My 16th book, "STRATFORD" (the 5th installment of the Nick Posh books), is written, formatted, and proofed (but will be proofed again), and it has been sent up to Ingram Spark to be printed. It is the scariest thing to send a book up because I'm never sure if I checked all the boxes or if I did everything that has to be done. If not, I'll find out and set myself back several days because I didn't take the time to be sure all the little boxes were checked off!
I'm over here breathing again because it's done. I don't have to wonder if I've left anything undone. I don't necessarily like the way I ended it, but I also didn't have space to do more. All the books I write are about the same size and work well for readers. They'd be a burden to carry around and conceal if they were thicker. I stay around the 360-380 page range, and I usually choose the 5x8 size for print. I have one or two books that are 6x9, but I really don't like that size. I like the 5x8 so much more.
As I've said before, I didn't plan on writing "Stratford." It came out of necessity and out of being upset about what the actual city of Stratford has personally put me through. I decided to change the name of the court clerk just in case she got a wild hair and sued me. Her real name is NOT Mary Pigley, but no one will have any difficulty figuring out who she is. She wasn't even there 17 years ago when I was stopped illegally by their cop and manhandled the way I was. He even threatened to tow my car and put me in jail for something I didn't do, which is his legacy of shame.
Why the court clerk decided to be such a witch to me when I am 100% innocent of all allegations is beyond me, but perhaps she is jaded, or maybe...just maybe, she's on the take like the one in my book is...could it be? Hummmmmmmm...I wonder. Whatever it is, I have decided to keep the name Stratford because I have that lovely 1st Amendment Right to fall back on, but I did decide to be kind to the PIGLEY in the courthouse; the one by another name is very similar if you go and look.
The book will be available online at Amazon and other outlets around the middle of January, and the EPUB or Kindle will be about 3 weeks later. I'll get my printed copy in 2 weeks and run through it again to see if I need to make changes. If I do, I will; if not, it goes on sale on January 22 for around $18.00 a book. The Kindle edition will be around $4. I like the Kindle editions; I do. I think once I've read a book, I won't actually read it again - and it's not as easy for someone to share, either.
I'm actually glad this one is done. I wasn't all that motivated to finish it, and now I can start the new book - the creepy drama that takes place in a cemetery in Edinburgh. Woot!
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