Category: Wrap-ups

New

Posted January 4, 2016 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Self-Publishing, Wrap-ups / 0 Comments

new choosing my word for the new year

Ah, here it is. That post you’ve read on a thousand different blogs as we catapult off of 2015 to launch into the brand-spankin’ new 2016.

I’m no different from the rest. For me, a new year is always imbued with a sense of hope. And New Year’s Resolutions are always a little bit… well, dangerous. Because setting goals that are too high, or beyond my control, can lead to depression when I check in on them if I didn’t manage to achieve them. I think I’ve done better this year and chosen things that are within my control.

I like what I’ve seen many people do and choose a word to guide them in the new year. A word that embodies what they want the year to be.

For me, that word is: “New”

happynewyearI want 2016 to include…

New

experiences and chances. Maybe this will be dating. Maybe it will mean accepting an invitation that I wouldn’t have before. Maybe I’ll try some new food, find a sort of ~different Groupon or LivingSocial experience. I don’t know. But I’m excited to find out.

New

backbone. I want to speak up more when something bothers me.

New

health. This isn’t so much a New Year’s Resolution as a “getting back on track” resolution. If I wobble a bit throughout the year, that’s fine. I’m hardly going to give up some of my favorite things in the world like pizza and cake, but I’d like to cut back on soda and eat normal, healthy portions without going overboard, as well as getting back to regular exercise.

New

books– both read and written. 2016 will bring many great books from many great authors. For me, I want to publish Fall of Thrones and Thorns (the third and final book of the Threats of Sky and Sea series), one last short story prequel to the series, and at least one other novel– though I haven’t decided which project calls my name more.

New

work and places. I’ve told you that I’ve branched out into Patreon and audiobook narration, and here’s hoping 2016 brings even more exciting stuff.

I also want to travel to at least two places that I’ve never been before, and, as you can see from the map below, I have plenty of choices. Tennessee, Massachusetts, Texas, Louisiana, among the rest… and that’s just the U.S.

So, those are my hopes. My plans.

What do you want your 2016 to bring?

March Wrap-up

Posted March 31, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Lists, Wrap-ups / 0 Comments

Another month has come and gone! Here’s what I did!

File under: ‘Threats of Sky and Sea progress:’

  • Received and made final copy edits from my editor
  • Completed an accompanying ToSaS short story for Inaccurate Realities
  • Sign-ups opened for my blog tour
  • Created the book trailer
  • Received my final cover design
  • Revealed said cover on IceyBooks, as well as a giveaway!

threats_of_sky_and_sea_cover_final

File under: ‘IRL:’

  • Went to Tampa and St. Petersburg (Florida, not Russia) to visit a couple of sorority sisters and see the play “Disenchanted”
  • Attended the wedding of a sorority sister and a brother in the fraternity I was “sweetheart” of (um, the fraternity. Not the brother, lol)
  • Unplugged for a weekend
  • Ran (*cough* walked) in my second 5K, the “Run or Dye” run

runordye

File under ‘Blog Posts:’

On Speaking Jenerally (aka here):

On The Bevy Bibliotheque:

On YouTube:

File under ‘a little light reading:’

  • The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead
  • A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner
  • Inaccurate Realities, Issue #2: Time Travel
  • The Fiery Heart by Richelle Mead
  • “Adrian’s Lost Chapter” by Richelle Mead
  • The Winner’s Curse by Marie Rutkoski
  • Something Real by Heather Demetrios
  • Love Letters to the Dead by Ava Dellaira
  • The Archived by Victoria Schwab
  • Tsarina by J. Nelle Patrick
  • Sekret by Lindsay Smith
  • The Unbound by Victoria Schwab
  • Noma Girl by Elizabeth Fama
  • The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton
  • The Geography of You and Me by Jennifer E. Smith

 

February Wrap-up

Posted February 28, 2014 by Jennifer Ellision in blog, Wrap-ups / 5 Comments

Another month has come and gone! Here’s what I did!

File under: ‘Threats of Sky and Sea progress:’

  • Opened sign-ups for my street team
  • Announced that Threats of Sky and Sea will be published May 20, 2014!
  • Sent the first ARC of Threats of Sky and Sea out into the great wide world for review in Inaccurate Realities, a speculative fiction YA literary magazine.
  • Mailed the word document containing Threats of Sky and Sea to my copy editor.
  • Tentatively scheduled my cover reveal
  • Released the first TOSAS Teaser
  • Wrote 10% of the first draft of Book 2!
  • Had a photo shoot for a proper author headshot. Here’s me with the photographer, Angie Myers!

photoshoot

File under: ‘IRL:’

  • Finally overcame a cold that I’ve been battling and have been able to get back to working out! Albeit, not the same way I was. I’m currently seeing a chiropractor to fix some shoulder inflammation before I can do that.
  • Signed up to go to Book Expo America for the third year!
  • Bought a pretty notebook for my favorite book quotes

Quote book

  • Spent Valentine’s Day with some of my favorite people

vday

  • Hosted a potluck/movie night
  • Went to Tampa to visit a couple of my good friends from college (this actually happens tonight!)

File under: ‘Blog Posts:’

On Speaking Jenerally:

On The Bevy Bibliotheque:

File Under: ‘A Little Light Reading:’

In February, I read…

  • Once Upon A Winter’s Eve by Tessa Dare
  • A Lady By Midnight by Tessa Dare
  • Heart Breaths by K.K. Hendin
  • The Star Thief by Jamie Grey
  • Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1) by Richelle Mead
  • Frostbite (Vampire Academy #2) by Richelle Mead
  • Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy #3) by Richelle Mead
  • Blood Promise (Vampire Academy #4) by Richelle Mead
  • Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy #5) by Richelle Mead
  • Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6) by Richelle Mead
  • Bloodlines (Bloodlines #1) by Richelle Mead
  • The Golden Lily (Bloodlines #2) by Richelle Mead
  • My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick
  • Unforgotten by Jessica Brody