Monday – already?

Posted on May 10, 2010 by laina

I’m not sure why Mondays always seem to be the most difficult day of the week to get up, motivated, and out of the house. Especially since I, like many of us these days, work 7 days a week.
I used to be so good at getting up early and jumping right in to whatever I had to accomplish and work, work, work, until it was done. Somehow I have, in the last year, become lazy. With good intent (I think) but with an intent that was really a fairy tale existence of what I wanted and thought might happened if I wanted it bad enough. Not so much reality. Now to face that reality it means to give up on that fairy tale and my wish for a Prince Charming. I mean, I searched all weekend on Craig’s list and there were absolutely no Price Charmings to be found. Who would have thought he would be so hard to find. I thought anything and everything could be found on Craig’s list. What a disappointment.
This week I pledge to get up and be motivated and get my stuff done. I also commit to working out 3x this week and since I have said that they last 3 Mondays and not done it, it will not be easy. I am going to finalize the business book (since I am so way behind deadline) and write daily on my follow up book to Stilettos & Scoundrels.

There…now it’s written. It MUST happen.

Cheers and Happy Monday!
Laina

BIG Mistake

Posted on February 22, 2010 by laina

Have you ever done something thinking you were being unselfish and doing the “right” thing only to have it end up being 10 times worse and to realize that you weren’t being perceived as ever doing the right thing in the first place? How does that happen?? Bad judgment or just poor communication of expectations? Whatever I guess. I’m not going to worry about it. It just strikes me as funny because of trying so hard for nothing.

Moving on…tomorrow is the first release party for Stilettos & Scoundrels at the Rainmakers Main Event. I have another one scheduled for March 10th at N. Rue in Broad Ripple and am working on several others (including the DSW at Clay Terrace). Exciting stuff. Now I’m trying to balance the selling with finishing the business book and writing the next Presley Thurman book. Never enough time in the day. How do you all balance everything without getting burnt out?

Don’t forget that MS Awareness week starts March 8th and we are building pre-awareness now! Purchasing my book prior to march 8th will send 20% of proceeds to the MS Society.
Have a great Monday!
Laina

Stilettos & Scoundrels Book Release – Rainmakers Main Event Tuesday Feb. 23rd.

Posted on February 19, 2010 by laina

Come to the release for Stilettos & Scoundrels at the Rainmakers Main Event. 20% of all proceeds from this event will go to the Indiana MS Society. The will be a member of the Indiana MS Society in attendance to answer any questions as we get close to the kick off of MS Awareness week March 8th.

If you can’t make it there will be other events or buy the book online at www.lainamolaski.com. Also available on Kindle. 20% of all online purchases prior to March 1st will benefit MS.

Monday morning blahs

Posted on February 8, 2010 by laina

Anyone besides me want to stay in bed today? I enjoy the pretty snow but I would enjoy it better if it was 70 outside.

So I have sold 2 pre-sale copies of Stilettos and Scoundrels I only have 298 more to go this month to pay my mortgage. In case you thought I was joking in my post from last week. I’m not. Now some of you might think I am really nuts, and you would probably be right, but not because of this decision alone. For a lot of personal reasons which I will spare you the details, I don’t much care anymore if the bank takes my house, so really it’s not that much of a gamble to loose. What will be worse than losing the house however, is not selling any books. I need that affirmation that I’m a marginal writer, at least for my first attempt. I promise to get better.

The other reason I didn’t want to get out of bed today is that I have a bit of a dilemma with my other book. I have a business book that to be honest I didn’t really want to write, I just was somewhat pressured in to it and I did see the point everyone was trying to make. I then came up with the bright idea to have a online companion and an iPhone app. Kind of a nice, tidy package that would make it seem fabulous. Well on Thursday I discovered a fatal (no I am not being dramatic) error in the website design that negated all the time I had spent thus far (time I don’t have) and now I need too find an alternative solution and I’m not sure what that is. I’m also on a tight deadline to figure it out if I want to meet my publishing deadline and without the online “stuff” I am not sure the book standing alone is positioned correctly. Does that even make sense???

So option A- Scrap the entire project. About $1500 wasted, not including my time, but wouldn’t be wasting any more $$ going forward.

Option B – Just do the book and iPhone app and don;t worry about the online companion. Would required some sort of major adjustments to the book but is doable.

Option C – Use my secret ninja powers to find a online solution ASAP (the issue here is I don’t really want to spend the time rebuilding the site from scratch when I need to promote my fiction book to make my house payment).

A little help from my friends would be appreciated:)

Peace-
Laina

PS Today is the start of the 30 day count down to MS week!!!!!!

Happy Monday!

Posted on January 25, 2010 by laina

I am determined to have a great week this week. I had a productive weekend and so far it is continuing through today (yes I realize it is only 9:30am) but let’s celebrate the small successes.
I pressed the “confirm” button on my fiction book, Stilettos & Scoundrels, to send to final printing. The book will launch March 16th, 2010. I haven’t yet decided if I’m freaked out by this or excited. I have a lot financially riding on this (hence the freaked out part) but surely all my friends will take pity on me and buy it therefore increasing my perceived greatness as an author to my agent and potential publishing houses. I am also having it formatted for Kindle, Sony reader, and Amazon reader. 20% of all pre-sale purchases go to the Indiana MS Society. You can purchase on my website www.lainamolaski.com so help out the MS Society and get your book now. If you’re local you will be able to pick up your copy at any one of the several book signings I am organizing right now. A list will be published within the next couple weeks.
I am waiting for my non-fiction book, But It’s My Business, to come back from my editor any day now so I can put the finishing touches on it and send it off. This book will be out March 30th and will have a companion website with tools and resources (available now) and an iPhone app. This book also will have 20% of all pre-sale orders to the MS Society.
In the meantime I actually need to sell these books and set up some speaking engagements for the non-fiction book. So back to work!!!

Laina