{"id":286,"date":"2011-12-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/286\/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2011-12-18\/"},"modified":"2011-12-18T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T22:00:00","slug":"twitter-weekly-updates-for-2011-12-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.passarella.com\/blog\/286\/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2011-12-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-18"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"aktt_tweet_digest\">\n<li>Been working on my novel outline all day. Character arcs, plot points, settings, action scenes, then trying to bring it all together. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/146379918652088320\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kim_jacobs\" class=\"aktt_username\">kim_jacobs<\/a> I try not to. This book will be different. Don&#039;t want to repeat myself. Hope it&#039;s just as good, but in a different way. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/146449528223043584\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Saudi woman beheaded for &#039;witchcraft and sorcery&#039; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/fZ05R2G4\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/fZ05R2G4<\/a> #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23cnn\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">cnn<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/146641707834933248\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Self-published authors find e-success \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9Wj2h0ho\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/9Wj2h0ho<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/q9RsJr4Z\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/q9RsJr4Z<\/a> via @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/USATODAY\" class=\"aktt_username\">USATODAY<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/146648068190773248\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Your face is being tracked <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/eB1yOoVM\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/eB1yOoVM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/146696816044408832\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Close but no cigar. iTunes update restored playlists to my iPhone but the Top 25, etc. smart playlists are all wrong. Maybe next update. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/146710849116045312\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hey @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Staples\" class=\"aktt_username\">Staples<\/a>, a #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%23WorstGift\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">WorstGift<\/a> I\u2019ve received was 4 rolls of Lifesavers in a faux mini-book, because I&#039;m a reader, maybe?? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/0Abon1Yt\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/0Abon1Yt<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/146711877827821568\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Staples\" class=\"aktt_username\">Staples<\/a> #<a href=\"http:\/\/search.twitter.com\/search?q=%231Follower\" class=\"aktt_hashtag\">1Follower<\/a> I can\u2019t live without a computer. As a writer w\/ a typewriter any revision meant retyping EVERY PAGE <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nhLS5IIM\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/nhLS5IIM<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/146809990546599938\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ah&#8230; my long, detailed draft outline is done. Tomorrow (well, later today), I need to condense &amp; compress to get down to the short version. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/146883629967093760\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Still trying to recover from outlining work that kept me up until almost 5:30am last night. Not enough caffeine in the house, apparently. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147028733658800128\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reading about the Higgs Boson experiments is probably not the best way to segue back into my Supernatural novel outline. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147045114664071169\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Turned in my outline for Supernatural: Rite of Passage a day early. Now waiting for notes to a) revise outline or b) use in 1st draft of ms. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147383932751585282\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kelios\" class=\"aktt_username\">kelios<\/a> Thanks. I&#039;m hoping to start writing the draft before JAN 1. But that depends on extent of the notes. Might need to start over! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147396122472755201\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kelios\" class=\"aktt_username\">kelios<\/a> My blog now is basically weekly twitter updates. Never seem to have time to blog. Still trying to get my Fiction Collection out! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147396869058863105\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/WinchesterBros\" class=\"aktt_username\">WinchesterBros<\/a> Thank you! Those were my first tie-ins. Some out in eBook form now, some out of print. I have some Angels left. No Buffy. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147397235083182080\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Is Amazon Pushing Publishers to Brink On Terms, Co-op? <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/W5GYuBBh\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/W5GYuBBh<\/a> via @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/publisherswkly\" class=\"aktt_username\">publisherswkly<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147422301045014528\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AppSumo is giving away an Amazon $100 Gift Card every year for life, if you win I win one too! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/5x6ZBTok\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/5x6ZBTok<\/a> via @<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/appsumo\" class=\"aktt_username\">appsumo<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147427177347031040\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/samjacklover\" class=\"aktt_username\">samjacklover<\/a> Thanks. I appreciate your support! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147429081900781568\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Here&#039;s the cover concept for my fiction collection, Exit Strategy &amp; Others. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/j35o1TEG\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/t.co\/j35o1TEG<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147470784812679169\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SPN_Sherry\" class=\"aktt_username\">SPN_Sherry<\/a> Thanks. Now I have to get all the stories in one doc, add opening pgs, etc for ebook pub. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147479594226810881\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kelios\" class=\"aktt_username\">kelios<\/a> @spn_sherry over half the stories are Wendy Ward stories. I&#039;d have to think if there&#039;s anything I could use for the others. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147482036855246850\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kelios\" class=\"aktt_username\">kelios<\/a> @spn_sherry No, all my stories. The non WW stories have: faeries, ghosts, zombies, genetically engineered monsters &amp; a wolfman. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147490430324445184\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Assembled the manuscript for the Fiction Collection. Looks like 107,000 words. Easy part. Hard part? Proofing all those tales! <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147565530558107648\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/trackerem\" class=\"aktt_username\">trackerem<\/a> I&#039;m currently outlining the next SPN novel, Rite of Passage. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147581136816713728\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Fissemaddenzchn\" class=\"aktt_username\">Fissemaddenzchn<\/a> So far, I can promise no spiders in the next SPN book. At least no GIANT spiders. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147788484587962368\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Deangrl31\" class=\"aktt_username\">Deangrl31<\/a> Thanks. I&#039;m hoping to start writing the new novel before JAN 1, but depends on the outline review\/revision process. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147788665228238848\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Fissemaddenzchn\" class=\"aktt_username\">Fissemaddenzchn<\/a> Dig site? What kind of dig site? Curious. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147793361976295424\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Fissemaddenzchn\" class=\"aktt_username\">Fissemaddenzchn<\/a> Sounds like the beginning of a Preston &amp; Child novel. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147798257802817537\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Write mini-introductions for all 11 stories in my fiction collection, Exit Strategy and Others. [Check] <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/147847062573162496\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Deangrl31\" class=\"aktt_username\">Deangrl31<\/a> Thanks. Stay tuned on Twitter. I usually post here first, since it&#039;s so easy. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/148125921801539584\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rachelcaine\" class=\"aktt_username\">rachelcaine<\/a> 5,000 word per day? Is that your normal goal? That&#039;s a LOT. I may hit that in the last 100 pgs of a ms but not throughout. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/148126688037965824\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/rachelcaine\" class=\"aktt_username\">rachelcaine<\/a> Wow! No wonder you are so prolific. I&#039;m a big fan of your Weather Warden books and the Morganville Vampire series. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/148128261942161408\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Creating Kindle file for Exit Strategy &amp; Others. Mobicreator failing on TOC gen, so I had to do that manually for waypoints. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/148195133681172480\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<li>@<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Deangrl31\" class=\"aktt_username\">Deangrl31<\/a> Thanks. You too. Hope you enjoy Night Terror the second time around. <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnPassarella\/statuses\/148301004776013824\" class=\"aktt_tweet_time\">#<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"aktt_credit\">Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/alexking.org\/projects\/wordpress\">Twitter Tools<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Been working on my novel outline all day. Character arcs, plot points, settings, action scenes, then trying to bring it all together. # @kim_jacobs I try not to. This book will be different. Don&#039;t want to repeat myself. 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