Newlsetter Is Out On The 10th

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I have this issue where I do something, and another thing is effected by the thing I'm doing, but I don't realize the connection until it's too late or like minutes before the thing I'm doing takes effect. In this case I'm talking about my newsletter dropping on the 10th, and me needing to post a blog post before it does. Fortunately, math irritated me into doing something else and I realized I needed to make a blog post before it does come out.

Reason for the early newsletter is because I enrolled Murderous Profession into a group promotion event on Bookfunnel, and it doesn't go past my preferred newsletter sending date of the 15th. So it's coming out on May 10th. If you're in the market for a new book and/or looking for a new author to check out, click on this link to peruse some books featuring queer characters. Oh, and they're all FREE! I made sure this group promo was well rounded and wasn't inundated by MM fiction with hard-bodied half naked men on the cover. So go take a look.

Speaking of Murderous Profession, I've started edits on Grisly Politics the second book in the Detective Miller series. I am super excited to be back in Eliza and Dax's world. These two are just so much fun to write and develop. I'm also going to be working with the same editor, so hopefully the second book should flow seamlessly into the first one. At some point this week, I'll take a pause on editing it so I can edit the short story I've written as a freebie for my newsletter subscribers and exclusive on Ko-Fi. If you'd like to receive it once I've released it, you can sign up for my monthly newsletter or become a supporter of my Ko-Fi page.

Other than that it is going to be a mellow month, especially since the PWHL playoffs are happening and the championship game is going to be around the corner, so I am super distracted, especially if I'm entering the bloodbath that is going to be getting tickets for the championship game.

Before I end this just wanted to say I out out a call for pre-release readers. If you're interested in becoming an Alpha or Beta reader or want to join my ARC Team, go to this page and sign up. I figure I might get a few pre-release readers established since I'll have a couple of books ready for critiquing soon. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to email me or reach out to me on Facebook or Discord.

Until next time....

-DJ Small

This Is A Late Post....

This post is soooo late. I started writing it on the 8th, but now it's...whatever date I decided to post it, and boy is that a gap. I have no genuine concept of time. It's a social construct anyways.

Newsletter went out on the 15th, if you're not signed up for it, you missed out on my "interview" with fellow indie author, Luc Dreamer. I use the word interview loosely because I just sent him some questions and he answered them. The interview wasn't long, but I wanted to showcase another trans masculine author who writes in the realm of Sapphic fiction. He was a great sport about it, and I had fun doing it.

Will this be my only interview? Probably not. That newsletter needs something to go into it, and sometimes I run out of ideas. However, it's not going to be a monthly occurrence. I also have my question corner as well where people can email or submit questions to me. So, if you have any questions or comments for me, email me or you can submit one through the contact form on my website.

I also announced in this month's newsletter that I've finished my second round of edits and have found an editor. She won't start working on it until July because she has her own obligations and commitments, but I'm super excited to have my part of the edits for Outside The Game completed. Well, for a little while. Next up is going to be Dax and Eliza, and I'm super excited. However, I'm on a bit of a break due to education reasons lol. I'll jump into them as soon as I pass this damn final.

I'm hoping my new editing process will make things move along smoother, and my new editor also does things in chunks, so she'll edit a chunk and send it my way for review. Either way there will be a new book from me out by December. Hell, it might be out in time for football season.

Last thing, I put out a call to start building my ARC team and I'd like to gain some beta readers as well. If you're interested in getting a free book in exchange for a free review, sign-up here and choose "Join The ARC Team". If you want to read my book while it's in the final stages of editing and proofing, and would like to provide feedback on the overall story, you're going to sign up at the same link, but check beta reader on the form. Beta readers I'm capping to 3, but the ARC team is open to all who want to help me out in the review department.

I'm still in the process of writing my reader magnet, which is fancy author talk for a free short story, and it is close to being done. I did some things and I ran into a dilemma which required me to take a step back from it. I should have it done hopefully by the time I leave for GCLS in July. If you're a newsletter subscriber, it'll come directly to your inbox once I've finished, and if you haven't signed up for my newsletter yet, sign up here and you'll also get my new short story directly. Or you can wait until later and get it when you sign-up. It's up to you.

All right, I think I am done on this one. Next month I'll have my shit together, and get the blog post out before the newsletter. Time really got away from me this month lol.

As always, review and rate the books you read, especially the ones published by indie and self-pubbed authors. Until next time peeps...

 

-DJ Small