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 things so now I do sometimes read instructions but it's because I want to now. It's like putting the cart before the horse all through out my life. Really funny to look back an see how many times I really did that. Sometimes it worked but sometimes it hasn't and certainly, I've learned all along the way.
So here's an excerpt from the beginning of the book. I placed it on the front but I don't know that it will stay there, so here it is:
Title(s): Do No Harm....or...The Church, The Bride of Christ, The Dress We Wear
"Gossip is the default setting of man kinds’ mode of conversation. This writing addresses the impact of conversation that does harm through gossip directly on the dress we, the Church, will be wearing when Jesus comes back for us! If you’ve accepted the only begotten Son of God as your Lord, then it’s your dress. The default setting can be changed, it’s up to us."
I'm still not really sure how I'm going to get this book published. It is 300,497 words which amounts to about 100 pages. That means the book will be one step up from a pamphlet. So, not a big book and not hardbound. I will get ebook world wide distribution, a website for sales purposes and the book will be available from retailers by order, not off their shelves. The self publishers vary on how the book would be available.
The lowest upfront cost is $2000 with a $575 first payment to get the book started. That's with a well known publisher. My issue is the fundraising. There is a self publisher that will do it with no money down but takes 50% of the royalties for 5 years. So, I still have a lot to think over on how this is going to get published but, like I said, I'm working for the end of July to get this thing going.
That's it for this one. Writing on my Acer with Milo curled up on his pillow near my feet and we are...in the Cottage in the heat of the day staying cool. I'm "Judy" and I write.
maybe next month I'll set up an email for this site
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