Building Blocks
I was going to charge $9.99 for the paperback version but the coloring tier for me to make the paperback cheap looked cheap. So I changed it to a premium color. The book hasn't come in today for me to see the difference but I'm sure it will be more vibrant than the previous book. But that means I will have to charge more so as not to be in the negative. It will be $20. It's not ideal but it's free as an ebook right now and if you like the book a lot and have the spare change then the book is there for the people, who love books.
The L Word / Fragments
These two titles will switch places because of Variations of Love and the books I will delist which some of those poems are in The L Word. I would rather not have a gap that big with poems that still exist but gone from previous titles. It's the only reason why. So when Fragments is about to release I will delist another batch of books except for The Things We Don't Talk About until its iteration is live later in that year. The current The Things We Don't Talk About is my workhorse and it's why it will be the last book to be released and delisted when I'm done rebuilding my catalog.
Working Title: A Lost Civilization
I've mentioned the idea of the story in a tweet but it came from an idea that popped into my mind or saw. It is a signal from an alien planet that was destroyed. If I was on my shit it could have been published on LaterPress in July. But I am bullshitting my time because I am fucking stupid. It's cool because it goes beyond a dying civilization. Either this month or the following I will publish it for $$$.
GAMES!
I might post more gameplay of me playing Warzone to keep my socials active. I have a game recorder which could be better than the PS5 in-game recording system but I'm just playing and having fun. In hope, I could get some clips in the process. It's nothing more.
Variations of Love
It's done but what needs to be done is typesetting and book design. Hopefully, my favorite art designer does it for me but if not it's always good to find other people to do the job. Like how I found, Ira (Building Blocks) and Hanna (VoL). I love the work they put into my book covers.
July wasn't good for productivity. Part of it was legitimate reasons since I had to drive and do shit but I've mostly bullshit my time in July. August and here on out will be different because I can't keep using excuses as to why things haven't been done. I need to set a schedule for myself for me to follow. My discipline and mind need to be tested aggressively if I want this to happen quickly. In that, I'm scheduled with releases for at least 5 to 10 years. Right now I have two years locked in but in the following, I should be at least close to setting the years after up by working on those titles. And if I connect two to two together I'll be happy with the results and I could build on other things to expand what I'm trying to do. Also, holy shit d2d is where I see my downloads and there was a stretch in July where I wasn't getting downloads. I think it's in part of me not being active on my socials. That was staggering to see but somehow I still came up on top with 800+ downloads which if there wasn't this stagnation. It could have been another 1,000 month. I'm just happy For What It's Worth is getting a little bit more love than usual. It's The Things We Don't Talk About than to a lesser degree Dark Moments and The Harder It Gets that are moving the bar. But For What It's Worth saw a surge and I'm glad to know somebody passed that book along. Thank you for doing that. And, thank yous are needed but if you're not showing it in your actions like me needing to be further ahead with my projects then where I am at thank you is just thank you. That's why I got to get better. My job isn't the issue if anything working graveyard has helped me with adding more time to my day but I'm not taking advantage of that and there are times I am which when you sometimes see new poems I am in my car in the parking lot of my job waiting for it to be 10:50 pm so I could head inside and clock in for the day. My lunch is an hour but I usually fall asleep. Either way, I should be doing much more to show you how appreciative I am of your time. I can't keep coming to you and make excuses, saying thank you when my actions aren't there. So, I'll be better.
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