{"id":9634,"date":"2025-08-18T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/?p=9634"},"modified":"2025-08-18T12:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T16:15:14","slug":"the-weekly-brew-getting-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/18\/the-weekly-brew-getting-ready\/","title":{"rendered":"THE WEEKLY BREW: Getting Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Only a few more weeks until my first book convention! dReadCon 2025 is fast approaching, so I\u2019ve been busy in the Writing Nook getting things ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along with copies of <a href=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/book\/the-bone-key\/\">The Bone Key<\/a>, I\u2019m bringing issues of <a href=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/frightmarish-zine\/\">Frightmarish Zine<\/a> with new color variant covers. I\u2019m also printing\/cutting\/compiling\/stapling 100 mini zines alongside my business cards, stickers and a coupon that will go into all the VIP Swag bags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is only half of what I cut and folded this past weekend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" data-attachment-id=\"9635\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/18\/the-weekly-brew-getting-ready\/img_20250818_113617024_hdr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;moto g 5G&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1755516977&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.852&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR-scaled.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR-scaled.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A pile of 100 mini issues of Frightmarish Zine\" class=\"wp-image-9635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/postphotos\/IMG_20250818_113617024_HDR-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreadconcan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dReadCon<\/a> is within driving distance, it\u2019s going to be an early morning on convention day. We&#8217;ll probably get up around 5 so we have time to shower, eat breakfast and make sure we have everything before the drive from Toronto to Burlington. VIP attendees get to shop an hour early, so I want lots of time to get my table set up just right. Which means SO MUCH COFFEE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget &#8211; if you&#8217;re attending, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/maryrajotte.com\/blog\/the-bone-key-dreadcon-pre-order\/\">reserve a copy of The Bone Key here<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the writing front, I wrote every day last week! I know this shouldn\u2019t be a milestone, but I\u2019ve been working on so many other things lately (website redesign, outlining, edits, con prep, etc.) that writing has kind of taken a backseat. I don\u2019t like that feeling\u2026But I\u2019m happy with my progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, I\u2019ll be working on book revisions for <strong>The Bone Key sequel <\/strong>&#8211; SO CLOSE TO BEING FINISHED. 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