Broken Old Broad Update - Things are moving right along.

Hi friends!

For a Broken Old Broad I've been moving along at a pretty good clip! All four of my Blazing Owl Short Horror pieces are live on Amazon, well ahead of my before-Thanksgiving goal. 

Another goal that's coming right along ahead of schedule is the "104-Issues-of-Owl's-Eye-View-Magazine-live-on-Amazon-by-mid-January" goal. I've been trying to edit and publish two issues a day, no matter what. For the most part I've managed that, and there were a couple of days there when I actually got three up. Some issues require more editing than others – the very early ones contained some non-fiction articles that I had to update or discard, which takes a little more time than editing the straight fiction. Mostly it's moving along glitch-free, and so far the first 15 issues are up. 

I've also organized all the fodder for my memoir books and have started writing some poetry and essays. This was a monumental task because I jumped from Medium (where I'd published over 350 articles and poems) to Patreon (where I'd re-published all the material I'd taken down from Medium, and was up to 60 or so) and decided Patreon wasn't for me. Not that Patreon isn't a great idea, it's just not quite me. I don't do well with the "come pay me to write for you" kind of promotion. I'm better with the "I just put a book up on Amazon that I know you're gonna lovet" kind of promotion. Actually, I'm not great at either, but the latter is more my speed. And knowing the material is up in digital markets and available without subscriptions seems like a better, easier found deal for you guys – my readers.

2021 is going to be a busy year. I've got all kinds of eBooks slated: a writing book, Broken Old Broad Inside Out Essays, (personal experience pieces), Broken Old Broad Outside In Essays (essays about what's going on in the world from a Broken Old Broad's point of view), Broken Old Broad Busts a Beat (poetry – some of it written in my teens and on up through my current stuff). I'm also pulling together notes for an Owl's Nest novel that, if the rest of my projects move right along, I hope to get written for NaNoWriMo (in November) and publish in early 2022. So there probably won't be as much from me on social pages this year, though another of my goals is to be better about marketing and give Blaze more of a hand in that department. I tend to suck at that – mainly because there just don't seem to be enough hours in my day.

Speaking of Blaze, you should subscribe to Blaze McRob's Patreon page – It's only $3 a month and he's already published two complete novels there and is starting to put up a third. Boom, baby! And if you prefer short stories, there are plenty of those in between novel chapters. He's been averaging a novel a month since he launched his page in October. You can't go wrong with this subscription, friends.

Okey dokey. I think that's about it. Ookiness to create!

Stay safe, everybody! Chills!

Ter

Oh! On a completely different subject, some seriously awesome music came out in the last couple of months –

"Only Gossamer My Gown" by Valentine Wolfe – which is extraordinary. I've come to expect unique music and excellent quality from Sarah Black and Braxton Ballew, and they've exceeded those expectations every single time, one album better than those before, consistently. OGMG is no exception. Ethereal, soul stirring vocals from Sarah with a thrashing, bass violin beat from Braxton, bringing the spirit of Emily Dickinson among us and into our hearts. Loving it!

The other is "Hollywood Africans" by Jon Batiste. During 2019 and 2020 I watched a lot of Stephen Colbert, and Jon Batiste caught my attention. I looked him up and found this album which is awesome! It opens with an original boogie woogie, "Kenner Boogie" which sucked me right in (Love me some boogie woogie!!). There's a cover of "Smile" so heartfully done it brought tears to my eyes (more than usual). There's also a cover of "The Very Thought of You" that is soft, slow, and beautiful. Six out of the eleven titles on this album are written by Jon Batiste, and every one of them is stunning and unique. I found out he is the creative musical force behind "Soul" – a Pixar movie coming out this month! Looking forward to that!