Away from the Keyboard. Resurrected Post.
Actual writing constitutes the bulk of creating a book. Sitting my ass down and getting the words transferred from my fevered, abnormal imagination and into the computer. Then there���s the revising, the editing, etc. But that���s all part of writing.
There is, however, more to it. And that more has occupied quite a bit of my time recently.
Boss: Falchion���s Company Book One has been available as an ebook for more than a month now. My intention has always been to release it in print. And I hoped to get it out as an audio book also. Getting these hopes realized has consumed quite a bit of my efforts.
Getting a cover to conform with formatting requirements is a challenge for those unused to the process. MBW fought and argued with a graphics program, shoehorning layers into position. I don���t deserve her. I���m sure I would have tossed the computer out the window and peeled the paint from the walls with the invective I���d have been spewing. She, however, endured in the face of setbacks and frustrations.
Producing an audio book is also time consuming. I���ve learned quite a bit about the process. One lesson I have taken to heart for the next audio book: prepare a pronunciation guide for character names. I realize readers pronounce the names as they will. It is a bit jarring for the author, however, to hear the narrator speak the names differently than they have sounded for so many months in the author���s head.
So it isn���t all writing. Publishing is an involved process.
I suppose the point of this, from your perspective, is that the print and audio book versions of Boss should soon be available; print almost immediately, audio book within two weeks, barring the unforeseen.
Happy reading and happy listening.
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Published on February 09, 2020 13:43
