In 1980, a psychiatric nurse at Chicago's Michael Reese Hospital (and mother of two) divorced her husband in the midst of a particularly troubled married life and decided to pursue her lifelong dream of an acting career. She was 40.
— Charlotte Clymerđłď¸âđ (@cmclymer) August 19, 2018
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Roller coaster
Itâs been quite a couple months. I have been horrible with my promise of blogging regularly. Â So much has been going on in the past month and a half emotionally and with things outside of my control, which have left me frustrated.
I mentioned before that my bipolar was kicking in. I tried for a while to get through it all without going back on an antidepressant. I was off one for over six months and went back on one today. I was laying in bed a lot, not even watching tv, going to bed at 6 or 7pm and chalking it up to my migraines. I thought that if I got away for a week I would feel better and get out of my rut. I went to San Francisco and visited a good friend and had an amazing week! Â Then I got back, and found myself really depressed again. So…
Another strain is that Iâm looking for a place to live in New York on my limited budget, and it is extremely difficult because most places require 40x your income and a high credit score. Because I was sick, I didnât have utilities in my name for three years, so I donât have a credit score, even though I have a line of credit, and I definitely donât get make 40x the rental cost.
Starting over at 38 is hard. I know that things happen the way they should, and that timing is everything, but it doesnât make it less frustrating.
On the book front… I have gotten some agents rejections, but some have been personable and not standard. Â They have said really nice things about the chapters I submitted. I continually get good reviews on goodreads and Amazon (FYI to other Amazon authors… they have pulled as well as not posted reviews from my bookâs page. I donât know if itâs a random IT thing or what, but itâs annoying.) I did get a 1 star review but it was hilarious, especially when I read the personâs profile. I didnât fit into her genres, so of course I wasnât her cup of tea. It also made me feel validated. Even Harry Potter books have 1 star reviews! Â Long and short, I need to put in work again because I slacked off and I need to promote, look for an agent and fine new avenues to get readers.
I hope all of you are doing great! Â Thanks if you read all of this!
Much Love!
They’re Free TODAY!!! (Sat & Sun)
Hey Guys!
Both of my books went free today for Memorial Day weekend on Amazon Kindle! Â Please repost! Â Much Love!
It’s Almost Time!
Submissions, Submission, Submissions
Hi guys!
This morning has been all about submitting some of my first book to review by publishing agents. Â It’s not difficult, just tedious and repetitive. Â A lot of pasting in the body of emails. Â Luckily, I found a website that lists alphabetically all agents of nonfiction/memoirs that have emails that you can submit to… it’s been over an hour and I just got to the “C’s”. Â So, let’s all hope that this will help along with the past bouts with submissions since my first publication.
On a good note, my first book is still being read steadily on Kindle Unlimited (yay!) and hopefully this weekend when I have my three free download days I will get a lot of response for both books.
So how are you guys? Â Today, I am okay. Â No headache so far… all week is an on and off storm here so I am just biding time until I have to go to the Emergency Room. Â Let’s hope that I don’t, but based on statistics with me… Â Anxiety has been okay. Â It may amp up a bit over the weekend with the whole book download thing. Â I already check my Kindle updates a lot, but I get a little absorbed when it comes to people actually owning something I wrote.
Well, I wanted to be better about getting on here, so I wanted to check in and say hello!
Much Love!