May 2008
New cover...
05/15/08 17:27 Filed in: WIPS
(works in progress)
htp (peace)
...so the books with the new cover arrived (see previous entry). This is the way I'm going. I'm juiced about how the book turned out. To think, using over the counter desktop software, one is able to generate a professional looking book...well, create the files so that a printing service may take what you've done, and produce a product that is indistinguishable from like units found in any book store.
I'm doing one final sweep of the book. I want to read it yet again; this time the actual book and not the manuscript, and just give it another once over. This should take me about a week. After that, it's on.
Remember ya'll, you are bearing witness to a brand new genre....
cifer-RA (High-Science-Entertainment)!
...so the books with the new cover arrived (see previous entry). This is the way I'm going. I'm juiced about how the book turned out. To think, using over the counter desktop software, one is able to generate a professional looking book...well, create the files so that a printing service may take what you've done, and produce a product that is indistinguishable from like units found in any book store.
I'm doing one final sweep of the book. I want to read it yet again; this time the actual book and not the manuscript, and just give it another once over. This should take me about a week. After that, it's on.
Remember ya'll, you are bearing witness to a brand new genre....
cifer-RA (High-Science-Entertainment)!
Making some changes
05/10/08 20:46 Filed in: WIPS
(works in progress)
htp (peace)
Okay, so after I received my books, I noticed a few things that needed changing. I also gave the picture a vector treatment. This gives an abstract feel to the image concept. Lots of space on the back cover. I'll add blurbs after I receive them. I plan to go through LULU, and Amazon via LULU's distribution program. I'm currently raising the money to print a few thousand copies. I'll then sell directly from the site.
They're here!!!!
05/07/08 18:46 Filed in: WIPS
(works in progress)
htp (peace)
Just received the first eight copies of my novel! They look kewl. I need to make a few adjustments here and there, and then I'll set 'em free. The initial eight are not for sell. I have to send these babies out for review. What's weird, is now I'm more scared then ever. What if people hate it? Mind games...
Just received the first eight copies of my novel! They look kewl. I need to make a few adjustments here and there, and then I'll set 'em free. The initial eight are not for sell. I have to send these babies out for review. What's weird, is now I'm more scared then ever. What if people hate it? Mind games...
Waiting for my advance copies!
05/03/08 01:16 Filed in: WIPS
(works in progress)
htp (peace)
For those who don't know, I received the final edit on my manuscript. This is a novel that I actually completed back in 1997. Sure, I edited it a couple of times... 5, but I wanted to have a professional scrub-job done on the manuscript. My cover is mostly done, though there are a few things I need to add. Anyway, I sent the almost done cover and the manuscript; both in pdf format, off to the printers. I'll get eight copies in the mail in about a week or so.
Two copies will go to the Library of Congress. I'm sending four off for review by other authors. That will leave me with two copies left. Mom gets a signed copy of coarse. I plan to visit the local book stores, setup some book signings and what not. After everything is ready, I'll have the books printed up, and start pounding the pavement.