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| I spent the last week or two finalizing edits and formatting to officially release my novel as a paperback. I first ordered a proofing copy about 2 weeks ago and it was amazing to hold an actual copy of my book in my hands. However, that copy was scribbled throughout with all the minute edits it needed (awkward wording, wrong possessive nouns, etc). Then I set about altering the formatting because the Kindle program made the font way too big and clunky. Finally, I was content with how it looked and today the finished product is in my hands. I am over the moon about it. I don’t even care if nobody buys it  That being said, if you’re a regency romance fan, feel free to check it out: |
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| Congratulations on your book! |
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*excited happy squeal*  I got my first review on my book (not counting my sisters, as honest and genuine as her words might have been).  And a highly complimentary one at that!  "Choosing Joy: Paths We Choose (Sample)" I am still amazed people I don't know are not only paying money to read my book but actually enjoying it! I had someone message me asking if I was writing a sequel. It's one thing to have people on Writing.Com read it (love you guys AND this site) and give feedback, but to have someone pick it up with no expectation beyond enjoying a book and actually enjoying it is a whole other experience. |
 Free to Own 1/1-1/3 Choosing Joy: Paths We Choose: (Available at Amazon.Com) Only 1 day left after today!!!! |
That looks great and I looked at your BSR, pretty darned good, woman!  And 4.6 stars? YEEHAW!!! You have a lot to be proud of!  Well done, for sure!!! I also love that you included a bit from it in the description. I usually don't open the book, even if I can "look inside" unless it's non-fiction and I want to see the table of contents. I just buy it or not based on the cover, ratings, and description. But adding the bit from the book INTO the description, that was a great idea! If things continue to go well, consider making an audiobook. I hear that's the fastest growing part of publishing now. Though it's not cheap.  I think you're supposed to release them at the same time, but maybe not or maybe so, but it's not THAT important? Anyway, if you make another book, it's something to consider if you decide not to for this one.  If you're interested in considering it, I recommend Findaway Voices. They publish on 30+ platforms for you, including Audible. If you publish through Audible, you do get more per book sold if you're through them and exclusive with them, but if you decide you want to put it out to other places (like libraries, for example), then you have to do all that legwork, yourself. With Findaway Voices, they do all the work for you. You just check the box for the platforms you want to publish to and they do the rest. I hear they are also cheaper than Audible, but I can't say that for sure.  Anyway, well done! Congratulations!!!  One thing, I think I saw an error in your description? It says, "When Lady Rasburn offers to introduce him to his niece, he sees an easy solution to his problems." Maybe she really is his niece, but I assume that was meant to be "...introduce him to her niece..."  |
| Enjoy the sample below, or download now with Amazon Kindle. The book is available with Kindle Unlimited as well: Choosing Joy: Paths We Choose: (Available at Amazon.Com) THE HATCHER SISTERS LOST THEIR FATHER, their brother, their mother and their home. Now they live on the charity of aunts and uncles willing to take them in. So when Lady Rasburn, their aunt, introduces the sisters to Nicholas Green, her intentions are obvious. After all, who better to marry the man who now owns Oaksworth, their former home, than Juliet's eldest sister, Mary. Except, Mary wants nothing to do with the quiet countryside. Juliet knows accepting Mr. Green's proposal would destroy her older sister's adventurous spirit, so she does what any caring sister would. She tries to tempt Mr. Green into offering for her instead. NICHOLAS GREEN THOUGHT HE HAD LUCKED INTO a diamond in the rough when he purchased Oaksworth. Only a day's journey from his mills in Nottingham, the estate was everything he thought he'd need. Except, the county's residents are not so keen to welcome the man they see as responsible for ruining the lives of a beloved local family. When Lady Rasburn offers to introduce him to his niece, he sees an easy solution to his problems. Mary Hatcher is everything the rumors suggested: beautiful and accomplished, any man would be proud to walk into a room with her on his arm. Yet, it is her sister his thoughts begin to dwell on. But the choice of who to marry is only the beginning. Juliet and Nicholas both have their own pasts to grapple with before they can find happiness together. |
| Just over 12,000 words. Approximately 4,000 of those written today. Unfortunately, about half of those words might have made portions of the former 8000 words superfluous. Oh well, that's a problem for December. |
| 6892/10000 words (how many SHOULD be done by the end of today, not the month's total) Not terrible for getting a late start on NaNo this year. I probably won't catch up completely until this weekend. But at least I'm writing! |
| Congratulations and great job! I'm super behind, myself. I'm at a grand total of 2080 and that's only because I had to so some sprints to avoid being kicked out of the sprinter's forum before I had the time to ACTUALLY sprint. lol You got this! We both do! |
| I'm officially at 4520 which is fine. I'm doing NaBloPoMo, instead of NaNoWriMo, and using my blog comments and adding other thoughts and posting daily. 20k is a reasonable goal for me considering I may have a couple distractions to deal with this month. How will I tie 1. wanting to jump out the window and 2. scrubbing the bathroom floor with bleach with 3. the minimum of reading and commenting on three blogs? That's my goal for today. |
Well, Kåre เลียม Enga, if you do #1, there's just no getting around to doing #2 and #3, so I vote you take the expedient route and just skip #1 and go straight to #2, or maybe even #3. Definitely skip #1.   |
| Google's spelling and grammar just tried to change my sentence "He smiled his wide, lazy smile" to "He smiled at his wife's lazy smile" through a series of poor suggestions. What the heck, Google? |
| I've seen Google suggest some strange things. I've also lost all faith in Google Maps. Yesterday instead of taking us to Petco, Google directed us to PetSmart; luckily Petco was close by and we saw the sign as Google Maps argued that we had to continue on our way... I know it uses AI and pondered this thought. Natural intelligence can sometimes grow ignorant, can artificial intelligence suffer the same? If so, then AI can mean both artificial intelligence and accrued ignorance... |
| Well... I found over 10,000 more words when I combed through my story. They were just hiding right there in plain sight. Brings the total of the first rewrite up to 92,500. I might actually have to chop some after my beta readers get through it. (I fear most of it will be in the beginning, I'm known to ramble a bit there, since I love my backstories) |
| So close to finishing this first draft. I've reached the climactic scenes. Heroine is gagged and tied in the corner, preparing her escape. Hero is rushing to her rescue, finally alerted to the villain's villainy. Time for her to escape and come to his rescue. Then, the expected romantic fallout as they work through their misunderstandings and stumble into happily ever after together. |
| Editing is not as fun as writing. However, my winging-it story has developed lots of tiny details as it progressed, requiring me to go back and fix names, histories and character intros. I now officially have a rough outline, though, so I'm hoping there will be less editing needed after tonight (at least until I finish that is) |
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