J. R. FRONTERA, author

Rebel stories for rebel souls...

Project List for June 2015

And now it is time to publicly declare what I intend to get done in June! It's going to be a busy month, folks. I love it when I set ridiculous self-imposed deadlines! O_o Finish at least the rough draft of Hound of God and order test proof book through CreateSpace using NaNoWriMo winner free copies. Commission and pay for the main illustration for Hound of God (and possibly order prints for swag giveaway later!). Attend our 1st annual Wordwraiths writing retreat! Fix Patreon posting ... View Post

Bait, Fish, and Reel Report for May 2015!

Well, here it is. My progress report for the month of May 2015. I can't believe this year is basically half over already. Ridiculous! Since my previous way of listing everything out was cumbersome and slow (not to mention full of zeroes, which ended up being depressing and not particularly an accurate representation of what I'd been doing), I've now decided to do a much more informal type of recap. The Wordwraiths (my writing group) post our accomplishments and goals each month internally, so I ... View Post

Jane Friedman on Getting Traditionally Published After Self-Publishing

For a very long time (considering I've been meaning to be published for about 16 years now), I had been told by industry professionals and experts that self-publishing your work meant you would never be traditionally published. Self-publishing got you blacklisted, is how it came across. It wasn't until just a few years ago, while attending one of the RT Booklover's conventions, that I learned this was no longer the case. You could actually be a "hybrid author", as they called themselves, and ... View Post

It's Entirely All in the Name. Everything. Seriously.

So my work on editing PRIMUS has come to a screeching halt of late, so much so that I should really update my May Project List to more accurately reflect my suddenly-changed priorities. What caused this sudden change in priorities? The realization that I really do have extremely limited time to write. The realization that it's currently May, and my self-set deadline for self-publishing my novella "The Hound of God" is in August. Calculating what needs to still be accomplished on the novella ... View Post

April and May 2015 Project Lists and April Bait, Fish, and Reel Report … COMBINED!

Why hello there! No, no, I didn't forget about you. I was just busy editing the novel and playing Dragon Age every free waking moment of April. But here I am at long last with another much-needed update! If you've been following along the last few months, you know that April was Camp NaNoWriMo and that I planned to edit my novel for at least 30 hours as my Camp goal. Thus, the Project List for April 2015 was rather simple: April 2015 Project List: Edit PRIMUS for at least 30 hours, ideally ... View Post

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