Jude's Almost Daily Blog Book 4

     I am in the middle of writing or rather organizing the 4th installment of my Jude's Almost Daily Blog Book series. It will likely be my last, but you can never say never, right? Since they don't sell, they may not be necessary, but then again, it's never known who will buy the books, when they will buy the books, or even IF they will buy the books. As strange as that may sound, I don't write them to sell them. I write them because I'm a writer.

    Jude's Almost Daily Blog Book 4 will be a little different from the others in that it will have recipes in the middle, not poems. The last three books in the series have about 80 blogs and 15 poems. This one has about 80 blogs and 15 or 16 recipes—mostly those I use often or ones I like. You may like them too; I tried to make it interesting and entertaining. 

    I had a bear of a time designing the cover. I had one thing in mind, and changed it. I then changed that one and finally came up with the one I have now. I will keep this one. I like it because, as a writer, I look out my window(s), drink coffee, and have other books on my desk. I have dogs, cats, and lizards near me, and I like butterflies. It's all good. Mostly, the blogs are about my life and/or my experiences, of which dogs, cats, lizards, butterflies, and kids are a part...my life, and I tried to reflect that on the cover.

    These blog books are relatively easy to produce because I write the blogs throughout the year and then when I have 80 or so that I can gather up and bind together, I just pull them off the blog page, copy and paste before formatting. It shouldn't take me more than a weekend to put it all together; the next week or weekend, I'll go through it for mistakes and spacing. Then...boom! It's up and loaded on Ingram Spark, and my 19th book will be complete.

    It's my 19th, I think. I could be off one. I'll have to count. I just sent "Dion" up for publication and then ordered a copy. It arrived last week, and I went through it this week, made a bunch of corrections, and reloaded it for the final publication. If there are still errors, my readers must forgive me. It's close. I try, but I'm not perfect - hence the blog books! They let people know exactly who wrote the other books they may be reading.

    "Dion" was so far out in left field from who I am that it was challenging but fun to write.  My lead character, Elle Finlay, is young, ambitious, a law graduate from Pennsylvania who has a bit of clout and financial standing. She's a bit of a minx and not that grounded in some ways, but is in others. She fights for what is hers, but she's a little loose around the edges, and that was a challenge for me to write because I tend to put my own personality or experiences in my characters. I had to NOT do that with her and others, but it's not as easy as you may think.

    The fourth blog book will be fun to read and quite informative. I hope you like the recipes, and know I got permission to post the photos. In fact, I went to the free sites to get some. I love the resources we have now for writing. Woot!! A book may cost me $50 tops to write, format, edit, and produce. It's the marketing that will get you! OUCH!!

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