E-story

I have my first E-story ready to go but I forgot one little detail... the cover. So hopefully I can use a cheaper one that would free. But it could take me a day or actually three to get it all straight. I will of course say when it's up and for sell. I need to down load a free book on the subject and read through it first. It might have some of those free pics I can use or tell me where I can get some.


For my e-novel I will use a more expensive one, but not too costly.  :)

Dean's new story and inspiration two

Dean Wesley Smith deanwesleysmith.com   has free story or 12. He has been doing e-stories for a challenge. The latest has a fantastic cover. It's a romance story under his romance pen name.

 I loved it when I first saw it. and I had to go back there for a couple of reasons so of course I was forced to see the cover again. :)     I felt like I could do my own story based on that cover. Of course a different title and characters and it won't be a romance, well it might have some romance in it but it wouldn't be a Romance. I believe I will do one.

Actually, the cover for his Slowboat Man story has my muse working over time also. Probably a vamp and/or werewolf story but with a twist. And I don't do those type of stories. But this one has to be one.

Inspiration

Just wanted to say that today I was inspired by a name. No comment on the person with the name or his job...I just like the name. Goolsbee.      Thought the name would make a good prof at a magic school but maybe a student or why not both. Which means I would do a book that is different for me... a guy's history. So it would tell both stories at the same time. It would be a different format for me which could be why I should do it. And with the ending I'm thinking of it would be a single book. I already have various scenes in mind.

I was right about stories

Yep John Jacob Adams did it again, twice. Exact same words too.

I was hoping one story would be along his lines enough for him to comment on it but he didn't even take a second look. Probably not even a whole look.

He probably doesn't like my one pro sell either... I would say that he may be asking why I haven't sold any others but he's read lots of my stories he knows why I don't sell.

Are you a nerd?

Do you get this one?

http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2011/06/07/

Sent out stories today

Finally got around to sending out some stories today. Had all types of problems with one. Did the cover letter wrong, so had to go back and redo it. Somehow the paper clip that holds the pages together got caught on the brown envelope when I tried to pull it off the envelope tore so I had to address a new one.


Anyway, so I sent it and another snail mail one plus five internet stories.

One problem with that is that I will probably be receiving the rejections for two of them in half a day to three days. Can't help that though.

Way of the Wizard

I mentioned this anthology in an earlier post. I tried to get into but of course failed.

But there are some interesting stories in it anyway. One is by Mike Resnick. This one is about Merlon but not in the usual way. It deals with Merlon as if he has some type of condition, perhaps connected to him living backwards in time, that made him forget things, like Alzheimer's.

There's no violence or any type of physical actions, besides walking around and such. It all takes place in his head. I think it's a great story, well written.

There are other stories that are very good but that one is in a field by itself. So far anyway. I'm only half way through.

Science

I don't do this enough but I like to post links to scientific items that could be inspiring for stories.

This one has to do with new discoveries dealing with the pyramids in Egypt.

http://tinyurl.com/3rtuw7e

While I am at it there is this one dealing with an ancient lake the Russians dug into.

http://tinyurl.com/4qsrqqv


And this one dealing with dark sky  movement. That is when some area has no artificial lights and is far from any, it makes it easier to see the sky; stars, planets, moon. 




http://tinyurl.com/3ebvbcs

Finished it and other WIPs

Yay, I finished "Storm Born".  The Bad guy is defeated, probably never to return but no one knows what happened to the assistant, in fact he may have been forgotten. But I decided to make him the strange book- occultic store owner who bugged my MC at one point. And relationships have been repaired--mostly and my MC has made friends with a rather mean unicorn and decided his wizard acquaintance was more of a friend  after all.

I do need to split part of chapter fourteen and make it fifteen. But the novel is long enough and will be even longer once I do the revision and add things like the description and name of the city the action takes place in.


I haven't done much work on the second revision of Bright Lights though. Maybe half a chapter.


Did some work on New Mage. I think I may go with another chapter. I thought the next one would be it but I think something else has to happen even though I'm not sure what. Something to do with the relationship with her friends and probably some type of danger scene. I haven't had one for a chapter at least.

Oh So close and ???

Am ever so close to finishing “Storm Born” I mean like half page or less but maybe not. I had been thinking of putting in an extra tiny bit at the end when my MC tries to return a couple of unicorn horns the bad guy was using. I decided an epilogue would be good for that. 

I am almost done with the part I have been saving in my brain for six months, at least, for the end. I’m not quite sure what order it should go in but I guess I will go with whatever order comes out unless I change my mind later.

And I thought I was done with the revision of Bright Lights as I mentioned in an earlier post but I need to send chapt four out to the group that is critiquing it and I found a couple of sentences that needed commas so I went back over it. I’m surprised I hadn’t noticed some other changes it needed. I’m not sure I got all the commas right but we shall see. Hopefully the critiquers will see an improvement but the guy who does one of the best jobs decided to take a break. 

E-reader

Finally decided I will be getting a e-reader. Probably the Nook Color. I will use whatever money I get for my birthday at the end of June and some of my workshop money...not sure if I will ever be going on one anyway because of my circumstances.