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Resurrection

On this day we celebrate the resurrection. Jesus Christ.  At least the Christians do. Be blessed by the one who died and rose again just for YOU.

The hard part

Now comes the hard part.  Editing and cover design are the toughest parts of writing. I'm 50,000 words into a story and finally have the 25% point crisis. Now it's for sure I'm not writing a 200,000 word book. That's just not my style. The crisis will require a serious rewrite. Serious rewrites are not my thing either.  My philosophy is to finish the story with the crisis involved and the go back and weave the needed changes in.

Covers are another story all together.  I have been fortunate enough to have photos in my own library of camera bug history to use for covers.  But, not this time. This outing will require a trip with the camera. On my book STATE OF THREAT I used a photo my mother took sixty years ago. On this book STATE OF PERIL I need a hacienda, a green truck, and a man with binoculars to make what i want on the cover. I can see I need to do some photo manipulations.

How do you handle these problems?

Write.

Dinking

Been drinking around AZ, NM, and CO in the sweet rain. Home again.

How about you? Been taking some vacation time?  You need a break, too. You cannot just sit and write even if you are wheelchair bound. Life is a roll and if it isn't moving it, or rather,  you are dead.  Your writing will get stagnant without new experiences. 

Go play. Then write.

Editing

How do you edit? Do you hire an editor? Do it yourself? Good friend? Beta readers?  Never make mistakes?

How you doing?

Slowly but surely copies get sold. How you doing on marketing? What's your target audience?  Mine is basically men. That held very true when I was called to be the speaker atca men's retreat.  The books sold well there.  Didn't do so hot in a ladies books and geegaws store.

Target target target is the message.

Now go write for your target audience.

Anybody interested in an on line writer's group????

Sale

Had the first stand up and be counted sale at the city library yesterday.  It was about what I expected and not what I hoped. Got copies of my westerns in the library and had a lot of fun.

Sales and advertising are tough. Harder work than edit/rewrite. Set your mind to tough decisions and stubborn business owners.

Then, go write and have fun.