TSK Productions is looking for staff writers

Hey guys/gals. For all my writer friends, Sci fi, SO, LGBT, πŸ™‚

I know TSK is a large project with even more stuff coming in all the time. So I’m sharing this as the company director, who knows I cannot do everything, so we have the following proposal.

TSK Productions Ltd would like to offer writing assignments/collaborations out for their short story collections (or more) in the TSK world.Β 

Contract will be provided, and payment would be on word count, (open for some discussion depending on experience), anything 5-10k (open to discussion on larger projects) in length, with an assigned percentage of profits from publishing the anthology later on, albeit in Anthology 1 or 2. (not decided yet)

A link to the copy of the first short to be released as an example can be pm’d to interesting parties.

I will be organising an online group for anyone interested in doing this at http://www.scribophile.com Β (free profile available)
Our main character file, is in Scrivener format. So downloading this (free for 30 days) will be helpful.

Editors, proof readers and the line artists are provided, schedule will be organised on the characters and story written, but they’d be released to the members only section on the website first for paying fans, and then published in the anthology with the rest of the team.
Please message me here, facebook, if you think anyone would like to talk more.

~ Dawn

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Secret-King/836723299691777

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Pre Order and Cover Reveal!

TSK Productions Ltd, is so excited today to let you guys see our first book cover – and to show you the link’s for pre-order on Amazon.

UK – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-King-Lethao-Dawn-Chapman-ebook/dp/B0149F9NQI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1440204848&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Secret+King%3A+Lethao

US – http://www.amazon.com/Secret-King-Lethao-Dawn-Chapman-ebook/dp/B0149F9NQI/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1440204848&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Secret+King%3A+Lethao

A total labour of love. πŸ™‚ Please do let us know what you think

Lethao Cover Art AMAZON

We had such a massive response from facebook tonight, I must admit I celebrated with one or two small drinks, the thing with doing TFR and coming off this diet is I get drunk pretty easily.

I’ve had a fantastic week, and you guys have made me smile all the more, thank you!
~ Dawn

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Secret-King/836723299691777

So excited! New banner for TSK :)

TSK Cover Photo

I admit I’ve very lucky to be working with the people that I do, so when this came through today, without any prompting I was stoked and had to come share it.

The team have been working so hard, we’ve had our first proof copy through and have now tweaked the cover to reflect all the changes and things that we hadn’t expected. πŸ™‚ We have submitted it once more for their review and I should have the next copy this week hoping to take it on my hols and get through it as a last min check. Before we go for launch.

I am SO excited!

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Exciting news, and moving onwards!

Hello there!Β 

There always seems to be so much going on at the moment, I barely get chance to sit and think about my blog besides even write anything for it. But, I promised myself Β and my followers I would today.

It’s really not been the best year, and some things aren’t and maybe won’t get better for a while and defo are life changing.

Death has been the biggest hit on us emotionally and physically this year. With losing so many good people and family in quick succession it was hard to take in. It seems that side of things might not be over with just yet either, my mums last relative, and my grandad’s sister is really not well. Problem is, unlike my Aunt and Uncle who were together is she’s living in Whales and it’s a long way to go when something goes wrong. It put a kibosh on some of our plans for yesterday. But, I coped on my own.

The next biggest decision for us, is to take on the house and have our first mortgage. It’s so complicated, we’ve so much going for us, and against us. I met with a cracking chap yesterday who told me everything in plain terms and I was able to understand it and think we have a chance… finally. Which will ease a huge weight off my mum and my shoulders. We want to stay in this house, we don’t want to sell up and move and have to start all over again. Even though it might be nice. I like it here and I like my job, and my customers. πŸ™‚ So fingers crossed for us all. We really need this.

On the TSK front.Β 

Well I couldn’t be happier with things there. We’re closer than ever to the launch, even though it’s been a painstaking job to get us here, it’s been worth it.

And…. as a working partnership. My animator friend and co -writer decided to make our partnership more permanent, and we launched, TSK Productions limited πŸ™‚ our aim is to use TSK as a launching platform to do other things. So we may start small, but we’ve a lot to do and have big dreams!

Diet wise, please don’t read if triggered easily.Β 

I’m doing great. I feel better than I have in a long, long time. I’m back in all my old clothes from after I left Cheadle Royal and I’m nearly back to the same weight. I’ve about 4 weeks to go on this regime.

Of course I’m a little nervous. I’ve never done anything like this for a long long time. I’ve tried to manage my weight issues with a normal diet. But it was this or I fear I would have just stopped eating anyway or turn into a drunk. I know this is the slightly lesser of two evils. But it’s probably still an evil. My brain isn’t happy with me even still. I see the results, and I know where I’m going to be in the next 4 weeks, but I’m scared. Re-feeding will have to be nice and slow, just like I did at Cheadle, I know my limits, I know my bodies limits and my minds. So, I’m going to take it easy. I know I can do this myself. I am an adult who knows what she wants and why, and is capable of not letting this go stupid. (ED in my head, shut the fudge up)

So, I’m happy feeling as I am. People can see it, just not me. I will in the end. πŸ™‚

Struggle

Hey guys.

I admit I’ve come to write a few blog posts over the last few weeks. While on holiday and then back at home. But I’ve struggled.

This week back at work was a proper doozy of a week. With my van breaking down and then swapping over to a new one and back, with catching up on things at home. I’ve never had time to actually do much of anything.

We have had the worst bad news so far this year, resulting in 3 losses of members of our family and close friends. The latter just this Thursday. It has not been easy on any of us, and the toll is there. It’s in the back of your mind when you are alone, and thinking of things.

I always try and balance the good and the bad. But the bad is outweighing things at the moment. I’m plugging away, but my brain is starting to slow, and my heart pains me.

I completed my campnano goal. Then forgot to validate… 😦 but I’ve been very happy writing in my TSK world. Which we also now have a twitter page! please follow us!Β https://twitter.com/TeamSecretKing I couldn’t get the full name we wanted, seems someone else has had that from 2009 and has actually never tweeted a darned thing. Sucks, but this one is fine πŸ™‚

My closest friends know what I’m going through and in how I’m coping, I wanted to let everyone here and there know that although its been the pits, I’m kinda doing okay…. I’m eating, I’m trying to still walk and exercise and I’m trying not to drink too much. Stress brings out two things in me, the ED that wants to cut off all my fat and not eat like FOREVER! the voice in my head that tells me every time I get a minute alone, that I’m not worthy of love or anything that I hold dear. The voice that is a constant battle to kick to the curb and tell it I am worth more. And then there’s that one other more destructive way to drown out the voice for a while. SI. Which I don’t ever wish to return too, but it’s the thoughts that are a consistent battle and the thoughts at the moment which are there pounding away at the resolve that I do have left.

I want to give in.

I don’t want to fight.

But I must.

For everything that is in my life which is good, is worth more than this rubbish. ED will you just F’in do one!

So yes, it’s more than a struggle. And I’m putting it out there, so that people know why. The day job sucks eggs. I love my customers, the people in work are so so. They try and make you laugh, when inside you feel like dying. But it is there, and it’s good to be out the house.

There it is. The thoughts I’m stuck with. The week I want to just put aside, like the rubbish year it’s been.

I am concentrating on my writing, trying to be the best I can be, for the people who care.

Love you all x x