Author: Videosta
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The Trials of a Fat Guy on Vacation
Well, Empire, Nevada is off being read by my beta readers, so there won’t be a lot to say until I start hearing back from them. However, I did find a few of the items I wrote in college that survived The Great Creative Writing Waste-Binning of 2005. The first I will post in a…
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Very interesting post about the money in self-publishing. Since I plan on remaining a teacher, one of my big concerns is having the time to self-advertise as well. I guess time will tell. Plus, I have to finish a book worthy of being published first.
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Once the work is over, the work begins again.
I have to admit that as I get closer to finishing the first draft, I start to feel more uneasy with certain sections of it. I have always known the old adage that you need to show what is happening to your reader and not simply tell them the events. I know I have broken…
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The first three chapters are now available!
I’m now sharing the first three chapters of my book at Worthy of Publishing. Please take a second to read it and offer any critiques. This is still a rough version. I have to go back and do some editing, but I wanted some feedback now. Please feel free to give brutally honest opinions. I…
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Friday Update
32009 / 50000 words. 64% done! I have finished the re-write of the end. What I had before was a non-ending. While I didn’t want to fall into the happy ending trap that nearly every book has, I just wasn’t satisfied with what I had written. It was basically a cut off after a major…
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Still working on sample cover art.
This is the latest version. I am going to clear up some of the edges to remove the white around some of the title cards. I am pretty happy with it so far.
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Finished The End, Now I Gotta Write The Rest!
62 pages, 22,094 words. The last third of the book is done. Now, I have to go back and finish the first third and write the middle of the book. I am pretty happy with the ending, although I think it will need the most tweaks of anything I have written yet in the book…
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Heaven
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNdMc6wGtU This is one of those songs I would have put on the playlist if I wanted to be more literal in my track choice.
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Empire, Nevada Revisited
http://vimeo.com/37986583 I found this interesting video on vimeo.com. I think it gives an intriguing glace at the mindset of someone that I assume was an Empire resident. I hope I can make guys like this proud of my book, although I am sure parts of it might be painful for them to read.
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The first post, the first lines.
Empire, Nevada Blog Thank you for checking out my blog. I will be posting updates here as I continue to work on this novel. I have the story completely mapped out. I am tinkering with some characters and still deciding what should be shown versus what should be hidden from the reader until the end.…
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