Giving Up for Lent, Book Blogging, and other First World Problems
So I think my thing this year will be 'eat clean', so basically as someone on the run with her job, Subway!
Not that I don't eat there all the time (I was telling my sister one tour I had Subway for four days in a row, and the same thing - well, I changed sauces a little but, but not enough to really count) but in addition to the no processed sugar, no booze, I'm going for:
1) Eat things that are healthy; find healthier alternatives.
2) Cut back on meat, salt, try to eat fresh.
3) Only eat out when you have to.
4) Treat = Fancy Teas. Seriously, this Red Velvet tastes like Hot Chocolate.
5) If I was to ditch the sugar altogether I'd have to give up fruit, and until I'm a diabetic, that isn't happening.
If I wanted to suffer, I'd be giving up tea. I think I'm slightly addicted.
Fortunately my birthday is on the other side of Easter this year, so no temptation. Except that I have a bunch of friends who are turning thirty in the next six weeks, so I'll have to be clever when it comes to No Cake, No Booze, etc. And yeah - the twenties are almost officially over for me. I don't know how that really feels yet - I wish I accomplished more and if I could go back in time and warn myself about certain things, I totally would have, but with the exception of a few injuries (ankle, wrist) I honestly don't feel/look much different then I did years ago. I cracked and got a balancing board for my ankle though - I keep trying to run and it's good for about two weeks before I get that loose feeling, and I can't use all my sickdays in one block letting it recover. I have the feeling it'll be That Thing I Never Use, but apparently it's good for building ankle strength. My wrist I thought was completely recovered, but it was really sore last week, but not enough to really hinder.
In Book Related News - I guess I lost the excitement momentum because of the delays, and now I got a message from the book blog coordinator that there wasn't much interest in my title, so she asked if we could cut it down from twenty reviews to between five and ten, with promo instead of reviews. I was kind of banking on word of mouth more then anything, but another part of me is all like, "And this is the most accessible thing I think I've ever written...!" And while I don't mind doing alternative/underground projects that have virtually no audience, I always assumed this one did.
It could be worse - I'm rethinking of pitching it as Epic Fantasy rather then Historical Fantasy (and if you ever check out book bloggers - wow, is there ever a lot of YA bloggers) and I've had a couple independents I wrote to separately agree to help me out, but I'm having more trouble promoting this thing then selling it.
Ehh, things aren't awful, I know, but I feel discouraged - maybe I built up getting published so much that anything would have been a let down - I love my cover and I can't believe what my publisher/editor let me get away with what I did just in terms of cheek in text. I got a few good promo opps via one of the authors I befriended and a bunch of us are planning a big fantasy-world building chat early May, but I guess I'm just a little cynical. What I probably need to do is get excited about writing again, and that'll perk me up. That, and I'm actually talking at keycon at two events on topics, so it'll be weird to be on the other side of the table.
Not that I don't eat there all the time (I was telling my sister one tour I had Subway for four days in a row, and the same thing - well, I changed sauces a little but, but not enough to really count) but in addition to the no processed sugar, no booze, I'm going for:
1) Eat things that are healthy; find healthier alternatives.
2) Cut back on meat, salt, try to eat fresh.
3) Only eat out when you have to.
4) Treat = Fancy Teas. Seriously, this Red Velvet tastes like Hot Chocolate.
5) If I was to ditch the sugar altogether I'd have to give up fruit, and until I'm a diabetic, that isn't happening.
If I wanted to suffer, I'd be giving up tea. I think I'm slightly addicted.
Fortunately my birthday is on the other side of Easter this year, so no temptation. Except that I have a bunch of friends who are turning thirty in the next six weeks, so I'll have to be clever when it comes to No Cake, No Booze, etc. And yeah - the twenties are almost officially over for me. I don't know how that really feels yet - I wish I accomplished more and if I could go back in time and warn myself about certain things, I totally would have, but with the exception of a few injuries (ankle, wrist) I honestly don't feel/look much different then I did years ago. I cracked and got a balancing board for my ankle though - I keep trying to run and it's good for about two weeks before I get that loose feeling, and I can't use all my sickdays in one block letting it recover. I have the feeling it'll be That Thing I Never Use, but apparently it's good for building ankle strength. My wrist I thought was completely recovered, but it was really sore last week, but not enough to really hinder.
In Book Related News - I guess I lost the excitement momentum because of the delays, and now I got a message from the book blog coordinator that there wasn't much interest in my title, so she asked if we could cut it down from twenty reviews to between five and ten, with promo instead of reviews. I was kind of banking on word of mouth more then anything, but another part of me is all like, "And this is the most accessible thing I think I've ever written...!" And while I don't mind doing alternative/underground projects that have virtually no audience, I always assumed this one did.
It could be worse - I'm rethinking of pitching it as Epic Fantasy rather then Historical Fantasy (and if you ever check out book bloggers - wow, is there ever a lot of YA bloggers) and I've had a couple independents I wrote to separately agree to help me out, but I'm having more trouble promoting this thing then selling it.
Ehh, things aren't awful, I know, but I feel discouraged - maybe I built up getting published so much that anything would have been a let down - I love my cover and I can't believe what my publisher/editor let me get away with what I did just in terms of cheek in text. I got a few good promo opps via one of the authors I befriended and a bunch of us are planning a big fantasy-world building chat early May, but I guess I'm just a little cynical. What I probably need to do is get excited about writing again, and that'll perk me up. That, and I'm actually talking at keycon at two events on topics, so it'll be weird to be on the other side of the table.