JChase Writes-at 80 if I knew then what I know now...

 Good evening folks. I've decided because I've run into so many issues and unexpected problems as I look for a publisher, I thought this would be good information. You many never know when you will one day, decide to write a book. It happened to me and that's what this is about. So for starters I have backed out of using publishing services  twice now. This most recent time is now. Today, I received an agreement to be published from a company I hadn't really researched and didn't know of their reputation. So today I looked up it's reviews and they were nearly all bad. So I replied to the agreement that was sent to me by saying no to the offer that was made. Meaning beside the money I would be paying, I will not be published a year from now. I lose but I win. Now I'm on the look out for another publisher. At the same time I'm setting up an ebook to be published on Amazon. Step by step I'm designing the cover, front and back. Then there are a couple of

 I decided after looking at the reports on visitors to my blog that I have to make some changes. I'm checking in to how to make my blog look interesting and how to get it in front of folks that would to read and comment. People who will get something out of their time spent on my page. Then there's the matter of subject and purpose for putting what I want to say on the web. Of course with the consideration of who is my target audience. So, I've got some research to do and then make the changes real and applicable to my reason for having a blog. If you want to go with me in this I will tell you what I'm doing and finding out along the way. Discovery can be interesting and really good. So, I'm heading out to accomplish my tasks to get this blog read and commented on. In the mean time I'm currently waiting for a phone call about the manuscript. Didn't find out anything yesterday and was deferred to 10am today. So, I'm waiting. Until next time...I'm Judy

 Hello, anybody out there? All the reports I get...statistical reports looks like I am being read but still no comments. I will be checking on that to see if there is a setting I need to fix further. So, glad you are here and that you've found my blog. I hope you enjoy the reading of it and will check in to see whats going on with my endeavors. Today, here in a few moments I will talk with another publisher and hopefully get to send the manuscript to them for review and consideration. Of course there is already one in the wing of whom I will hear from tomorrow. Both self publishers. Though once not thought well of, self publishing has moved up in those opinions. There are two types of self publishers as I understand and seem to be the best way for an unknown writer to get started publishing manuscripts.  I have a couple of friends who self publish and they keep writing and keep publishing and their books are selling. So, I'm hopeful for good reports on the manuscript. Over this

 The manuscript is ready for a publisher. I'll probably be sending it in a few minutes for their first look-over. This is when they decide to work with me to get it published. This is one publisher. The other's I've talked to don't want to see it until I send money with it.  So this publisher is first. First rattle out of the box this morning I took three hard copies to Fedex to be bound with a black plastic spine. I should get them back by the end of the day if not sooner. One of them I will keep, one will be given to a possible source of funding and the third will be for others that I want to read. Did I say I'm expectant? Well I am. Don't know what I'm expecting but it'l be something and it will be soon. The publisher I'm sending to, will let me know something within 5-7 days, and that will be whether they want to publish my work. So, I'm trying not to get silly about this, but... In the mean time, what ever that means... I'm working on an

 I found an old blog and it's with "blogger".  I'm trying to figure if I can link it or add it's posts (77 of them). Anyway... I've started several over 17 years and I didn't know how to preserve them. I'm on the hunt now for the others. They would be fun but probably more so for me.  I'll keep you posted on that! Still editing and managed to get some of the corrections on the 'puter. There's way more and one copy is still out.  Whew!  I end up rewriting when I'm the one doing the editing. That's a good thing about those who are looking it over for me and fixing punctuation...they don't rewrite.  I've been watching stuff on You Tube about writing and some of the folks I've come across are well known best selling authors and one is a professor. It's all quite interesting. Never thought I'd say something like that much less think it!  No matter how old you are or aren't, it's true that it's never to lat

 Yes, I'm going to give just a small excerpt from my book. I'm still editing and editing and still expecting to be ready for the publisher by the end of the month.  I took about 2 days off to just recoup some sleep time and take a breath.  I'm back to it today. Starting with this post. After this I will get busy on making the edits on the document. I gave the manuscript to a couple of friends, I think I mentioned that and I've received them back and have made the changes on my laptop but there's lots more to do. Oh, and I did my own editing as well.  In addition to writing and editing I've been researching the ways and means of how to do self publishing, fund raising and other things about "how to write". The last one I should'a looked into that before I started.  It's one of those things about me that pops up once in a while, like not reading instructions, impulse creating and more...eeek!   Well, at 79 I've gotten pretty good at all those

      It's true. I'm still working, no editing the book. The title has changed a few times but unless the publisher comes up with a better idea it will stick. Not quite ready to reveal it here but I'm thinking pretty soon. The book will be around 100 pages and it's a non-fiction with some fiction added for interest. The genre is Religion/Christian and the subject is gossip.     The idea is not new but the content is different than what I can find already published. I'm doing it in the Hybrid manner which is self publishing because I put money up front. That's another issue...the money part.  I'm working on it now but I may have to do letters and other methods to raise the funds to get the book published. I believe in it's message and hope I can get it out in the hands of people. It's a message really to all of us humans which is to do no harm to the people that seem to be the subject of our conversation when they aren't part of the group or other

 Imagination, it's a powerful thing and I'm not even sure what that means. I mentioned in my first post that I am writing a book. I've done this before but not quite like this time. The manuscript is nearly finished. I've given it to another personal friend to edit as she can. She has the first 6 chapters. I'll be giving her the next in about a week for the rest of the story to edit. I am taking this whole thing one word at a time not really sure of anything except I can't seem to put it aside. I just keep plugging in words...rather typing word after word. Not too far from 30k total number of words. I can't seem to imagine how I've even done that. The book does have a purpose and is non-fiction. Not sure if I said that in the first post. I know, I can look back but I'm busy writing right now. I'm learning alot as I go about what I was suppose to do before I actually started the writing part. So in the back of my head I remember there is a novel I