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You all know I write. I publish through Smashwords and KDP (Amazon). For the month of July a number of my items are on sale at Smashwords. Some are free and some are discounted. It’s a good time to add to your book list but get things at a discounted price.
Check out what’s on https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/kevvs229
While you’re there, check out the erotica author Ava Taylor. Adults only but she has some interesting stories on sale as well:
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Locally there is a vendor sale which I’ve been invited to participate in – one of the organizers has seen my crocheting and thinks I should sell my stuff. I agree but I have nothing made up.
I’ve been struggling since I had to use a manual wheelchair because my arms bothered me when I crocheted. They are starting to feel better but now I have several project to get done before the beginning of December. My sister has several for me to work on and I have the gifts I give to get done.
I knew about this a year ago so I can’t complain about not having enough time. However, I’ve been working on writing, editing, publishing, and crocheting for my own purposes. I have a list on my phone of things I could make for the sale. I have yarn stockpiled in my craft room.
Somehow I never got around to making the things. There was always a project for someone to work on or writing or family stuff. However, I’ve had one article published in a crochet magazine and will have another by the end of the year (hopefully) as well as a crochet pattern (hopefully). So it would be nice to play with the yarn I have and create what I want. It would be fun to play with the yarn and crocheting to see how I like the different techniques.
I’d love to see how my stuff sells but this year – I’m too crazy with things to do right now to consider having enough time to do it. I’ll keep the list on my phone. I will make an effort to make ahead for next year but you never know where my time will go and what I’ll get involved with.
Wedding present done! Wedding was beautiful and fun. Now today, I’m going to be a bum. I have to go back to work tomorrow. I’m feeling a bit worn out so today is a day of rest.
Tomorrow I have to call to find out more information on hitches. Then I have to get quotes on receiver adapters in all likelihood. I also have to check to see if the company I’m getting my scooter through has heard anything from the insurance company.
It will be an interesting week. I’m getting through to the first week in August when I have a week off. I’ve declared that a week for writing. I’ve got a list of things I want to get done so I’m hoping for few interruptions and lots of accomplishments.
On top of the successes I’ve had in getting things accepted and published, I’ve also been getting rejections. These are always difficult – part of me says, why don’t you like my stuff but I try to remember how publication works and let it go. It’s when I get a lot in one day or week that it overwhelms a bit.
I’ve got two Goodreads giveaways going on right now. One ends tomorrow and the other ends at the end of the month.
On Smashwords, some of my books are on sale! You should go check it out. If you go to my page, you can look at my books to see which ones are on sale. https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/kevvs229 It says on the right underneath where you add to the cart. Some of my stuff is free and some is on sale.
I’m going to have a mellow day. I’m sticking with jammies today and not thinking too much so it can be a mellow day. I’ve been watching Madam Secretary which is pretty good. I’m partway through the second season.
At the same time, I’ve got two stories in my head which need to come out so maybe some writing time. It depends on my mood as I move forward with my day. At this point, little effort sounds good but I can only do that for so long before my brain rebels.
Recently, Vicki asked me to make a few things for her to give to her co-workers. They are small items and I don’t have a problem. She emailed me the colors and I went to my lovely wall of yarn. I pulled out all the colors I had but I discovered I didn’t have them all. This meant I had to go yarn shopping.
As you saw in the last post I also made a scarf for Ana and in doing so I used up one of my colors is Sashay yarn. I love the colors of that particular scarf. I actually wrote down the color so I would remember it the next time I bought yarn.
It became obvious to me that I was going to have to go yarn shopping. The types of yarn – ruffle and crochet cotton – I needed do not go on sale often. My thought was I’ll start with what I have all the colors for and see how far I get. Ana came to visit and after seeing her with the scarf I realized there was a lot I wanted to try with that same color. The ruffle yarn is $5 – $6 per skein and crochet cotton is about $2.25 per skein. This is an investment.
I get emails from all my favorite craft stores – Michael, Hobby Lobby, Joann Fabrics, Herrschners – letting me know about specials and sales. Herrschners runs yarn sales all the time but I hadn’t seen any with these two items in particular. Then I get a Michael’s email – I’ve just been deleting without looking at these (it’s a time thing) but for some reason I looked at this one. Good thing I did – they have both these yarns on sale.
The other issue then is money – I was looking at my budget and thinking I really can’t afford to go get a lot of yarn. I’ll have to keep it to the bare minimum. This is just sad because if there is a sale on crochet cotton in particular I want to buy all the colors I can because I go through them quickly. In my head I was considering payments for the week and having this internal debate about being good and not buying yarn and splurging and buying yarn.
As I realize I am of course going to do the responsible thing, I got a payment for editing. Perfect! I can now splurge a bit on yarn. It’s been a crummy week for me – sinus infection, lack of sleep, weather induced pain for my arthritis – I’ve been a lot grumpy this week.
Last night I determined I was going to stop at Michaels on the way home from work. Their store is not user friendly at all. From the door that doesn’t open automatically to the narrow clutter filled aisles, this is a store that is difficult for me to get into and move around. I took my scooter though and grabbed a basket – that was not fun – but I get back to their yarn corner and just had fun. I grabbed all the colors I needed (except for one that I’m not sure they even make). It was fun to look at the colors and think of the things I would make and who would like what colors. I think I rolled around the two aisles several times looking, adding up money, and enjoying selecting the colors.
I didn’t buy one thing that wasn’t on sale. I saved $21. I didn’t break my budget. I got five skeins of the ruffle yarn and twenty plus of the crochet cotton. I picked some colors for specific people, some because I knew I was out, and some just because I liked them.
When I left the store, I felt wonderful. My mood was happy and I was looking forward to working with the yarns. I even started one of the projects for Vicki last night. Now I have to get the colors organized for my projects for Vicki and the rest need to be added to my wall. I do think I’ll be using one or two of the ruffle skeins this weekend too.
My weekend plan – after the errands are done – dvds, crochet hooks, yarn… heaven!!!
Finally I have a moment (or half a one) where I can put some thoughts together. It has been a very busy period for me. Here it is nearly two weeks later from the last time I was on here – I can’t believe that much time has slipped by.
I have lots of faculty and student workers to make gifts for. This gives me a target for making all my little goodies. I’m not going to say what I’m making them for the winter holidays but they will be crocheted things most likely. Herrschner’s was having a HUGE sale on yarn. Instead of doing homework on Saturday like I should have I snuck off to this sale. Stevens Point is a two hour drive so it generally turns into a most of the day event.