I have three magic genie wishes. What am I wishing for?
Too much for my getting-ready-to-sleep mind to figure out right here right now, except to wish that my dogs would be healthy and happy forever. But, in the spirit of the question, I will share a very carefully considered wish that I had as a kid and I still remember to this day:
I wished that the Star Trek universe would be real, and that I could go and visit it whenever I wanted to. Like, I’d blink three times, or snap my fingers in just the right way, and I’d be on the Enterprise-D with my Trek family. I’d go to Starfleet Academy, of course, become an officer, and have my adventures.
Someone pointed out to me a while back that it was interesting that my wish was to visit, not that it would become my entire reality. I never really thought about that until they mentioned it…I suppose it means that I’ve always been pretty happy to be here, despite the ups and downs of life. I didn’t want to banish my reality. I wanted to add to it.
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I woke up on time today. I got some good work done, even if my hours weren’t quite as robust as I wanted them to be…but I made progress. I’m close to getting this actual outline rolling. Like, I could be starting by the end of this week if I can muster up my shit and get ‘er done. That’s what I want.
Work was busy today, too! That was nice, actually. A nice, busy day to offset the slow ones. I think there’s more coming, too, which will be nice. Got everything done I needed to.
Glory 4 launched today. I need to add that news item to the main page, but yeah. It’s out! And the free sale on book 1–which extends through Friday, I think?—is going really well. I hit my very first #1 bestseller in a couple pretty big categories, Space Marines and Space Fleet. Those are competitive. That means we gave away a lot of books today. Hopefully those will convert into some nice sales on the backend, and that it keeps us up in the rankings for Kindle Unlimited for a good while afterward. That’s what we in the business call a “long tail.” Hope so. Looks like it’s going pretty well so far.
Proud of myself. Proud of the book, the series, etc. It’s so hard, doing all this. It’s getting up early. It’s wrestling the insecurity demons. It’s being persistent. It’s marshaling the chaos of a story idea down into the neat little container of a book. It’s draining. But also so rewarding. Today is one of those days I get to feel the reward of it all.
Oh, it also rained today. Right on time, just like the old days, around Halloween. It was only a little sprinkle, but it looked like it was threatening it all day. Which I loved. The tiniest, sweetest little breeze, white-gray patchwork clouds in the sky to let the light come through every now and then, and a gentle chill in the air. Not cold. Not windy. Not fully gray…but cool. Summer is gone. Finally! Fall is here. And soon…winter.
I’m ready for it.
Night night.