Freddie's Braindroppings

Well time just keeps on slipping away, doesn't it? At least I haven't been idle. Here comes this [long overdue] Friday with Freddie!

Wow, so that was some fail on my part. I end 2016 with my on-sale post and then disappear for almost two months? Brilliant. I haven't been doing nothing , of course. I've been finding a balance between staying politically informed and trying not to be overwhelmed. I've been writing (not as much as I'd like), and I've been poking around my website, playing with some redesign ideas. I haven't figured out exactly how I want the new site to look but I'm close. Something else I've been doing: being much more active on Instagram ! Do you follow me there? Please do so you don't miss out. Right now I'm doing an #authorlifemonth challenge for the month of February. I still have yet to post today's but here's a quick look at what's gone up so far:  The challenge itself. Commissioned art. Cover inspiration. Head over to  Instagram  for an explanation of these images. In other news, I'm working on the follow...

There are now samples of my writing up on my website! Okay only three, but there are more to come. Also, I figured out a new (hopefully better?) commenting system on my website as well, so if you want to comment on said samples, you may. I am a little more than a week away from the Lovely, Dark, and Deep deadline and while I think I can finish by the 31st, I'm worried I may not be able to get someone who has time to give it a once-over with notes for correction before then. I asked for an extension on my last submission so I don't want to do it again, but at the same time... Well, let's worry about that if I don't finish by tomorrow... Tootles!

I feel like I accomplished a lot today. Not only did I get the story I'm hoping to submit to Less Than Three's Lovely, Dark, and Deep  anthology completely outlined, I have about 2,000 words written. I need to make sure to write each weekend at minimum and I'll have it done by the deadline. Hopefully I can get a little written every day now it's outlined. I'm pretty excited about this and the following anthology too. In fact, I have plans for  Lovely, Dark, and Deep , Villains, Inc ., and Intertwined ! After I got my writing done for the day, I tinkered around on my website. Not only did I manage to get my Blogger feed integrated onto my site, I also found a way to connect my blog to Tumblr! So now I don't have to post after the fact and link back to the blog - it does it automagically. Yessss. Unfortunately, now it's getting late and I have to start winding down for bed so I can go to work in the morning. Ugh. Mornings. Monday mornings. I lo...

So things are going to be a little different around here. I got a new blog, courtesy of Blogger. I'll be doing all my updates from here from now on. But what about my old blog, you ask? Well I will be clearing out the entries there and using that space for writing samples for you! So why do it this way? Well, the native blog that comes with the service that I use to publish my page, which is what I had been using, doesn't allow for RSS feeds to be made of it. This makes it nearly impossible to embed my blog elsewhere or have people be able to follow it easily. As I was realizing this, I was also trying to figure out how to add a 'second blog' to the site in order to post up some writing samples. I liked the way the native blog looked and wanted the sample to look that way, but it's not possible to add a second native blog. Solution! Get a separate blog that allows for RSS feeds, and use the native one for samples! Ta-dah! I also have more news: as menti...

Originally posted at FreddieMilano.com on  July 22nd 2014 My laptop had a hard drive malfunction last month and I finally got it fixed. I had to have it replaced. Luckily I didn't lose much - everything on the drive was backed up elsewhere, so it was just a matter of getting everything set up again to my preferences. Which I haven't  quite  done yet so bear with me a bit longer. In the meantime, go read  Won't Back Down  and tell me what you think. Better yet, leave a review on  Amazon  or  Goodreads ! Lastly, I'll have so more news coming soon - a short story of mine is up for discussion on Goodreads soon. I'm trying to make sure it's posted under this name and not the old pseudonym it was written under, so I can claim it and join in the discussion. I was also hoping to post it here as a sample of my writing. We'll see! When I know more, I'll update. Leave me some love in the comments or ask me some questions over at  Goodre...