For Halloween, I’m Dressing Up as a Tired Author

J/k that’s my usual state

💻 what I'm up to 💻
Happy Halloween!

Okay, normally I send this newsletter on the last Thursday of the month but I turned in two books last week so here’s a newsletter on the last day of the month instead. It’s almost the same, right? Because of the whole “two book deadlines piling up thing” this month’s newsletter is a little shorter than usual.

What I will say is that since I got into the habit of treating writing like a job at the beginning of the year and scheduling time for it (or at least for doing business of writing things), I didn’t melt down when two previously spaced out projects came together. I made a plan around my usual two hours of writing time in the morning, added in some weekend work, and planned a day off my dayjob to use for writing—all while making sure I had time away from a computer. I needed to enjoy fall!

I’m not saying it was amazing. In fact, it was not ideal. I was rather drained at the end of last week. But it is done and I handled it better than I would have even a year ago. Future Amy will do even better by not saying yes to so many things. (I’m counting on you, Future Amy).

📘 my book things 📘
The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline by Anthony Breznican, ReBecca Theodore-Vachon, and myself is out now! We stopped by the This Week in Marvel podcast to chat about it, too!

I got back to drafting on an unsold project this week and I’m just having fun with it. I have this and one other book to tinker with (and so many ideas!) until I get edits back for the things I just turned in.

📺 what I'm watching 📺
The Golden Bachelor
I’ve never watched a Bachelor until now but second-chance love for a 70-something widower? Be still my beating heart.

📚 what I'm reading 📚
Night of the Witch by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis
Historical fiction? Check. Enemies to lovers romance? Check. And that romance is between a witch and a witch hunter? CHECK. I learned about The Witch Trials of Trier and fell for Fritzi and Otto. I. LOVED. THIS. BOOK.

🐳 something whalesome 🐳
I like wholesome things and the whale emoji is cute so: whalesome!

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This is Percy, a bearded dragon, who really loves one specific sock.

🍃 creativity corner 🍃
Here I’ll share tips and tricks that are helping me write, imagine, and/or stay productive.
I recently attended an author SEO and platform webinar from The Future of Agency and found it quite informative. You can watch it on-demand but if you don't want to or can't shell out the cash for it, it is definitely a topic worthy of your attention and research, as unglamorous as it may sound.

📃 quote of the month 📃
"Almost every single thing you hope publication will do for you is a fantasy, a hologram." - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

I am grounding myself with that one.

Comment or reply and let me know how you’re doing!