Wednesday, August 09, 2006

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ANNE FRASIER

EIGHT WEEKS OUT:

Current project: I’m working on a sequel to Pale Immortal, my September 5 release. The manuscript is due December 1, and at this moment I’m trying to get the first draft completed by August 22.

What happens August 22? I’m co-hosting a cool, cool, cool writing contest at The Clarity of Night.
Anyone can enter, so please check it out!

Once that’s finished I begin a month of book signings, conferences, travel, and hanging out. I start with a signing in my hometown of Burlington, Iowa, at the beginning of September, and wrap up October 2 in Madison, Wisconsin, where I’ll be attending Bouchercon, the HUGE international mystery conference, Never been to Bouchercon before, so this will be interesting.

But wait! That’s not all!

I started my personal blog about a year and a half ago at the suggestion of my editor. Didn’t want to. Had no interest in it. Didn’t believe in any kind of self-promotion. Now I’ve actually been dubbed the internet magpie. I kid you not. This is because once I decide to do something, I go a little crazy. Ask anybody here. Hehe.

So anyhoo, I have few blogs. You might want to visit some of them.

STATIC: This is my personal blog where I tend to blog about whatever is on my mind. I also have a big mouth and have been known to bitch about industry topics some writers think of as taboo. This pisses people off -- which in itself can be highly entertaining. I have a ton of great links. Several are romance, but most are crime fiction and suspense oriented.




Immediate project:

PROJECT PIMP SQUAD, or more politely called 100 BLOGGERS BLOGGING. I came up with this concept about a month ago. I’m trying to get 100 bloggers to blog about Pale Immortal on September 5. A virtual party. It is going to be a blast, so join us if you can.




If you are interested in being part of this project (OH, PLEASE, PLEASE!) you can email me at annefrasier@comcast.net and I’ll put you in the PIMP SQUAD email address book and send the posting info to you, or you can simply go to my blog a few days before September 5 to get all of the information. I will also be posting it here on September 5. Right now I have about 50 firm commitments, so I’m halfway to my goal.

PALE IMMORTAL blog: This has been recently updated and contains an intro to the book, the first chapter, a five-minute book video, and some photos and text to spark the imagination. Please check it out!!

MADAME SOSOSTRIS: another one of my blogs. I know. I’m insane. Madame S does tarot readings, but half the time she’s in rehab.

When do I have time to write? I don’t. Gotta do something about that when I get home in October.

6 comments:

Helen Brenna said...

Sweetie, you can't wait until October to find time to write. You gotta have a first draft done in ... 2 weeks!

Almost there?

Helen Brenna said...

Wow. How did you do the ticket stub and album label?

Michele Hauf said...

I want to blog about Pale Immortal!
M

anne frasier said...

helen, yes i'll be done the first draft in another week or so. then i'm taking a deep breath a bit of a break!

isn't that ticket stub cool? :D one of those generated things.


why is my post staying at the top? arghhh! i have to look at the time stamp!

michele, are you saying you want to be in the pimp squad? yay!!!

Kelly (Lynn) Parra said...

You are so a blogging/Internet pro now! yay! Everything sounds great this month. And I'll be emailing you soon about the Sept interview! =D

Unknown said...

Project Pimp Squad! LOL! I love it! I can't wait to read Pale Immortal! And sometime you'll have to tell us all about your trailer and how you managed it.