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Having started this Blog about the trials and hardships of writing, I am going to continue - but continue in a more positive and optimistic vein!
My book!
I started my little novel way back in the mid eighties and filled several A4 notebooks in no time at all. This was before I had a computer. I still think writing freehand gives energy and inspiration to writing that doesn't seem to flow as well on a keyboard.
Anyway. The next few years were taken up with other concerns - not least my Mags' health. It wasn't until we had got onto an even keel with what was happening to us that I felt happy about picking up my book again. Then it flowed. I finished it, typed it out, revised it again and again - and my interest waned again. I am hopeless at doing anything with the finished product. Love creating - but useless at being commercial.
I sent the MS to America - to a lovely, professional and inspiring lady, Shellie Hurrle, http://www.flairforwords.com or email shelliehurrle@comcast.net who proof read and made invaluable suggestions. She loved the book and made me want to do something with it. Lots of complimentary comments followed from conventional book publishing editors but unless your name is known, there's almost no chance of getting published. Shellie said, at one time, to try eBook publishing. I did - and found this relatively new concept almost as hard to infiltrate. However, I found one company willing to read what I had and they decided to put it on their site! Cut a long story short. That's where it is now! http://www.dpdotcom.com
It's called 'The Players' and I am very proud of it! Not only that, it can be ordered as a printed paperback (thanks to the modern technology of 'print on demand'. Yes, I've ordered 3 copies for myself too!
Maybe that's as far as my book goes? It might be spotted by an editor one day. And it might not. But I have finished an 80,000 word book - and you know what? That's very satisfying!
My book!
I started my little novel way back in the mid eighties and filled several A4 notebooks in no time at all. This was before I had a computer. I still think writing freehand gives energy and inspiration to writing that doesn't seem to flow as well on a keyboard.
Anyway. The next few years were taken up with other concerns - not least my Mags' health. It wasn't until we had got onto an even keel with what was happening to us that I felt happy about picking up my book again. Then it flowed. I finished it, typed it out, revised it again and again - and my interest waned again. I am hopeless at doing anything with the finished product. Love creating - but useless at being commercial.
I sent the MS to America - to a lovely, professional and inspiring lady, Shellie Hurrle, http://www.flairforwords.com or email shelliehurrle@comcast.net who proof read and made invaluable suggestions. She loved the book and made me want to do something with it. Lots of complimentary comments followed from conventional book publishing editors but unless your name is known, there's almost no chance of getting published. Shellie said, at one time, to try eBook publishing. I did - and found this relatively new concept almost as hard to infiltrate. However, I found one company willing to read what I had and they decided to put it on their site! Cut a long story short. That's where it is now! http://www.dpdotcom.com
It's called 'The Players' and I am very proud of it! Not only that, it can be ordered as a printed paperback (thanks to the modern technology of 'print on demand'. Yes, I've ordered 3 copies for myself too!
Maybe that's as far as my book goes? It might be spotted by an editor one day. And it might not. But I have finished an 80,000 word book - and you know what? That's very satisfying!
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