My wonderful editor, Sue Sandell, has delivered the marked up manuscript of The Wedding Fatality. I've gone through her work and kept maybe 96% of her suggestions. There are times when a writer wants a particular character to speak with incorrect grammar, but why would she know that? As with The Rothschild Jewels, Sue has done a wonderful job.
Next is formatting the manuscript the particular way Amazon CreateSpace demands.
In my mind's eye I can see the cover photograph I want. I'll poke around Shutterstock or Dreamstime until I find it. Stock photography can be affordable even for a self-published work.
The back cover blurb. I've written a complete novel, you'd think it would be a snap to boil it down to four paragraphs. It's not. I swear, it's harder than writing the whole thing. If I could tell the story in four paragraphs I'd have written a short story, not a novel.
Publicity materials -- business cards, bookmarks, tear sheets... Those are fun to make. As opposed to the four paragraph teaser.
And I'll have to drum up some publicity. Hey, I'll talk to your book club!
The plan is to have The Wedding Fatality available by mid-October. Although, as John Lennon sang, "Life is what happens when you're busy making plans."
Next is formatting the manuscript the particular way Amazon CreateSpace demands.
In my mind's eye I can see the cover photograph I want. I'll poke around Shutterstock or Dreamstime until I find it. Stock photography can be affordable even for a self-published work.
The back cover blurb. I've written a complete novel, you'd think it would be a snap to boil it down to four paragraphs. It's not. I swear, it's harder than writing the whole thing. If I could tell the story in four paragraphs I'd have written a short story, not a novel.
Publicity materials -- business cards, bookmarks, tear sheets... Those are fun to make. As opposed to the four paragraph teaser.
And I'll have to drum up some publicity. Hey, I'll talk to your book club!
The plan is to have The Wedding Fatality available by mid-October. Although, as John Lennon sang, "Life is what happens when you're busy making plans."