unexpected

[cornerofmadness]

Blinks. The crazy neighbor who's being evicted apologized to me for the scene last week. This is the most she's ever spoken to me. I guess that the other neighbors have been picking on her kid (according to her). It makes her rage more understandable but I'm still glad she's going because she and her husband scream at each other and the kids in the same way she did last week.


I could use some help guys. I need to start coming up with stuff for my upcoming novel and one of those things is a 'brand.' I'm lousy at this because I don't care. I never pay any attention to that. I'm lucky if I can recognize multi-million dollar brands. I can barely tell Coke bottles from Dr. Pepper. I can watch a commercial, tell you everything that happened in it and have NO idea what it's advertising.

So now I'm stuck trying to think of something short and sweet that would be an umbrella for my writing. I write mostly fantasy/urban fantasy/SF. Someone on my author's list does the same and has 'other worlds, other loves' (or something like that seriously, this stuff skids off my brain like it was Teflon). I would love some help with this. I'd gladly credit the person on my blog and web site (provided that didn't bother them being it's erotica). Thoughts? Might toss this to my local writing group too.

Did I mention I broke my toes last week? Walking on it for 6 hours made it a bit ouchy.

Other things I forgot about the fest yesterday, I got a goji berry plant. And standing in line for the portapotties, done up as out houses, there was a young man that had a Totoro tattoo next to the little dudes from Princess Monanoke. I told him I liked them and his whole lit up. He wants a Miyazki sleeve and started point out all the places he planned to add to his arm. Cute.

And you can check out this. It's my pathetically late entrance into the suicide prevention blog hop The gift has been given away but you can still see what this band of authors and bloggers had to say, me included.

Here's my henna now that the glitter and plant bits have fallen off. Kanda's like WHY are you touching me?

declutter day 125 item tossed -Blue and white top why kept-Bought last year why tossed -Decided it was ugly and it didn't stand up to the wash at all.

Comments

[sholio]

Oh man, I am SO terrible at branding. I know I need to do this at my blog, and it would even be pretty easy, because almost everything I'm writing is generally rural-themed, and I live in a small town in a very beautiful state (Alaska), so it should be a cakewalk to brand myself and build up a readership based on that. And I honestly SUCK at it. I don't even know how to begin. What makes it even more tragic is that I worked as an advertising artist at a newspaper for 15 years, but I basically just took what I was given and made ads out of it. I am kickass at layout, but when it comes to writing ad copy, even for myself -- nope.

I'll let you know if I think of anything, though!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

well at least I'm not alone.

You're right, writing in rural Alaska should suggest something. I'm all over the place some is urban fantasy some is historical UF some SF some pure fantasy it's like man, wtf?

[priarani560.livejournal.com]

I'm hopeless at branding too.

Great picture of your henna and the lovely Kanda

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

it's hard and annoying

thanks

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Fantasy, Friendship, and Love.

I mean, it's probably already taken, but that's what I came up with off the top of my head.

The Mysteries of Friendships to Love?

Unno.

That's nice of the neighbor, though, to say something like that.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks for the suggestions

it was surprising

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

I try?

I'm sure it was.

[tinhutlady.livejournal.com]

Branding? As in a tag line? An author needs this? Shoot. Thank goodness I read this. Now I have to come up with something for myself.

Let's see, you write in several subgenres and also hit erotica level, right?

Transient scribbles of passion and fantasy?
Worlds of science, musings of love?
Touches of science and love?
Love, fantasy, science, and fiction?
(I obviously suck at this)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes as in a tag line and yes ELD said you had a book coming out and yes they like author's blogs/twitters/swag etc to have crap like this. I swear I have no idea why

thanks for the suggestions. It's better than what I've come up with

[tinhutlady.livejournal.com]

Speaking of author blogs, would you consider being a guest on my blog? You've been doing this a lot longer than I have and I would be absolutely honored. I'm still not sure how to work wordpress entirely (mostly because all these years I've been creating webpages the old fashioned way - with actual coding) but know that I can feature guest bloggers. Please, please?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you. Can I wait until I get the novel's publication date? (Or I can do the older novella, no problem).

And you can feel free to work up a post for jana_denardo and I can host you and your work as well.

I NEED to get a website going and I have no idea how to do it. I was looking at weebley or word press. I just need something easy I can maintain myself

[tinhutlady.livejournal.com]

No rush on the post. You are busy, I know. I'm not in a hurry to do one either as I don't have a lot of time this month or next.
As for a website, took a friend's advice and got a domain through godaddy (cheap), then downloaded the ability from them to run wordpress. Wordpress has been fun (and free). It's a lot cheaper than my other site and far more easy to manage at this point, but there are many products like wordpress out there. Do your homework and find what will be easy for you. Things are definitely swinging in favor of the normal user/blogger who is used to lj or other forms of communication. You have options.
And I decided I did not need a tag line, as if I am a product. Just using my name. That defines me more than anything, I guess. The crack about the hut on my site is just that, a joke about my odd little house. I'll probably catch flak, but I'm probably not going to do facebook or twitter either. I don't have time. I'm an author only part time. I live the rest of it.
Sorry, I rambled. Feel free to delete.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks. I'll look into word press. I'm terrible with online stuff. Pretty much most publishers and agents now insist on facebook/twitter etc. I do it sporadically just to say it's there.

any time you're ready for the post let me know