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Sometimes We Ran 3 - 3 Months Published.
Hard to believe, but Sometimes We Ran 3: Rescue has been out for 3 months already.
It had a difficult birth. Halfway through the writing, I suffered a pinched nerve in my right shoulder. Pinched nerve is putting it lightly. It felt like someone was shoving a jagged piece of glass in my shoulder blade every time I tried to type. At one point, I was down to about 20-30 words a writing session.
Fingers went numb as well. On my right hand, the fingers got all tingly and sent shooting pains when I hit the keys. Long words and sentences almost made me pass out.:)
That wasn't all.
I recovered, my shoulder felt better, and the typing picked up. I managed to finish the manuscript. After a few self edits, I sent it to my editor and waited.
And waited...
Sometimes We Ran 3: The Manuscript just disappeared. The normal one week turnaround from my editor turned into a two month delay. Turns out the editor got the flu and couldn't do any manuscripts.:) After a slight delay, he got to SWR 3 and did his usually bang-up job. It was sent back with an apology.
So, after all the struggle let's put it on sale! 99 cents until next weekend.
Available in the Amazon Kindle bookstore. You can borrow it with your Kindle Unlimited membership if you want.
Quick link: http://tinyurl.com/SometimesWeRan3AMZN
Till next time zombie fans. And take care of your shoulder nerves.:)
It had a difficult birth. Halfway through the writing, I suffered a pinched nerve in my right shoulder. Pinched nerve is putting it lightly. It felt like someone was shoving a jagged piece of glass in my shoulder blade every time I tried to type. At one point, I was down to about 20-30 words a writing session.
Fingers went numb as well. On my right hand, the fingers got all tingly and sent shooting pains when I hit the keys. Long words and sentences almost made me pass out.:)
That wasn't all.
I recovered, my shoulder felt better, and the typing picked up. I managed to finish the manuscript. After a few self edits, I sent it to my editor and waited.
And waited...
Sometimes We Ran 3: The Manuscript just disappeared. The normal one week turnaround from my editor turned into a two month delay. Turns out the editor got the flu and couldn't do any manuscripts.:) After a slight delay, he got to SWR 3 and did his usually bang-up job. It was sent back with an apology.
So, after all the struggle let's put it on sale! 99 cents until next weekend.
Available in the Amazon Kindle bookstore. You can borrow it with your Kindle Unlimited membership if you want.
Quick link: http://tinyurl.com/SometimesWeRan3AMZN
Till next time zombie fans. And take care of your shoulder nerves.:)
Sometimes We Ran 3: Rescue - 3 Years Published
Sometimes We Ran 3: Rescue is three years old this week. Time sure flies, doesn't it? :)
Interesting story about SWR 3. I was heading into the middle portion of the first draft ...about 40,000 words or so. Things were going smoothly. I'm talking maybe 500-1000 words per sit-down writing session. The words flowed well, and the events of the story fell into place one by one. The draft was rough, but editing would clean it up nice.
Then ...pain, numbness, pins and needles.
I somehow pinched a nerve in my neck, causing the previously mentioned pain, numbness, and pins and needles in my right hand. It was painful to type, and it got hard to sit at my desk. I watched hopelessly as my production dropped to about 100-250 words. The work slowed to a crawl. A delay was coming.
I made a decision to take a short break. Everything got better, although it didn't go away. I was able to salvage the work sessions, bring up the word count, and make it to the end.
In short, Sometimes We Ran 3: Rescue was a painful book to write ...literally! :)
To celebrate this milestone, Sometimes We Ran 3: Rescue will be at the low, low price of 99 cents for the rest of the month.
Interesting story about SWR 3. I was heading into the middle portion of the first draft ...about 40,000 words or so. Things were going smoothly. I'm talking maybe 500-1000 words per sit-down writing session. The words flowed well, and the events of the story fell into place one by one. The draft was rough, but editing would clean it up nice.
Then ...pain, numbness, pins and needles.
I somehow pinched a nerve in my neck, causing the previously mentioned pain, numbness, and pins and needles in my right hand. It was painful to type, and it got hard to sit at my desk. I watched hopelessly as my production dropped to about 100-250 words. The work slowed to a crawl. A delay was coming.
I made a decision to take a short break. Everything got better, although it didn't go away. I was able to salvage the work sessions, bring up the word count, and make it to the end.
In short, Sometimes We Ran 3: Rescue was a painful book to write ...literally! :)
To celebrate this milestone, Sometimes We Ran 3: Rescue will be at the low, low price of 99 cents for the rest of the month.
