{"id":4239,"date":"2007-12-21T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2007-12-21T22:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4239"},"modified":"2021-03-08T13:24:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T18:24:11","slug":"ramblin-along-heading-nowhere-in-particular","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidmcrampton.com\/?p=4239","title":{"rendered":"Ramblin&#8217; along, heading nowhere in particular&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a better day.<\/p>\n<p>Perspective.  Today is all about perspective.  It&#8217;s been a background process, figuring this out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, the important still forces its way through your thick skull when it comes down to the wire, doesn&#8217;t it, Herod?&#8221;  &#8211; Madness, the Teacher<\/p>\n<p>I remembered writing that phrase less angrily.  But, then, Madness was being a bit defensive.<\/p>\n<p>I have an awesome job that is paying my bills, will allow me to catch up financially, and to finally stop playing catch-up.  I have fun at my job, doing something that I love to do.<\/p>\n<p>I am well loved.<\/p>\n<p>Everything can be taken care of, all I need to do is give issues the time they deserve, and work to get them done.  Finishing moving stuff into my apartment, re-discovering my spiritual center, getting a coherent and logical budget set up (after the holidays, thankyouverymuch), reviewing my writing goals, setting up timelines to finish pieces, and getting them done.  Hell, I&#8217;m already hitting a Sci-Fi con in January, and plan to have somewhere between 5 and 10 books to sell there.  I may even end up on some panels.  CRAZINESS!  *flails arms wildly about*<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and looks like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.becauseeverybodyreads.com\/\">Everybody Reads<\/a> is sold out of <a href=\"http:\/\/remembrance.davidmcrampton.com\/\">The Remembrance<\/a>, so until they order more, they&#8217;ll only be available at full price through <a href=\"http:\/\/stores.lulu.com\/store.php?fAcctID=427528\">Lulu<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Remembrance-David-Crampton\/dp\/1411611748\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1198275346&amp;sr=8-1\">Amazon<\/a>, or your local book store.  I&#8217;ll have them for $15 at <a href=\"http:\/\/stilyagi.org\/cons\/2008\/\">ConFusion<\/a>, and at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmcrampton.com\/schedule.php\">subsequent conventions<\/a>.  :)<\/p>\n<p>Since May 6, 2006, there have been 89 copies of <a href=\"http:\/\/remembrance.davidmcrampton.com\/\">The Remembrance<\/a> printed.  As far as I know, I have the only copy that hasn&#8217;t been sold to someone.  That&#8217;s not half bad for a first novel, self-published, and self-marketed.  I best get back on that horse.<\/p>\n<p>Where was that letter that I was going to send to <a href=\"http:\/\/shamandrum.com\/\">Shaman Drum<\/a> in Ann Arbor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is a better day. Perspective. Today is all about perspective. 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