On line and selling

My new novel, BROKE DOWN ON THE ROAD TO GLORY, is now available on amazon.com

Novel in a month - Day 28

1612 words. That gave me 7 words past 50,000. I did it! I'm taking tomorrow off. Then back to work.

Novel in a month - Day 27

2335 words. One more day should do it, but that's not the end. I'm guessing another 20,00 words will finish the book.

Novel in a month - Day 26

2176 words. Major plot points revealed themselves tonight, all hinting at satisfactory resolutions.

Novel in a month - Day 25

2316 words. I should hit 50,000 words on Sunday. The end is neigh.

Novel in a month - Day 24

2642 words. It's hard to figure out what a dozen characters eat three meals a day every day.

Novel in a Month - Day 23

1645 words. Finally managed to work in the requisite "no grits" reference.

Novel in a month - Day 22

1487 words. Several plot points to work out so a bit low on words today. Building to the climax. Oh boy!

Novel in a month - Day 21

2515 words. Odd thing. I used more vulgar language tonight then the whole rest of the book so far.

Novel in a month - Day 20

1395 words. A bit slow tonight. Had to work out some plot points.

Novel in a month - Day 19

2242 words. Some nice surprises tonight. The characters did not do what they were told, but it worked out better than I had planned.

Novel in a Month - Day 18

2095 words. Not all words are wonderful, but they are words nonetheless.

Novel in a month - Day 17

0 words. Migraine. Couldn't write.

Novel in a Month - Day 16

1903 words. The skull of the muse was working overtime for me tonight. Not just words, good words.

Novel in a Month - Day 15

1683 words. Tonight's work included lots of dialogue which comes slower than explanations.

Novel in a Month - Day 14

2463 words. I have fallen in love with these characters. This has moved beyond an exercise into being a real book.

Novel in a Month - Day 13

0 words. Took the night off. It helped.

Novel in a Month - Day 12

2851 words. Big push tonight. I've finished act one of the book. I'm about a day ahead in word count so tomorrow I rest.

Novel in a Month - Day 11

3012 words. Managed an extra writing session today. I am very tired. This seven-nights-a-week writing thing is wearing me down.

Ding Dong the Book is Proofed

I'm getting better at this. My new novel, BROKE DOWN ON THE ROAD TO GLORY only needed two proofs to get it right. So everything is approved and it is currently available for sale on CreateSpace (https://www.createspace.com/3492694)

It will be available on Amazon by the end of the month. I will also be working on getting it in some bookstores. I'll be sending copies to some of the book review sites. I'll let you all know when the reviews are available online.

Novel in a Month - Day 10

1793 words. Down a little, but above target. Some of the session was spent outlining and planning. Useful stuff.

Novel in a Month - Day 9

2680 words. Holy crap batman. I got on a role tonight. Characters keep crawling out of the woodwork, and I actually have an inkling of a climax. Yee ha!

Novel in a Month - Day 8

1930 words. A little below what I expected. The lesson for tonight is that I can't take a break in the middle of the session to watch my favorite sitcom, then expect to be able to get back to writing again.

Novel in a Month - Day 7

2045 words. Hazzah! I broke 2K! I've gotten so good at not obsessing that I'm even leaving mispelled words alone.

Novel in a Month - Day 6

1985 words. I like this trend. A few more words every day. Tonight's session was effortless. The changes I made yesterday have set off more ideas than I have to write.

Novel in a month - Day 5

1802 words. A good day. Not just for the word count. I actually like what I wrote today. I've changed the focus and added some great characters and situations that will make the book much more interesting.

Novel in a month - Day 4

0 words. Another evening spent in the emergency room with my daughter. She's OK.

Novel in a Month - Day 3

1726 words. I'm getting there. That's above the daily average target so now I just have to make up for a couple short days. My daughter is home from the hospital so life should settle back into its routine. Also, tomorrow I start working on one of the sub-plots. That should help increase the word count.

Novel in a Month - day 2

1300 words. Still short of hopes, but considering most of that was written in my daughter's hospital room I think it's pretty good. The story sucks. The scenes are obvious. The characters obvious and boring. Severe rewrites are ahead, but that's for later.

100 Words - Eraserhead

Karen's mother gave birth to her in a movie theater just as the lights came up after a midnight showing of ERASERHEAD. The site of the bloody screaming child caused a variety of reactions. The stoners ran screaming into the night thinking that they had been sucked into the movie. The filmistas chortled assuming the theater was attempting some sort of film/reality crossover gimmick. The drunks puked. Finally one punked-out med student stepped forward, cut the cord with a switchblade and wrapped the newborn Karen in a Black Flag t-shirt. Karen still has the shirt but she's never seen ERASERHEAD.

Novel in a Month - Day 1

1245 words. A slow start but it's OK. I expect to ramp up the output as I get rolling. It's going to be hard for me though. I already want to go back and redo some parts of what I wrote but I simply do not have the time to do it. Must push forward.