Tuesday, March 12, 2013

REDUCED TO A PILE OF ASHES

The title is what my heart feels like right now, and I am struggling to overcome such negativity and be able to write in a positive manner, but it is just not happening today.

The good news is in from Outskirts Press. The editor that goes through your book with a fine toothed comb looking for errors, typos, and the need to re-write the book, e-mailed me a letter on Friday. She said that the book passed with flying colors and she felt it was a great little book that kept you deeply engrossed from beginning to end. She particularly liked my characters and how they interacted between themselves and with the reader.

So onward and upward. It will take about three months for the book to be put together and then get put on sale. So probably at the end of May or beginning in June of 2013.

I'm sorry that I did not get a blog done yesterday. I was emotionally and physically drained and feeling very ill, so I stayed in bed for a day, and today I am feeling well again, so off we go.

When I was finished with the Legend of Kor, I started on the second book right away. It is Heaven & Hell, and is a prequel to the first book. I had finished writing it about a year ago, but it needs a lot of revision and rewriting and I think that it will take another 6 months to complete it; up to 1 year if I get boggled while doing it.

I seem to be very emotional again and range in moods from very happy, to desperately alone and depressed. I can't understand what is happening to me. I should be on-and stay on-the great silver cloud that is publishing a book. But I am severely stressed by the technical part of this work and not being able to quite get what needs to be done, done. I need to know how to set up a folder to hold only the chapters (files) of this book. 1) How do you make up a new folder in Word? 2) what is the formula to use to put new files into this new folder?? 3) can I then take and attach the folder to an e-mail and have it be sent  as just one attachment per e-mail? Please, if you know how to do this, e-mail the instructions to me at davalenehirsch@comcast.net  If you would do this, I will send you a copy of my new book as soon as they are available, and sign it and personalize it for you; your own "first edition."  HELP! Brain freeze.

Tomorrow will be a better day. I will spend the night seeking a worthy topic for all of you to enjoy. In the meantime my brain is working in ultra-slow motion and I cannot think of anything positive to say today, except to say that I love you and things will be back to normal in the next day or so. Thank you for your concern and understanding.


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