So...I'm backing up all of my documents, figuring out which ones to burn to CD and which ones to keep on the hard drive when I see...AH! A Christmas short story I finished and never submitted (well, I entered it in a contest and it didn't win). It has a "needs revision" note on it....
I reread it...it's short (4500 words) and very sweet. Not my typical genre, but the ending brought tears to my eyes and I felt a little like the writer in Romancing the Stone as she bawls over her own manuscript.
Anyway...what to do with the darn thing? Then, I got a wonderful idea, give it to my readers free for a Christmas gift! I e-mailed Deanna, who agreed AND added the simply terrific idea of putting excerpts and teases at the back!
Unfortunately, to do this...there's been a few "but firsts" to get done with it. I sent it out for critique and got those changes back but haven't input them yet.
Then I realized I'd have to do my own cover for it (thank you hubby and his spare copy of Adobe Photoshop from the old computer we just got rid of) -- but thanks to that, I've wasted sooooo much time surfing pictures and putting together covers, I can see how it gets addicting!
Next, get it all pretty and go see if I can round up a free PDF converter to make it into an e-book.
I want it all done by 1 Dec...and Mojave Moon is going to be longer than I expected (possibly 25-30K!), so it doesn't look like I'll finish it much before the new year. So I won't be submitting to EC this year unless a miracle occurs. Oh well....
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What a great idea for your story, Ericka! And I love Deanna's suggestion for teasers and excerpts. Neat concept.
If you need help with the PDF conversion, feel free to send me the file. I don't have a converter on my laptop, but my husband has one. I could totally do it for you.
As for your EC submission, hey, it's Christmas-time. The season for miracles. So you never know!
Sounds like an awesome idea. I've often wondered about providing free reads. And I will explore it one day. There's just so much going on at the moment.
Anyway, what a fabulous idea. Good luck with it, Ericka. And I look forward to reading it too. ;)
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