http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com Author Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:40:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been spending well over a month ignoring this blog, but not without good reason. Life has been hectic, house, health and work all taking up more shares of the time available to do the lesser priority parts which are tossed to the wayside and put in the 'I'll get ... http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com/?p=44 It's funny. I'm now, what I consider, deep into writing this second novel and the story keeps evolving in my mind. Several times I have had to go back through previous chapters and enhance them to include new twists and added characters as the synopsis of the original story I ... http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com/?p=42 I have been pretty lackadaisical about updating this blog. Between working full-time, obligations and responsibilities at home and trying to make some headway on my new novel, both my web page and this blog have suffered. The present economic state is not a good situation for a new author trying ... http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com/?p=39 It's been a busy month. Working, working, working... writing, writing, writing,,, and a little vacation in there also. Still working on the new book - onto the fifth chapter now. Also working on a new short story to post on the website. I have a feeling things may get really ... http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com/?p=37 I'm spending most of my free time working on my new novel. Sometimes it goes quickly, sometimes a little slow. One thing is for sure - I'm sick of winter! I'd rather be writing out on my deck in the warm sunshine than stuck inside with the snow falling (constantly) ... http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com/?p=33 I just posted the book trailer for The Connected on You Tube. It's under the user The Indy Author. If any new authors would like to post their own book trailers under TheIndyAuthor banner drop me an email and I will upload it to You Tube and send you the ... http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com/?p=24 Still working on updating the webpage with the items from the last post. What's slowing me down is my work on doing a promotional video for my book The Connected that will be posted on You Tube sometime soon. I'll have that posted here also when it happens. http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com/?p=18 Well, 1 week since my first post and just a couple of things to talk about. The new novel is progressing - have almost completed the first draft of Chapter 2 and about halfway through the outline. I'm working on a few new photos to post within the next couple of ... http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com/?p=11 My first day blogging, something I said I would never do. I never felt the need to state my opinions, relate how things are going or truly connect to anyone this way. But things change and exposure is necessary when you have a novel on the market. Promoting my novel ... http://blog.stephenchiarelli.com/?p=5