The book

I haven't talked about my book lately.  I know you desperately miss my book talk.

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There was a period of great sadness last year when the file with my book was erased.  Once I found the only full copy I had of my book was an earlier one minus all of the revisions from my 3rd and 4th go around.   There was a brief period of mourning...I'm not going to lie...all those hours gone make my stomach hurt thinking about it.

I decided that I did not want to go back and make the random changes but wanted to make this book the best that it could be.  I did my research for all of November and December.  I read a ton of books about fiction, and character development. Inspired by the prose of Sol Stein, and the nuts and bolts of Noah Lukeman I was thrilled to tear that bad boy apart.  

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You know in memory stuff takes on a different kind of shine.  The book did not look as shiny after reading all of the agent/editor books on what not to do.  I am pretty sure I made every single mistake.  The characters were flat, the main character detached, and the setting was a mess.  I don't even want to talk about the dialogue.  Characters were randomly summarizing events and if they didn't then the commentary afterward was a giant summary.  I was convinced that the plot rocked only to find out that one of the subplots had no ending.  I am embarrassed I sent this to an agent.  I have been rewriting again and know that there will have to be at least one more comb through for fine tuning.

I have learned a ton in this last year of rewrites and researching for publishing. After a series of query letters to agents and endless forum posting and reading I think I am going to jump into the world of indie publishing and turn this into an ebook for Kindle (Amazon.)  I have been following several e-authors and am inspired by their success with this new medium. One blog in particular A Newbie Guide to Publishing written by Joe Konranth is particularly amazing.  He was a midlist writer that has turned into an e-publishing rock star! He has on various guest posters that have had equal or more success.  The stories are amazing and I have been convinced to give it a try.

The goal moving forward is to have the book out on Amazon this summer.  You will be hearing much more coming up as I get closer to release. .