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Catching Up: June 30 to August 5
Hey Folks:
Yes I'm playing catch up. I've been delinquent in posting to live journal while posting to the other blogs that I have. Shame on me, I know. So here are all the entries that I did not post earlier. If you want to read in order of oldest to newest, start from the bottom.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Of WorldCon & Such
Well first of all—welcome to new readers and friends. We have had a big boost the past week or two from the New York area—so welcome! Please drop by the website and say hello to everyone.
Well a short week for me as it's off to Worldcon in Denver tomorrow. But hopefully before I go I will be able to get my tooth fixed. I was munching on some jelly beans the other day and crack—a piece of tooth came off. So I have begged and pleaded with my dentist to get me in before the trip to Denver because knowing my luck it will only get worse. So, hopefully, I'm planning on trying to relax a little while there and just…well hang out. I have two panels to do, one is about military science fiction; deals with real life stuff as compared to what writers are producing. The second panel is a vampire panel—of course. Other than that I will be doing some signings in the dealer's room at the EDGE/Dragon Moon Press booth.
A reminder that the free download of Alien Deception is still available at the main website: www.tonyruggiero.com. With the election year we should make this mandatory reading, it puts a lot of what the candidates bicker about in a new perspective as well as having some fun.
As to book progress, I have started the editing and rebuilding process of the next vampire book, Operation Face the Fear. By rebuilding I am referring to that we stole…well I stole a little from the third book and stuck it in the second book. So now I have to do some replacing and reorganizing. The release date has not been firmed up yet but I have asked for April-May timeframe.
That's it for now.
Take Care
Tony
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Alien Deception--Audio File--Chapter 1&2
I have put up the audio file to Chapter 1 & 2 of Alien Deception. So go ahead and give it a listen:)
http://www.tonyruggiero.com/sampleaudio
Tony
Friday, July 25, 2008
The Best Things in Life Really Are Free...
Yes...I did say the magic word of FREE.
If you go to my main webpage at www.tonyruggiero.com, you can download a FREE pdf version of my novel Alien Deception. Yes--I did say FREE. It is on my main page of the website just below the WORLDCON announcement.
If you do download it and read it, a review or blog about it would be highly appreciated!
Have a great weekend!
Tony
Monday, July 21, 2008
Tired Monday…
Well the title almost says it all. We have a new member to the family…her name is Maggie-Moo, she is an English setter who joins Victoria, our young 10 month old English setter who badly wanted a playmate.
Maggie is 3-4 years old and comes from the English Setter Rescue Organization. She was in a foster home in Louisville, Kentucky so to speed up the adoption process I drove to Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday and back to Virginia on Sunday…all in all about 1400 miles. I've forgotten how much fun it is to do the marathon drive by oneself. So needless to say this week is off to a slow start. If you want to see Maggie, click on the link: http://www.englishsetterrescue.org/fami
As to writing this week, I will be working on my synopsis and ancillary materials for the newest book in preparation to pitch it to a few agents and WorldCon in Denver, CO quickly approaches. After that I hope to start my revising and editing of the next vampire book before the editor gets their paws on it.
Still need some reviews…so get out there and post some at Amazon or something:)
Off to nap…I hope.
Tony
Monday, July 14, 2008
Happy Monday…
Well yeah I am a little jovial today because I did finish the second draft of the new book—finally!
I still have to go back in and clean up my chapter lengths and stuff like that, but then it should be ready for the beta read. So progress has been made—and that's always a good thing. I'm pretty happy about the book so far. Right now it's called Last Chance, and it deals with the concept of a utopian world except this time with the help of vampires and werewolves.
Oh and before I forget—hello to all those new folks joining in from Oklahoma! The media campaign has started arbitrarily picking places to market, I know we just left San Francisco after making over a hundred new friends—it's always great to see new people and hopefully some new readers as well. Speaking of which…I need some readers to get some reviews posted over on Amazon. I'd appreciate any help there. Don't forget about the free book offer I talked about in my blog a week or two back—it's still going…
Other than that planning for the Denver trip in August to attend Worldcon. Looking forward to going—it's not often that I can make it to the Worldcon due to traveling and time considerations. If anyone is from that area, appreciate any tips about things to do and places to see while I'm there.
