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Site Update!

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So what have I been up to?

Well, you saw about the speaking – I’m back on speaking outside of the convention circuit.  I’ll also be fleshing out some new “multi-use” presentations for people.  So if you need a speaker, let me know!

The new resume book is still in the works as I got some helpful – and accidental – feedback that was really insightful. So I want to take time to incorporate the feedback and do some more tests.  So it probably won’t be out for about two more weeks.  After that another project begins – and yes, I need to get plans for the next Focused Fandom book.

Fan To Pro’s upcoming improvements are almost designed.  You should see some new stuff in May or at the latest very early June.

Seventh Sanctum appears to be stable and people are digging the new comments (which is really just Disqus, so props to them).  The redesign is scheduled to start sometime this summer, probably in Bootstrap, which looks to be fun to develop in.  I will probably multistage the development to add feature after feature as I see what is needed and what can be done.  My big focus is to make it more utility-like and functional across devices.

As noted I hope to do some podcasts and vlogs again, but with busy times I’m holding back for awhile to get other things out of the way.

And that’s where I am!

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers athttp://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Update on Print Versions of Focused Fandom Books

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I got the draft copy of Focused Fandom: Fanart, Fanartists, and Careers and plan to look it over in the next few days.  I also am queuing up Focused Fandom: Cosplay, Costuming, and Careers, but may need to figure out a thing or two about distribution.

So far I have to say that Create Space is actually working really well.  There’s one or two things that are inconvenient, but mostly it works very smooth and the quality is good.  I’ll write up my experiences at some point.

Also, I’ve come to realize that doing them JUST as e-Books was honestly a mistake.  These are the kind of books that people will give as gifts, mark up with sticky notes, etc.

Some books, simply, aren’t suited as eBooks, or only as eBooks because of reasons of practicality, culture, and indeed, personal intereaction.

In fact, in an age of eBooks, we really have to ask what a book MEANS to us – and to others – and if we’re really speaking the same language when it comes to, well, books.  That’s a fascinating subject and one I need to explore more . . .

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.

Weekly Update 2/3/2013

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I realized that with all my projects, you’d like to hear how they’re going.  Of course I’ve got my update page here, but it’s a bit more technical.

First up, Quest For Employment, is going nicely – and it seems that it’s release is selling my other books.  Which I can’t complain about.  I still need to convert it to iBook, but just haven’t had the time.  Also, would you want to see it in print?  Let me know!

My work to convert my last two Focused Fandom books into print is moving ahead normally.  I think I’ve got the formatting good so I’ll be running test copies soon.  This is a tetchy part as at times I’ve had to run 3 print copies to get books right, so we could be seeing a month or two just due to delivery times.

There’s also a few more things brewing, so stay tuned!

– Steven Savage

Steven Savage is a Geek 2.0 writer, speaker, blogger, and job coach.  He blogs on careers at http://www.fantopro.com/, nerd and geek culture at http://www.nerdcaliber.com/, and does a site of creative tools at http://www.seventhsanctum.com/. He can be reached at https://www.stevensavage.com/.