Contents

• 15 Bookish & Writerly Things I’m Thankful For
• My Gift to You
• Small Business Saturday–Cyber Monday Editing Deals

15 Bookish & Writerly Things I’m Thankful For

1. My editing clients! I wouldn’t be able to blog or stay home with my kids if it weren’t for you. I’m daily inspired and encouraged by your creative spirits. You’re THE BEST.
2. The books patiently waiting by my bedside for me to read them
   
3. My local library, for saving me hundreds of dollars a year with all their books and comics and movies.
4. Librarians, for being insanely helpful and brilliant.
5. This reminder from Shannon Hale:
   https://twitter.com/haleshannon/status/636907891379736576
6. This GIF:
   https://twitter.com/larathelark/status/667520389229101056
7. Indie Booksellers (like Addendum Books) and lit mags (like Revolver) who put on awesome literary events.
8. The social media accounts which show how hilarious and human book publishers are.
9. The couple hundred writers who participated in #pg70pit this summer—Thank you! We’ll be doing it again in 2016!
10. The readers & writers who joined in my first BookDeeply writing seminar / book club. (You can still join! Nominate next spring’s debut author in the comments below.)
11. My fellow MS Editors—you raise me up so I can stand on mountains. Oh, wait, that’s Josh Groban.
12. Writing/editing/reading social media—Twitter, for helping me find my tribe, and Bookstagrammers, for making my daily doses of books and design easy and convenient.
13. The community of comics creators at OA Live.
14. FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
15. And YOU, for reading my blog! Thank you!

What literary wonders are you thankful for this year? Share in the comments!

My Gift to You

If you are not of a geeky persuasion and/or have no appreciation for popular culture, you probably won’t appreciate this. But if you know who Pavel Chekov is, then I hope you like and enjoy.

I made a series of geeky to-do/checklists for you. I call them…

wait for it…

the CHEKOV LIST.

I’ve got blue ones with trekkie insignia…

Assorted colors for color-coders:

and black and white sketchy ones for those trying to save some toner…

They’re free! You can download them by clicking the image below.

If you do download them, and if you enjoy them, do me a favor and rate them on Teachers Pay Teachers, please!

Eventually I’ll add more writing worksheets to that site, so let your writing instructors know about it. 🙂

Have fun with these, print out a bunch for friends, enjoy!

Editing Deals

From now through Cyber Monday, request a quote from me to receive big discounts!

Note: November is the craziest month for Marine families, so my posting schedule is a bit off! We had the Marine Corps Birthday Ball last weekend and have Thanksgiving tomorrow, so November’s query workshop and the Act Three post will be a bit delayed.