{"id":1370,"date":"2014-10-29T14:21:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-29T18:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=1370"},"modified":"2014-10-29T14:21:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-29T18:21:53","slug":"writingupdatespersonal-good-intentions-rarely-survive-the-first-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=1370","title":{"rendered":"(writing\/updates\/personal) Good intentions rarely survive the first fight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Because I can mix metaphors with the best! \u00a0And seriously, it&#8217;s how I&#8217;m feeling right now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why? \u00a0 Because I had PLANS for October, dear friends. \u00a0PLANS in all capitals. \u00a0And real life looked at my plans, patted me on the head, and said, &#8220;You&#8217;re adorable, did you know that?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I have a book coming out on Friday. \u00a0Did you know that? \u00a0No, probably not, unless you&#8217;re me, because all my plans to do a blog tour and get the word out and be giving you guys teasers all month did NOT happen. \u00a0Why? \u00a0Well, work blew up and I got sick and LIFE. \u00a0LIFE with all capitals. \u00a0Welcome to my world, where 24 hours is just not enough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I could put the launch off, but I&#8217;m not going to. \u00a0I refuse to give in to circumstances. \u00a0Besides, I&#8217;m going to be on <a title=\"Get Published\" href=\"http:\/\/www.michellplested.com\/category\/getpublished\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mitchell Plested&#8217;s &#8220;Get Published&#8221; podcast<\/a> on Sunday, and it&#8217;s all about the book, so you know&#8230; \u00a0But I&#8217;m not kidding myself. \u00a0There will not be a lot of storming the lists, or anything like that. \u00a0I really wish I could not be at work Friday, so I could promote the hell out of it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I mean, come on! \u00a0It&#8217;s a ghost novella! \u00a0On Halloween! \u00a0And&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, yeah, I suppose I ought to tell you what book is coming out, huh?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC1-ITA-150.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1299 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/PC1-ITA-150.jpg\" alt=\"Into thumbnail\" width=\"195\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Isn&#8217;t it pretty? \u00a0Here&#8217;s the blurb:<\/p>\n<p>Shipping heiress Sapph Pendragon never thought about how to use her unique psychic gifts. Not until a phone call brought her to a small town in New Hampshire to help a pair of ghost hunters discover what really happened to a missing girl. But will the detectives investigating the case accept their help? Or will Terri Reynolds be missing forever?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This book marks my decision to not write what &#8220;the market&#8221; (whoever decides that) wants, but to write stories I want to read, and publish them under my own name. \u00a0It combines three of my favorite things: ghosts, mysteries and police detectives. \u00a0I&#8217;ve described it as &#8220;Ghost Hunters meets Criminal Minds, with a bit of Supernatural thrown in.&#8221; \u00a0Although it could be Midsomer Murders too. \u00a0I just don&#8217;t know enough about England to set it there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s going to be a great ride &#8211; this is the first episode of a six-novella first season. \u00a0I have enough stories planned now for 10 potential seasons of 6 novellas each, but we&#8217;ll see where the ride ends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Okay, more news. \u00a0Another reason to do this now is because it means the novella will be live by the time <em>Tales of the Tesla Ranger: The Life and Times of PG Holyfield<\/em> comes out. \u00a0This is the anthology <a title=\"Tee Morris\" href=\"http:\/\/teemorris.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tee Morris<\/a>\u00a0and I are putting together of stories starring our friend PG, who passed away far too young. \u00a0Included in this anthology is a short story called &#8220;The Guide,&#8221; which happens after this novella. \u00a0It&#8217;s a bridge between Book 1 and Book 2, which will be out in February 2015.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, tomorrow, I&#8217;ll have the Pendragon prequel story I did for Every Photo Tells &#8211; &#8220;What&#8217;s Past is Not Always Past&#8221; posted here on the blog. \u00a0If you&#8217;d rather here Katharina and Mick read it, you can do so <a href=\"http:\/\/everyphototells.com\/2013\/03\/episode-115-whats-past-is-not-always-past\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;ll post the link again tomorrow, with the hard copy of the story.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And Friday? \u00a0Friday is going to be fun. \u00a0Not just because it&#8217;s Halloween. \u00a0Not just because you&#8217;ll be able to get your hot little hands on<em> Into Thin Air<\/em>. \u00a0But because&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, you&#8217;ll have to wait and see, won&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because I can mix metaphors with the best! \u00a0And seriously, it&#8217;s how I&#8217;m feeling right now. &nbsp; Why? \u00a0 Because I had PLANS for October, dear friends. \u00a0PLANS in all capitals. \u00a0And real life looked at my plans, patted me on the head, and said, &#8220;You&#8217;re adorable, did you know that?&#8221; &nbsp; I have a &#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/?p=1370\">>>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,74,12,5,40,22],"tags":[76,7,34,60,57,77,66],"class_list":["post-1370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ghost-hunting","category-pendragon","category-personal","category-podcast","category-short-stories","category-writing","tag-ghost-hunting","tag-life","tag-pendragon","tag-personal","tag-podcast","tag-short-stories","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1370"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1372,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370\/revisions\/1372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vg-ford.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}