Well have to run…everyone be safe and…oh wait a minute…we need some useless news don't we. Let me see, I know I have something here somewhere. Here we go…did you know that in Utah, it is against the law to discriminate unfairly in the purchase of milk, cream or butterfat? And if that is not enough, in Utah, prosecutors can seek death for anyone who kills an on duty poultry inspector—does that mean its okay to kill an off duty one?
Later.
Tony
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Not Quite Yet...
Well I wish I could say I was finished with the book—but I'm not. But it's not due to any lack of effort. I have been working on it every day for a few hours and it's just getting longer—I guess there was more story there to tell after all.
Anyway the important part is that I am back on some kind of schedule and for me that's very important. I'm averaging about a 1000 words a day so about 7000 words a week. I know it shouldn't be about numbers, but for me, it helps keep me on schedule.
Anyway before I run off—time for a little more useless news…
Did you know that in St. Louis...., it is illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer…from a bucket?
Also, still looking for some more folks to post their reviews up on Amazon.com…come on now, I know you're out there!
Take Care,
Tony
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Did You Know...
Okay...useless knowledge can be very funny.
Did you know that in Globe, AZ it is illegal to play cards with an American Indian and that in Illinois, it is illegal to fish in your pajamas in Chicago?
Have a Happy 4th, but don't play any cards with an American Indian in Globe, AZ or fish in your pj's in Chicago.
Tony
Monday, June 30, 2008
Almost there…but not quite
Well I have not finished the book yet…but I am getting closer.
Between editing and adding some new stuff, I think I added about 10,000 words or so for me and given the state of my writing lately that was a pretty good week.
So like I have said, I'm still pleased with the progress and I am now hoping to get it done maybe this week although that may not be enough time now because of new directions that have popped up. I have decided to try and keep this as a two book series but even that might change and become three.
As long as the words keep coming--that's a good thing. So…I guess we'll have to see.
Take care & have a Happy 4th,
Tony
Yes I'm playing catch up. I've been delinquent in posting to live journal while posting to the other blogs that I have. Shame on me, I know. So here are all the entries that I did not post earlier. If you want to read in order of oldest to newest, start from the bottom.
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
Of WorldCon & Such
Well first of all—welcome to new readers and friends. We have had a big boost the past week or two from the New York area—so welcome! Please drop by the website and say hello to everyone.
Well a short week for me as it's off to Worldcon in Denver tomorrow. But hopefully before I go I will be able to get my tooth fixed. I was munching on some jelly beans the other day and crack—a piece of tooth came off. So I have begged and pleaded with my dentist to get me in before the trip to Denver because knowing my luck it will only get worse. So, hopefully, I'm planning on trying to relax a little while there and just…well hang out. I have two panels to do, one is about military science fiction; deals with real life stuff as compared to what writers are producing. The second panel is a vampire panel—of course. Other than that I will be doing some signings in the dealer's room at the EDGE/Dragon Moon Press booth.
A reminder that the free download of Alien Deception is still available at the main website: www.tonyruggiero.com. With the election year we should make this mandatory reading, it puts a lot of what the candidates bicker about in a new perspective as well as having some fun.
As to book progress, I have started the editing and rebuilding process of the next vampire book, Operation Face the Fear. By rebuilding I am referring to that we stole…well I stole a little from the third book and stuck it in the second book. So now I have to do some replacing and reorganizing. The release date has not been firmed up yet but I have asked for April-May timeframe.
That's it for now.
Take Care
Tony
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Alien Deception--Audio File--Chapter 1&2
I have put up the audio file to Chapter 1 & 2 of Alien Deception. So go ahead and give it a listen:)
http://www.tonyruggiero.com/sampleaudio
Tony
Friday, July 25, 2008
The Best Things in Life Really Are Free...
Yes...I did say the magic word of FREE.
If you go to my main webpage at www.tonyruggiero.com, you can download a FREE pdf version of my novel Alien Deception. Yes--I did say FREE. It is on my main page of the website just below the WORLDCON announcement.
