The Aston West Universe

In case you hadn't noticed the new addition over there on the right side, The Aston West Universe now has its own fan page. If you'd like to join up, feel free! One never knows when a contest might be announced... *hint hint*

Free Books Galore! (and an Interview)

Head on over to Dawn's Reading Nook (despite the warning message, my work's clean) and check out my latest interview. Make sure to comment!

Oh, and you get your first glimpse of the cover art for DEAD OR ALIVE (the print edition)...

Weekly Goals - January 25, 2011

Much like squeezing a balloon, I do well on one set of goals, and not so much on the other...

Results for this week:

1. Edited around 10K words
2. Submitted to 5

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Edit 10K words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Submit two short stories

Submission status for the week:

Novels:

The Cure --
15 queries submitted
4 form rejections
11 still under consideration

Short stories:
"Deadly Decisions" (Need to submit)
"Double Trouble" (Need to submit)
"Turnabout" (Since December 1)
"Generations" (Need to submit)

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Weekly Goals - January 18, 2011

Well, things didn't go to well on the submission front (for both getting queries out, or for shorts already out on submission), but edits went fairly decent (even if I missed the goal).

Results for this week:

1. Edited around 14K words
2. Didn't even put together queries

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Edit 15K words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Submit The Cure to 5 agents

Submission status for the week:

Novels:

The Cure --
10 queries submitted
3 form rejections
7 still under consideration

Short stories:
"Deadly Decisions" (Rejected)
"Double Trouble" (Rejected)
"Turnabout" (Since December 1)
"Generations" (Rejected)

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Weekly Goals - January 11, 2011

Edits on one novel, submissions on another...it's a quick start to the new year. With The Cure out on submission, it's time to revamp the "Submission Status" here on the weekly goals blog. I may have to bring the Author-Ese Translator out of retirement as well...

Results for this week:

1. Edited around 11.5K words
2. Submitted The Cure to 5 agents

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Edit 15K words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Submit The Cure to 5 agents

Submission status for the week:

Novels:

The Cure --
10 queries submitted
2 form rejections
8 still under consideration

Short stories:
"Deadly Decisions" (Submitted December 14)
"Double Trouble" (Since September 25)
"Turnabout" (Since December 1)
"Generations" (Since December 1)

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short stories
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Nominated

Well, not sure how I ended up on the list of nominees, but I'm proud to announce my nomination for Champagne Books' 2010 Author of the Year. It sure would look nice next to my 2008 Best-Selling Book of the Year award for Heroes Die Young, but seeing the other nominees in the pack, I'm not counting on it.

;-)

Weekly Goals - January 4, 2011

Ah, the first goal-setting of the new year...hope you all had a Happy (and safe) New Year! Around here, the end of the holidays meant it was time to get some queries out. After some brain-dead actions (forgetting to put my name at the end of the first two), things went a bit smoother. Now it's time to start in on edits of Death Brings the Victory, and get another batch of queries ready to send out.

Results for this week:

1. Completed the first draft
2. Submitted The Cure to 5 agents

And now the goals for this coming week:

1. Edit 10K words on Death Brings the Victory
2. Submit The Cure to 5 more agents

Submission status for the week:

Short stories:
"Deadly Decisions" (Submitted December 14)
"Double Trouble" (Since September 25)
"Turnabout" (Since December 1)
"Generations" (Since December 1)

Aston West
novels
short stories
writing goals