Freelancer Summary September 2014

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Author, Editor, Media Tie-In Writer

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October 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.

September
2014.09.01	Answered pub industry email. Googlegroup posts. Tell Me blog post. Copy edits on The Bringer of War. Wrote 668 words on Chimera Incarnate 7.
2014.09.02	Answered pub industry email. AIP Blog post. Freelancer Summary blog post. Quarterly tax payment. Personal blog post. Copy edits on The Bringer of War and sent to proofer. Edited Chimera Incarnate 7 and sent to alpha readers.
2014.09.03	Re-outlined last third of Chimera Incarnate for pacing. Wrote 1205 words on Chimera Incarnate 8.
2014.09.04	Paid SFWA dues and updated profile. Wrote 2110 words on Chimera Incarnate 8.
2014.09.05	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 1855 words on Chimera Incarnate 8, edited and sent off to alpha readers..
2014.09.06	Wrote 1405 words on Chimera Incarnate 9.

Sunday 2014.09.07	Wrote 600 words on Chimera Incarnate 9.
2014.09.08	Answered pub industry email. Convention hotel booking. Reconfirm travel arrangements to Context 27. Phone call with publisher. Wrote 2253 words on Chimera Incarnate 9.
2014.09.09	Answered pub industry email. Sent author interview out. Processed Proofer notes on The Bringer of War. Edited Chimera Incarnate 9 and sent to alpha readers.
2014.09.10	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 2150 words on Chimera Incarnate 10. Phone call with publisher.
2014.09.11	Answered pub industry email. 2nd notice on an invoice to a client. Wrote 2027 words on Chimera Incarnate 10. Tracked now authors new addresses for royalty checks.
2014.09.12	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 671 words on Chimera Incarnate 10, edited it, and sent it to alpha readers. Shutterstock search for cover art. Blocked out the fights in Chimera Incarnate 11.
2014.09.13	Blocked out the final fight scenes in Chimera Incarnate 11. Wrote 1730 words on Chimera Incarnate 11. Logged royalty reports/checks.

Sunday 2014.09.14	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 1163 words on Chimera Incarnate 11.
2014.09.15	Answered pub industry email. Invoiced a client. Wrote 2140 words on Chimera Incarnate 11.
2014.09.16	Answered pub industry email. Edited Chimera Incarnate 11 and sent it to alpha readers. Context workshop prep. Wrote 1012 words on Chimera Incarnate 12.
2014.09.17	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 1632 words on Chimera Incarnate 12. Consultation for contracts. Blog post.
2014.09.18	Answered pub industry email. Wrote 1650 words on Chimera Incarnate 12. Context workshop prep.
2014.09.19	Answered pub industry email. Podcast prep. Wrote 868 words on Chimera Incarnate 12 and typed THE END on the rough draft of Chimera Incarnate, fourth and final book of the Karen Wilson Chronicles. YAY. Send Chimera Incarnate 12 to alpha readers. Approved Famished #3 outline.
2014.09.20	Answered pub industry email. Plotted out the novel due dates vs conventions dates for 2015. Geekerati podcast interview.

Sunday 2014.09.21	Answered pub industry email. Convention questionnaire.
2014.09.22	Answered pub industry email. Wrote Context convention card. Processed The Bringer of War proof marks. Character Tour blog post.
2014.09.23	Answered pub industry email. Convention prep. AIP Blog post.
2014.09.24	Answered pub industry email. Convention prep. Pack. Leave for Context.
2014.09.25	Arrive for Context. Context guest dinner, etc…
2014.09.26	Context. Panels
2014.09.27	Context. Anthology Workshop, panels, signing.

Sunday 2014.09.28	Context. Outlining Novels Workshop, panels. Travel Home.
2014.09.29	Answered pub industry email. Convention Catch-up (so much email). Publish The Bringer of War. Proof edits for Apocalypse Girl Dreaming. Paid PA.
2014.09.30	Answered pub industry email. Chasing down invoices. Context write up blog post. Processed final proof edits on Apocalypse Girl Dreaming. Wrote 70 words on Lovecraft story.

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 multiple Hugo Awards. 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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