And the Title is ????

And the title is????

My fourth book is finally ready to go to the publisher, I just have to find one. In my last blog I said I did not write for money but that I love writing fiction because of the challenge. The truth is I would not mind making a few dollars, but I have been discouraged with my own marketing efforts. As persistent as I am in writing a book, the persistence in marketing the published work wanes after rejections come -  one ‘no’ thanks after another. I don’t know why this should bother me after submitting hundreds of queries and receiving just as many no’s. After the effort of putting the book together – hours of editing, rewriting and proofing over and over again – it is difficult to realize that as many publishers that rejected it the same amount of possible booksellers do also. Blab, blab. I know I’m whining.

Nevertheless, I am excited about this 4^th book which I started in 1999. I have a friend with a technical background who is proofing it – and the title is????. She is doing it in exchange for some home decorating advice that she asked me to give her, i.e. my decorating business, Flair & Dare. I am excited about having a professional make sure there are no errors.

Before I give the title, I will tell you that there is a thread of salvation running through it, and the story takes place starting in Northern California and ends in Southern California. It takes place during the 1930’s. The reason it has taken me so long to finish it is because initially the setting was in 1798 England, but several years after moving from Sothern Ca to Sacramento, I changed the story to 1930’s California. I thought it good to write about what I knew best – the great state of California.

This new book is a Christian love story that some might consider a ‘chick’ book, but it is not totally. So what is the title????. When I find a publisher, I will post it here, maybe sooner. Maybe I’ll add a few more hints as to what it is about. Thank you for following my blog.

Time to update

Time to Update

I once had a publisher call me directly regarding a query I sent them for Gifts for the Road. Imagine my surprise when I heard back from them after they looked at the book. They actually complimented me on the story- said I did a good job – but the problem for them was that I did not have much of a following. I supposed that to mean that I didn’t have enough activity on my blog, my website, or Facebook – much less twitter or tweet.

Well that may be a problem, but I was more interested in writing than spending time on social media. Granted I should be concerned with that but obviously I am not. After al,l it has been over a year since I wrote here. Gifts for the Road has not sold as well as I hoped but I do not write for money. The Good Lord forbid, I write because I love the endeavor and it keeps me out of trouble. This past year however, I have not devoted as much time to writing as I did since I began in 1998. I went from writing every day to every other day and then more recently several times a week.

The problem is that editing takes its toll when you do it yourself along with proofing. It becomes tiresome to the point that you just don’t want to look at the same book again. There is only one option for me to overcome that, and that is to work on more than one book at a time – and I do. I have just completed my 4^th book out of the other 3 published ones I have about 8 more in my drawer that are partially finished. See next entry to discuss the latest new book that is ready for a publisher.

Good news – I have a new office and desk to start on an old book.