I Am Alive... I Swear

        When I last left you guys I just had my son. He's the coolest two-and-a-half-year-old you could ever meet. To say the least, he's kept me busy. Between him, work, and a social life it has been busy. Not only has it been busy, but the motivation to write is essentially nil. If you add in the fact that I'm my own worst enemy then you have the recipe as to why there's no new work or projects in the works. For a while I was putting together a compilation of poetry to publish to get one more small work out of the way before I completed and started the publishing process on my first novel. That never happened. There was endless editing and then telling myself that I needed new poems to add to give life to poems that I've had for ages. Then when it came to my novel there was edit after edit after edit and it still didn't/ doesn't feel complete enough for me. Now I know that's just my perfectionism sinking her teeth in, but I will never abandon the novel that I did finally finish. I put so much time and my heart into it and it will see the light of day. I just need to stop getting in my own way. 

        What has insipired me to make this post tonight is that I actually have another book in the works. This one is more non-fiction/ humor and along the lines of poking fun of customer service... mainly the customer side of customer service. After being in this field for more than 20 years I've got more than enough stories to tell. My boyfriend, who is my biggest cheerleader, has helped me brainstorm on how to make more of this project. I've mentioned to him that outside of this book I'd like to either build another blog or social media account to sort of promote it (when it's time) of quotes of some of the most outlandish or dumbest things people have said to me other the years. My only concern about that is, in the world of the internet, you have so many people who steal others work and repost it as their own and I didn't want the build of of my next book to go out like that. He suggested Patreon. I now of the platform, but have never dabbled with it, but that may be my next venture. Along with this book and the lead up to it, I had also thought about possibly a podcast or additional YouTube channel that talks about the horrors of customer service/ retail. I could literally talk for hours out the entitlement and ridiculousness of most people. 

        I hope to be more active in 2025. The world is shit right now so may as well create some art, spend time with my beautiful family, make money, and do more of what makes me happy. I hope you all are doing the same.

Until next time!!!

- Asia Aneka Anderson

        So guys, she's almost done! The deadline for me to submit just the first 30 pages of my novel is only a few days away. If you check my last video on my channel you'll see me talking about getting a novel finished for Graydon House Books who is looking for black writers. I have spent the last month or two writing and I'm almost done! Even though the deadline is only 4 days away I will still submit unfinished (if I'm not able to finish in the next 4 days) because they only requested people enter the first 30 pages. So far I have 17 chapters done so I think I'm in the clear lol. I know how it will end and I only hope to have 2 more chapters to do. This is my query letter and I'm excited and nervous and everything in between. I can't wait to see what happens and I can't wait to move on to the next one. Tell me what you think of the query letter. I shaved it down a lot so that it's only one page. Wish me luck!

        Hey, everyone. I know it's been a minute, but the good new is that the motivation bug has hit me. I've been working on my novel and have knocked out four chapters in the past few weeks, which brings me up to chapter either (I did the first three chapters during a novel writing class when I started back to school this year).
        I'm so incredibly excited and so very proud of myself. My goal is to have this done by a deadline for a publishing company in September*. I don't see this novel going more that 14-15 chapters so I'm very excited to be close to the end. I can't wait to share this with the world. I have been on and off working on this novel (among others) since about 2011. It's been a long road and I'm happy to see a clear path ahead of me. I have three other novels that's been sitting idle and unfinished for years as well as poetry and a few short stories that I'd like to all get out there eventually. I hope this is an amazing start to a career I've dreamed of since I was a little girl. A best selling author is the goal and a best selling author I will be.


* Black writers there are a few publishing houses that are looking for black writers and accepting submissions. Deadlines are end of August-early September depending on which one you'd like to submit to. Take a look and get your work out there https://www.bookclubbish.com/call-for-black-authors/?doing_wp_cron=1595476505.8979399204254150390625