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Accountability time!

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My year of success is chugging right along. I sent out ARC emails (and ARCs) this week. If you’re on the team and didn’t get an email, or didn’t get a reply, let me know. The paperback would be completely ready to be crossed off, if Ingram didn’t send a cover template a tenth of an inch smaller than they want them to be, then complain when those files return at the dimension they asked for. Promo got briefly sidetracked due to my anxieties over these wildfires and their proximity to my son and his girlfriend, but I’ll be back on that train later today.

Her Brother’s Billionaire Best Friend releases February 4

  • Heavy, daily promo until release day
  • Send out ARC emails
  • Search manuscript one last time for “actually,” “clearly,” and “really”. Eliminate as many as I can stand.
  • Format for Kindle and Smashwords
    • Table of Contents
    • Front Matter
    • Update Book Links
    • Back Matter
    • Pre-Order link to Her Billionaire Boyfriend
  • Upload manuscript to Smashwords by Jan. 15
  • Upload manuscript to Kindle by Jan. 31
  • Format Paperback
    • Format
    • Cover
    • Order Proof
    • Adjustments as needed, if any

Her Billionaire Boyfriend releases May 6

  • Combine into one file from original proofs
  • Staggered promo with HBBBF from February 14
  • Heavy promo from March 1
  • Cover
  • Cover reveal February 14
  • Blurb
  • Establish Pre-Order Link
  • Final proof
  • Send out ARC emails
  • Format for Kindle and Smashwords
    • Table of Contents
    • Front Matter
    • Update Book Links
    • Back Matter
    • Pre-Order link to Her Billionaire
  • Upload to Kindle, Smashwords
  • Format for Paperback
    • Format
    • Cover
    • Order Proof
    • Adjustments as needed, if any

Her Billionaire releases September 30

  • Final Proof
  • Cover
  • Blurb
  • Staggered promo with HBB from June 1
  • Heavy promo from July 1
  • Establish pre-order link
  • Format for Kindle, Smashwords
    • Table of Contents
    • Front Matter
    • Update Book Links
    • Back Matter
  • Format for Paperback

Alpha Queen Ascending releases April 15

  • One last read through just in case
  • Cover
  • Blurb
  • Establish pre-order
  • Format for Kindle and Ingram
    • Table of Contents
    • Front Matter
    • Update Book Links
    • Back Matter
  • Format Paperback
    • Format
    • Cover
    • Order Proof
    • Adjustments as needed, if any

The Vampire’s Willing Captive releases July 15

  • Fablemere promo campaign May 2
  • Birthday campaign July 1
  • Heavy promo July 1
  • One last read through just in case
  • Cover
  • Blurb
  • Establish pre-order
  • Format for Kindle and Ingram
    • Table of Contents
    • Front Matter
    • Update Book Links
    • Back Matter
  • Format Paperback
    • Format
    • Cover
    • Order Proof
    • Adjustments as needed, if any

Books I Want To Finish This Year:

  • A Kingdom of Wonder and Terror
  • The Business Centaur’s Virgin Assistant
  • Untitled Sophie book
  • The Breakaway
  • The Turning
  • Filthy, Rich

Word Count For 2025: 11221

Miscellaneous:

  • Get Abigail Barnette website up
    • Call web provider
    • Link Shopify
    • Promote Shopify
    • Add ebooks
  • Paperbacks of The Boyfriend and Sophie
    • Download manuscripts
    • Format
    • Cover
    • Upload
    • Order proof
    • Adjustments as needed, if any
    • Add to Shopify
  • Launch Shopify
    • Blog post
    • Promote across socials
    • Add link to Trout Nation website
    • Add link to Abigail Barnette website

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2 Comments

  1. bewalsh7
    bewalsh7

    Sounds like you’re really tearing through your tasks! Congrats!
    I do hope your son and his girlfriend are doing ok!

    January 16, 2025
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  2. Gen
    Gen

    Damn. I struggle to get through my to-do list, and it only says things like “brush the cat” and “shower”. If it looked anything like yours I think I’d go stare at a wall and rock myself like a baby for the forseeable future. This is an absolutely terrifying workload. Kudos to you for bulldozing your way through it.

    January 23, 2025
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