Resources

Amidst my procrastinating on my latest book I have been I have been working to get “A Vendetta’s Wage” ready for print. A bit of re-editing and enhancing some scenes and fretting over how I am going to prepare the PDF file: a headache. But reviewing my Create Space account I found that they have greatly advanced the cause of self publishing with their interior review feature where you can upload documents as .doc files as well as other formats and review how it will look printed.

The Create Space blog that one can follow on Facebook is also a valuable resource I should be spending more time reading. Lulu has a blog. These blogs as well as a link to the “Chicago Manuel of Style” are linked to in the sidebar.

The most recent resource I was put onto is the website for “Writer’s Review.” My cousin recommended the site and again …I should be spending much more time research it. I will add it to the sidebar.

When I asked my cousin what he thought of social networks for writers, he said writers need to focus their time on writing not socializing. Good advice. Maybe I should delete my Facebook account.

Yes, the latest Chuck Hammer has been started but I have spent a good deal of time creating the world for the next story. Character need to be developed. They need jobs and schedules and a purposeful place in the story. A whole pile of scraps of paper I keep sorting through to double check for consistency. Can’t have someone with brown eyes suddenly have blue eyes. Well actually I can. I am the author. Maybe they are a robot or some hideous shape shifter.

Some highly recommend, think it a absolute necessity that a complete outline be developed. I have the world in my mind, know the beginning and end and essential scenes to the story and then let it grow from there as I write it. I heard an interview of an Iranian author on the BBC and it sounded like that is how she wrote her stories also.

Many thanks to those who have read my books. I will try harder to make my production efforts more efficient. I have been swamped with financial concerns and even getting the print version ready completely on my own, cover and all, with Create Space’s free tools, I still need as much as $1,000 to get copies (250 of Chuck Hammer and 100or more of Struggles) produced. I will sign and number them and use them for promotions.