could be easily removed and put onto a different ball (I had cats at the time I designed it). Anyway - a few more small royalty payments for me when they release the e-book in a week or so. Yeah!

When I was still teaching classes, I designed a Christmas Tree ornament
each year. This one I submitted for publication and it was accepted. It's
been popular ever since. I wanted a Victorian look with a no-muss,
no-fuss cover that could be replaced on a different ball in case of accidents. 

And also on the re-release end, "Dragonthology" is available at no-charge through Amazon until the end of the month. It's a special "Halloween" offer that my publisher arranged. I won't get any royalties from this one since it's for free, but if you were ever interested in reading my story "Dragon Seeks a Wife" or one of the other stories in the anthology, it's a great time to pick up an e-copy.

I was thrilled to have my little story accepted in Dragonthology and
even happier that many of the reviewers loved and mentioned my
tale. It was fun. It's not the best publisher in the universe, but
hey - it looks great on my short resume - LOL. 

Not much else to say today, just trying to figure out my schedule and the best way I can accomplish maximum errands in minimal time. My usual Wednesday conundrum. I'll be talking with Aearwen later today and I'm sure we'll be talking about NaNoWriMo and writing in general. She's signed up for NaNo this year. Are you? If you are, shoot me your NaNo name and I'll add you to my buddies. It always helps to have another cheerleader and NaNo buddy.

Once again I'll be diving into NaNo. Every year I approach it with fear and
hesitation, but I always figure that at least I'll get something written in my
novel and something is an improvement over nothing. Thus - once again I
step into the breech. 

So, on that note, as the days get shorter and colder, fall seems to have moved in and winter is perched on the doorstep. Chickie's birthday is next week and we'll be celebrating with a fantastic dinner at one of the local Mexican restaurants. It seems that everyone from my end of town wants to ride with me. Oh well - at least we'll all be late together - LOL. But that's upcoming, not today, so I'll bid you all a wonderful Wednesday and I'll be back tomorrow.

Face Off Season & final contestants were, Dina Cimarusti, Cig Neutron and
Drew Talbot. Of course, one of these three won, but I'm not going to spoil
it for those who may have missed the finale. It was a great show, though,
so catch it on on-demand or re-run. 

Oh - and I'm SUPER HAPPY that my favorite makeup artist on "Face Off" won it all. I liked him/her from the very first episode and couldn't be happier. Great work and a great season! (How's that for being murky enough that no spoilers can arise from my words - LOL.)