Freelancer Summary August 2014

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September 1, 2014

Ever wonder what a freelance author/editor does? Each month of 2014, I’m going to list my daily notes on what I do. As I always say, being your own boss means you choose with 70 hours of the week you work. None of this talks about the random pub IMs, time doing research, time reading books for blurbs, introductions, and reviews, or short author questions. It doesn’t cover my pays-the-bills work either. This is just publishing industry stuff. “Answered pub industry email” can be anything from a request for an interview, to contract queries, to reading anthology invites, to answering questions about dates… and the list goes on.

August
2014.08.01	Answered pub industry email. Page reviews for Shattered Shields.
2014.08.02	Edit on Chimera Incarnate 4 and sent it to alpha readers. Outlined Chimera Incarnate 5.

Sunday 2014.08.03	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 140 word Elopus story. AIP presence at Dylan Birtolo’s kickstarter Knights show.
2014.08.04	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 140 word Elopus story x2. Updated AIP page. AIP Blog post. Wrote 241 words on Chimera Incarnate 5.
2014.08.05	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 140 word Elopus story x4. Wrote 1323 words on Chimera Incarnate 5.
2014.08.06	Wrote Gen Con author story card. Wrote 140 word Elopus story. Wrote 1072 words on Chimera Incarnate 5. Posted Gen Con schedule.
2014.08.07	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 1562 words on Chimera Incarnate 5. Posted “Tell Me” blog post. Gen Con prep.
2014.08.08	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 140 word Elopus story. 447 words on Chimera Incarnate 5. Posted “Tell Me” blog post. Gen Con prep.
2014.08.09	Gen Con prep. Edit on Chimera Incarnate 5 and sent it to alpha readers.

Sunday 2014.08.10	Gen Con prep. Updated AIP webpage.
2014.08.11	Answered pub industry email. Gen Con prep. Updated AIP webpage. AIP Blog post, book release.
2014.08.12	Answered pub industry email. Read AIP novel outline. Gen Con prep. Leave for Gen Con.
2014.08.13	Gen Con, arrive and set up booth.
2014.08.14	Gen Con panels, signing, and booth. Meeting.
2014.08.15	Gen Con panels and booth. Meeting.
2014.08.16	Gen Con panels, signing, and booth. Meeting.

Sunday 2014.08.17	Answered pub industry email. Gen Con booth, tore down booth. Meeting.
2014.08.18	Answered pub industry email. Arrive home from Gen Con and collapsed.
2014.08.19	Answered pub industry email. So much email to catch up on. AIP Blog post.
2014.08.20	Answered pub industry email. Volunteer form for Sasquan. Blog post.
2014.08.21	Answered pub industry email. Submitted a story. Editorial read of Flotsam #2.
2014.08.22	Answered pub industry email. Editorial read of Flotsam #2 and sent back to author. Wrote 363 words on Chimera Incarnate 6.
2014.08.23	Sick. Answered pub industry email. Final proof edits on a short story and returned to publisher. Wrote 378 words on Chimera Incarnate 6.

Sunday 2014.08.24	Sick. Wrote 763 words on Chimera Incarnate 6.
2014.08.25	Sick. Answered pub industry email. Tell Me blog post. Wrote 535 words on Chimera Incarnate 6.
2014.08.26	Answered pub industry email. Begin copy edits on The Bringer of War. Processed the email signup list from Gen Con and added them to the appropriate email lists. Answered a SFWA survey. IM conversation for blog. Wrote 1008 words on Chimera Incarnate 6.
2014.08.27	Answered pub industry email. Gen Con follow up. Logged Gen Con expenses. Copy edits on The Bringer of War. Wrote 1400 words on Chimera Incarnate 6.
2014.08.28	Answered pub industry email. Gen Con follow up. Final proof of Valdemar story. Edited Chimera Incarnate 6 and sent to alpha readers. Copy edits on The Bringer of War.
2014.08.29	Answered pub industry email. Copy edits on The Bringer of War. Wrote 880 words on Chimera Incarnate 7.
2014.08.30	Paid PA. Copy edits on The Bringer of War. Wrote 1078 words on Chimera Incarnate 7.

Sunday 2014.08.31	Answered pub industry email. Copy edits on The Bringer of War. Wrote 1975 words on Chimera Incarnate 7.

Meet Jennifer Brozek

Jennifer Brozek is a multi-talented, award-winning author, editor, and media tie-in writer. She is the author of Never Let Me Sleep and The Last Days of Salton Academy, both of which were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Her YA tie-in novels, BattleTech: The Nellus Academy Incident and Shadowrun: Auditions, have both won Scribe Awards. Her editing work has earned her nominations for the British Fantasy Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the Hugo Award. She won the Australian Shadows Award for the Grants Pass anthology, co-edited with Amanda Pillar. Jennifer’s short form work has appeared in Apex Publications, Uncanny Magazine, Daily Science Fiction, and in anthologies set in the worlds of Valdemar, Shadowrun, V-Wars, Masters of Orion, Well World, and Predator.

Jennifer has been a full-time freelance author and editor for over seventeen years, and she has never been happier. She keeps a tight schedule on her writing and editing projects and somehow manages to find time to teach writing classes and volunteer for several professional writing organizations such as SFWA, HWA, and IAMTW. She shares her husband, Jeff, with several cats and often uses him as a sounding board for her story ideas. Visit Jennifer’s worlds at jenniferbrozek.com or her social media accounts on LinkTree.

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