New Chapter of Errors coming soon!

Thank you all so much for your comments here, on twitter, and via e-mail in response to my last post. I can't express enough how much your encouragement means to me!  I am so glad that it's not just John and I who love our E&O boys. :)

The votes are in and it looks like the majority wants me to post the next chapter of Errors now, so I will oblige. My wonderful Beta, Natalie, has been through the chapter and has returned her comments. Now I have to find time to review them and finalize the chapter before posting. I wish I could say that this will happen in a couple of days, but my work schedule this week is nuts and I do have a deadline on editing and proofreading a story for the Goodreads Love Has No Boundaries event, so I have to give that a priority on whatever spare time I have. Rest assured, however, that I will finalize the chapter just as quickly as I can.

For those of you who have requested the summary, I apologize for not sending it yet. Again, it's a question of time allocation and I just did not have time to finish the summary last week. But if you sent me an e-mail, you will see that summary soon, and in any event no later than the posting of the next chapter here.  The summary will take you to the end of the story as I envision it at the time of completing the summary, though you may still want to come back here when the story is finished to make sure the boys didn't dictate any major changes in the plot :).

Also, I received the comment that there seemed to be a problem with the link for Equal & Opposite.  I have no idea what happened, but just to clarify, the blog for that story is still active and the story is available for your reading pleasure. I believe I fixed the link issue, but if there is a problem in the future, all of my E&O blogs are linked together and linked to the author blog, so jumping over to, say, the Enticements blog and clicking on the Equal link may get you there if the link from here does not. That goes for any links to any of the stories.  Sometimes blogger just has a hick up, I guess. *rolls eyes* Thank you for letting me know about the broken link and I hope that helps!

Sending you all bunches of tight hugs!

Love, Liz

Original Fiction Update

For those of you who are interested in my original fiction stories, you can now get the latest news and information on my blog and website: www.LizWinters.com The link will take you to my blog and from there you can explore the side via buttons in the side-bar.  The site is still under construction, but it does have a preview of the cover of the new YA LGBTQ novel I plan to self-publish in June and other status updates on my original works. As I get more time, I hope to write more insightful posts and bring you more varied content, such as interviews with other m/m authors and posts from other bloggers.  I hope you check it out and let me know what you think. :)

Errors Update

I just wanted to let Errors readers know that I posted an update tonight on the Errors blog. I am asking readers to choose between a couple of options, so you may want to jump over to the other blog and voice your opinion:  http://errorsandomissionsbyohjaspermyjasper.blogspot.com/2013/04/bad-author.html

New Chapters of John's Stories

I've been very remiss in not letting everyone know that John posted new chapters of his two E&O stories.

You can now read chapter 32 of Culture Aftershock here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6737197/32/Culture-Aftershock

And you can read chapter 14 of Linden Gardens, Notting Hill here: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7698183/14/Linden-Gardens-Notting-Hill

Both chapters are terrific and John's stories are a great way for readers of my stories to pick up additional insights about various characters. Chapter 32 of Culture Aftershock is especially notable to Errors reaeders for the appearance of the man we all love to hate, as well as for a foreshadowing of some interesting interactions you might see in future Errors chapters :).  Is that mysterious enough? Go to read the chapters and see if you can pick up on the clues :)

I also have it on good authority that Chapter 33 of Culture Aftershock may be posted within the next couple of weeks.  That gives you just enough time to catch up :)  Happy Reading!

