It has been a while since my last post, and for this I apologize. I have been in Poland on the trip of a lifetime, which I will tell you all more about in a separate post.
I have great news that I will lead off with, though. After sending out a seemingly endless stream of query letters, I was able to receive the response I was looking for. A publisher has expressed interest in one of my book projects, and we are now working on finalizing everything. I will release the what, who, when, and where as soon as I have all the details ironed out. I have two full chapters completed, though most of the second chapter was handwritten and will need to be typed in. Once this is done, I have a small panel of readers with varying reading preferences lined up to provide feedback to what I have so far.
I have continued to update, write on, and promote the “Raising Our Humans” site (http://www.raisingourhumans.com), which has been maintaining its steady 20% monthly visit growth rate. I have since introduced the newest member of our family, as well as update the media section with a number of photos and a couple of new videos. We still have one kitten left to place, which we hope to do very soon. There will be some upcoming changes on this site, as I look to expand the types of content available. There will be a new section coming up that will reflect homeopathic pet care. The reason for this change is that one of our own cats was recently diagnosed with feline asthma, and after examining all of our long term care options we found that homeopathic care had a much better outlook than traditional pet care. We will still continue to take him in for his normal veterinarian visits, and our homeopathic vet and traditional vet will be working together with us to provide the best level of care possible.
On the “Hike For Play” site front (http://www.hikeforplay.com), I have been able to explore a couple of additional trails that I hope to have written up and posted by months end. My goal is to begin to heavily promote the site leading into the spring of 2012. This will allow more time for playing around with tone, content and overall site layout.
I have officially shutdown the “Fantasy Sports Spot” site, and will be launching a new sports site this spring that will focus only on player and team profiles, from all sports and levels of play. I am very excited about this site, as it will be relatively unique in its content. I will be providing more information as the launch date nears.
Query letters have been flying around thanks to me, with mixed results. There are a number of environmental issues that I am researching and targeting for future publishing.
Overall, progress has slowed a bit as is usually the case during the summer months. I am planning to accomplish quite a bit over the fall and winter months, which will see many exciting items come to fruition.
