I f***ed Up So Hard. Update Inc
In case you’re at work, I subtly (hurr) censored the title. Mistake 1: In Feb-March I was editing and fixing NSI for paperback using a program called InDesign. For those of you who don’t know, InDesign is essentially Photoshop but for designing books(the interior). I also made all my edits there because as you design […]
Update: NSI and future projects
As you can see, things have changed around the site as i get ready for release. I’m stuck atm with a timeline because the Swedish library sent me ISBNs but nowhere to register them. I finally found a service that I *think* can register my book with the ISBN but I can’t know for sure. […]
Update Release information
First, yes, NSI is delayed for Feb release. I literally have been working every second for the past weeks between watching my son. (Who knew a seven month old would suck up half your life?)He’s into everything. EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING!) Here’s where I’m at: Final edits: done Paperback format: done Cover: Done, but not formatted for […]
Update: So much news
Skip Dani’s fluffy random blah and go to release info I had a lot of betas and then the only two who hadn’t read shattered glass got sick at the same time I did and they didn’t meet the deadline. Though the asked if they could read it now, unfortunately, it’s too late to make […]
NSI about to go out to betas
NSI is about to go out to betas later today. So nervous but also excited and ready for it. Hope they are too. XD I still need 1-2 who have not read Shattered Glass, so if you have friends…HINT HINT NUDGE NUDGE. Meanwhile, along with the new cover of NSI (to be revealed later–yes, I’m […]
Betas Purty Please ❤️
I’m reworking some things on NSI from the editor’s notes. I feel I’m fairly close to needing beta readers. I have one already but, ideally, would like 2-3 more. I’m hoping for at least one who has not read Shattered Glass. General info: Expected beta readiness in mid tolate October and I’ll need it back before […]
Update: Editor Finished
Looking more and more like my February release date is the right call. You can imagine me patting myself on the back rn cuz I finished a book—ten motherfucking years later. I beat GRRM and that’s something to be proud of! (sane me: is it tho?) Editor finished with some notes that are easily fixed […]
ARGH and RAWR – update
So, if you read my twitter, you may have come across my ranting about the developmental editor i was trying to hire. I really needed someone outside the genre who had nfi what Shattered Glass was to comb through NSI with fresh eyes(so that if a new reader picked it up, they wouldn’t be confused). […]
NSI Is with The Developmental Editor
I thought I’d start with the good news. I had been tweaking and re-writing all of Not So Innocent for the last few years. So the Alpha readers only had the last few chapters to really delve into a lot of notes. They did have a lot of notes for the rest of the story […]
Whelp, it’s done
Quick update b4 I go back into hiding. 20 minutes ago, I finished Not So Innocent. In its alpha stage it is: 28 chapters, 118,711 words, and 272 pages long. I have 2 alpha readers & will eventually look for betas. Will update then. 1/2 — Dani Alexander (@Mallytweets) April 16, 2021
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“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.” ― Barack Obama In 2016, I slunk into a depression and it took a second hearing of those words at the end of 2017 for them to sink in. I immediately began finding candidates to believe in. First it was […]
Update day! Woo
I’m about to get busy canvassing here in old Colorado(have you registered to vote? you can check: Am I registered ), but though I’m canvassing, I have time to write which is great. And, more importantly, the writing is flowing. I sit down to write and bang out 2k words in a few hours. It’s insane. […]
Those Seven Months Flew By!
Why is time moving so fast? I swear to you that I was 25 like yesterday. Now I’m 26(+20 >.>). YES, I’M OLD. Which is my entire excuse..? Trying to keep track of all my social media is a testament to my age. Twitter, Facebook(Why are we as a community still using this? Can we […]
Gone So Long
I had a first hand lesson in the long disabling hole of depression. I walled myself off from the world for the better part of a year+. Feeling better, hopefully that will continue. As most of you know, I dislike sympathy and stuff so I am back when I’m at the point of happy again. […]
Woo! Summer…Update inc
This is gonna be quick and dirty, just how I you like it. I’m not much further along than I was in the last update, except that I threw out a scene and may or may not get it out of the trash, depending on how obsessed annoyed I get with thinking about it. It’s summer and […]
April Update, but no Fools
So, remember that guy who once wrote a book? Well, he’s still around. Is he still writing? Yup. If anyone out there is listening still, I am writing! The nitty gritty: I have three scenes, not chapters, scenes, left in Not So Innocent. Unfortunately, I’ve been stuck on one of those scenes for nearly a month […]
Why is it September and I’m Not Done?
This is Newb, our new kitten. Newb is my peace offering for being gone so long. I hope he has made you feel less stabby towards me. He seems to have that effect. Now, let’s get to updates! I had a brain fart for most of April and May and June…and some of […]
Update (TL;DR: No huge news)
I can’t remember when I started reading Stupid Post it Notes. It was a looooooooong time ago. If you haven’t read it, it’s sort of a rambling mess of cracky awesome teenage angst. SPIN, for short, is a slash fiction story about Seth and Tuesday. Yes, Tuesday. That’s his name and I think it says a […]
Oh hai.
I’m really really REALLY not in the place to make an update today. I’d planned on doing it, but apparently, Ambian x 2 was a little faster-acting than I thought. The wine, I’m guessing, didn’t help. It’s taken me 39 minutes to string these babbles sentences together. Even thought I might do a vlog of […]
Happy Holidays!
I hope youre all having a lovely holiday season! I’m celebrating by editing and reading about bullet trajectories and wounds! It’s oddly compelling research! What awesome books are y’all reading? And what books did you get for Christmas and Chanukah?
What? Is Dani Posting So Soon?
No, I’m sorry, this isn’t about NSI, which i’m totally writing 100% of the day except this post. >.> Promise. <.< Ahem. New subject. I’ve ignored a website in the past because, back when they first started their “campaign”, I figured a) the deluded doxxing of reviewers was an anomaly and, b) hey, let’s not give them […]
November Up–yours, Dani!
I suck. I’m sorry, but I don’t have any really awesome news. Not really bad news either, but not awesome. I let NSI rest for two weeks so I could get fresh eyes on it. When I returned to edit, I stripped most of the one whole chapter and a lot of the others toward the end. Since […]
September Update
I wish I could think of something clever and funny atm, but my mind is filled with cotton–or snot that’s dried like cotton around my brain. So, today’s update brought to you by The Gross Unfunny Dani. I could have updated on the first, except I broke my foot. And after hospital visits and xrays, I […]
The August Update in Which I Update, Rant and Apologize
I know. I’m a bad person who didn’t update last month. There’s a reason for that and the reason is: I didn’t want to. =P Okay, that’s too simplistic. The reason was, it was bad news. I hate bad news (even though it makes me look at porn, which is a good result of bad […]
Is It a June Update already?!
Okay, let’s get right down to the nitty gritty! Do I have a publication date? No! I don’t. Am I close to providing one? Yes! Yes I am. I imagine I’ll know once I hire an editor after my alphas have read it in the next 4-16 weeks (no I can’t be more precise +P). […]