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Blog Entry 3 of 3 The mind? of a writer
Now I finally have time to follow my passion and become a published author. My children all have homes of their own and I am retired. I have completed one novel - "Mirror" and am trying to get it published while working on other books, some articles, and a correspondence writing class to sharpen my skills. Almost everything I see or hear has the potential to become either a story or part of a story. This blog will be the rambling of a woman who has many characters in her mind. There is no way of telling what any of these characters may do. I believe every person has something special about them which should be shouted to the world. I enjoy talking to people about their passion and their lives and am starting to put these human interst stories on YourHub.com.

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Another step
Contributed by: Chris Richards   on 8/7/2006

WOW - Its been a long time since I sat down to write this blog. The publisher I met with likes my book -- with a few changes, of course -- but none I don't agree with. As we went over all the things that still have to be done, I am wondering if it isn't easier to just write and forget about publishing. NOT! There is too much value and too many dreams not to go all the way and get published.

The biggest thing to look at now is marketing. We are figuring out places to which I have a tie that we can use for marketing -- like where I grew up, where I went to school, organizations I have a connection to. It is a long list and getting longer all the time.

I thought when I wrote the book, I, with the help of others who decided to be guinea pigs, did a good job of proof reading. I know that I personally read and re-read Mirror so many times that I couldn't see my errors because I practically had it memorized. Now, going back and reading it after letting it set and not looking at it for a few months, the material is new to me again. I am finding a lot of places were there need to be little changes and where there are typos.

Even though we are working on a marketing plan, there could still be a decision not to go through with the publishing. I hope that doesn't happen. But even if it does, this is still further than I have gotten before and I am learning a lot about this next step in the publishing cycle.


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Chris Richards

Castle Rock , CO

Chris Richards has posted 3 blog entries and 0 comments since joining on 6/15/2006. Chris Richards 's average blog rating is 5.
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