I'm living in a little village in the BC mountains, but it's sort of the center for a very large area, so probably lots of volunteers needed. Different from Vancouver, for sure!

I guess I'll start hitting up the elections Canada page...

Shit. Right. That seems like an author thing to do. Might be good to get more involved than just yelling at the results.

And yes, there are a lot of folks that do understand, and are supportive and actually doing what they can to make things better, instead of closing their eyes and crossing their fingers and saying "..no place like home!" repeatedly.

A good point. It's also possible that I just haven't found the right way to talk about my work. And most likely that I am just speaking to a too-small audience.

I told myself I'd learn/practice marketing when I hit five books published. Almost there.

Hopefully in the future I can find a better angle to tell the story from, and make that fictional world come to life. But for now? Going to focus my time on other novels.

Tough business, but everything is a lesson to learn from.

Or at least, don't spend any money on the current on.
For me, specifically? That means the novel I'm currently in re-writes on I'm just going to consider it dead in the water. I'll put it up for sale, get a decent cover, but the two follow-up novels, partially written? I'll just put those to bed.

The historic arts of Europe incorporated these tools, sometimes explicitly, but always implied. To ignore them as "fluff" or unnecessary is to ignore one of the tools of the playbook. It's there for a reason.

There are people that don't see the need for this, and that's because they have other paths to success. We are all different and need to access different tools for success.

I think I've got one of her books on my TBR pile, since about 3 moves ago. I'll go hunt it up.

I think I've gone through most of the weird folks, KU makes it easy to take chances on someone new. Many regrets, but also some gems.