"Handle With Care" published on Amazon

Hi Everyone.  I just thought I'd drop in and let you know that my original m/m Christmas romance novelette (approximately 18,000 words) is now available for the Kindle on Amazon.  You don't actually need a Kindle to read it, because you can also read your kindle books in a web-browser app or on many other devices (pc, phone, etc.) using free apps provided by Amazon (find them here).  If you do have a Kindle and you're a member of Amazon Prime, you can also borrow the story for free!  Otherwise it's only $.99 so if you want to buy it, it hopefully won't make a huge dent in your budget.  You can find the story here: http://www.amazon.com/Handle-With-Care-Romance-ebook/dp/B00AQNPV0K

If you do buy it and enjoy it, I'd really appreciate if you told your friends and left a review on Amazon.  Word of mouth advertising is critical for self-published authors, and Amazon reviews help other readers who do not know my fan fiction work make their purchasing decisions. If you have time you can also hit the "like" button on the Amazon page below the book title (You need to be logged into your Amazon account to do this, I think).  Amazon uses the number of "likes" in their algorithms that ultimately calculate the popularity of a book and  determine where the book gets listed in reader searches.

Thank you all for your support and rest assured that I have not given up on my fan fiction.  As we speak I'm finishing my NaNo novel and fully intend to go back to writing Errors when that is done.  I have it on good authority that things will be less crazy at work in 2013, which means that I will be less cranky and hopefully will be able to finish up Errors for you in a jiffy. And as I said before, this time I will wait until it is all done before I start posting, so that once I start posting again you will be assured that the rest of the story will be forthcoming without any further delays. I'll post updates here periodically as I write to let you know how I'm doing.

Thanks again and I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year!

Liz

2012 NaNoWriMo Success!

If you've visited the blog in the month of November you may already have seen the NaNoWriMo word counter in the sidebar.  I had always planned to use this year's NaNoWriMo to get Errors 50,000 words closer to the end, but unfortunately work got crazy again and I became tired and cranky and that tone started seeping into the story at a time when the E&O boys should have been much happier. I therefore decided to shelve Errors again until things calm down a little.

At first I wasn't going to write anything at all, but not writing makes me really unhappy, so I decided that I needed to write something that would match my mood.  And lo and behold, right before the start of November, a new plot bunny jumped into my brain. And now, 29 days and a little over 50K words later, I'm about 85% done with a new m/m YA novel. Yay!

Since I seem to be on a roll, I will continue writing this new story until it is done, which should be before the end of the year. I obviously wrote it very quickly, so it will undoubtedly need a lot of editing, but I love the characters and I really think the bones are good.  I'm hopeful that I'll be able to self-publish the book some time next year.

In the meantime, if I can get my act together in the next few weeks, I still have a Christmas-themed original short story that I may self-publish before the end of the year.  If I manage to find the time to pull that off, I will be sure to post here. :)

So what about Errors?  As I've said repeatedly before, Errors will be finished eventually, no matter how long it takes. Fortunately, the projects that have been driving me crazy at work are all scheduled to be completed by year's end, and come January things should go back to normal.  If that happens, I'm sure Edward will eagerly come back and I will go back to writing.  I'll probably post an update here and on twitter when I figure it out. Going forward, however, I will make one change.  I will finish writing the entire story before I start posting more chapters.  While I enjoy episodic writing, lately I've noticed that I write better and faster without the editing/posting interruptions, so writing the story straight through the end will hopefully bring the sum of it to you faster, even if the next chapter will be delayed even more as a result. I promise that once I am done I will not make you wait long between chapter posts - I'll probably do one every week until the story is done.

Okay, sorry for the rambling and for my prolonged absence.  I'll try to do a better job of providing updates in the future. :)

Liz

p.s. I know some of you will wonder why I'm choosing to self-publish instead of submitting my originals to a publisher (especially since I'm lousy at things like choosing titles, writing blurbs and making covers.)  I've actually given it a lot of thought, and there are many reasons why self-publishing feels like the right way to go, not the least of which is my horrible impatience. I still need the instant gratification of being able to press my own "publish" button :). It may turn out to be a mistake, but I'll never know until I try.  If nothing else, it will be a learning experience.

Chapter 11 of Linden Gardens, Notting Hill

I just realized that I totally forgot to post here that John uploaded Chapter 11 of Linden Gardens, Notting Hill to fanfiction last week.  Click here to read all about what Greg and Viktor have been up to on their visit with Viktor's family in Bulgaria and leave John some review love to keep him writing more :)