If you do download it and read it, a review or blog about it would be highly appreciated!
Have a great weekend!
Tony
Monday, July 21, 2008
Tired Monday…
Well the title almost says it all. We have a new member to the family…her name is Maggie-Moo, she is an English setter who joins Victoria, our young 10 month old English setter who badly wanted a playmate.
Maggie is 3-4 years old and comes from the English Setter Rescue Organization. She was in a foster home in Louisville, Kentucky so to speed up the adoption process I drove to Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday and back to Virginia on Sunday…all in all about 1400 miles. I've forgotten how much fun it is to do the marathon drive by oneself. So needless to say this week is off to a slow start. If you want to see Maggie, click on the link: http://www.englishsetterrescue.org/fami
As to writing this week, I will be working on my synopsis and ancillary materials for the newest book in preparation to pitch it to a few agents and WorldCon in Denver, CO quickly approaches. After that I hope to start my revising and editing of the next vampire book before the editor gets their paws on it.
Still need some reviews…so get out there and post some at Amazon or something:)
Off to nap…I hope.
Tony
Monday, July 14, 2008
Happy Monday…
Well yeah I am a little jovial today because I did finish the second draft of the new book—finally!
I still have to go back in and clean up my chapter lengths and stuff like that, but then it should be ready for the beta read. So progress has been made—and that's always a good thing. I'm pretty happy about the book so far. Right now it's called Last Chance, and it deals with the concept of a utopian world except this time with the help of vampires and werewolves.
Oh and before I forget—hello to all those new folks joining in from Oklahoma! The media campaign has started arbitrarily picking places to market, I know we just left San Francisco after making over a hundred new friends—it's always great to see new people and hopefully some new readers as well. Speaking of which…I need some readers to get some reviews posted over on Amazon. I'd appreciate any help there. Don't forget about the free book offer I talked about in my blog a week or two back—it's still going…
Other than that planning for the Denver trip in August to attend Worldcon. Looking forward to going—it's not often that I can make it to the Worldcon due to traveling and time considerations. If anyone is from that area, appreciate any tips about things to do and places to see while I'm there.
Well have to run…everyone be safe and…oh wait a minute…we need some useless news don't we. Let me see, I know I have something here somewhere. Here we go…did you know that in Utah, it is against the law to discriminate unfairly in the purchase of milk, cream or butterfat? And if that is not enough, in Utah, prosecutors can seek death for anyone who kills an on duty poultry inspector—does that mean its okay to kill an off duty one?
Later.
Tony
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Not Quite Yet...
Well I wish I could say I was finished with the book—but I'm not. But it's not due to any lack of effort. I have been working on it every day for a few hours and it's just getting longer—I guess there was more story there to tell after all.
Anyway the important part is that I am back on some kind of schedule and for me that's very important. I'm averaging about a 1000 words a day so about 7000 words a week. I know it shouldn't be about numbers, but for me, it helps keep me on schedule.
Anyway before I run off—time for a little more useless news…
Did you know that in St. Louis...., it is illegal to sit on the curb of any city street and drink beer…from a bucket?
Also, still looking for some more folks to post their reviews up on Amazon.com…come on now, I know you're out there!
Take Care,
Tony
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Did You Know...
Okay...useless knowledge can be very funny.
Did you know that in Globe, AZ it is illegal to play cards with an American Indian and that in Illinois, it is illegal to fish in your pajamas in Chicago?
Have a Happy 4th, but don't play any cards with an American Indian in Globe, AZ or fish in your pj's in Chicago.
Tony
Monday, June 30, 2008
Almost there…but not quite
Well I have not finished the book yet…but I am getting closer.
Between editing and adding some new stuff, I think I added about 10,000 words or so for me and given the state of my writing lately that was a pretty good week.
So like I have said, I'm still pleased with the progress and I am now hoping to get it done maybe this week although that may not be enough time now because of new directions that have popped up. I have decided to try and keep this as a two book series but even that might change and become three.
As long as the words keep coming--that's a good thing. So…I guess we'll have to see.
Take care & have a Happy 4th,
Tony
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