I’m back on track with this Friday night post. Twitter is up to date and even has a couple of new tweets. One of my goals is to be more active on Twitter in the lead up to my book launch in May 2018. Took a big step forward with that as my beta reader returned the manuscript to me yesterday. I asked him to look at my consistency of details throughout the story. I wrote my story over a span of two years, and things change during that time. Now I have marked indications of where the consistency is not uniform. I’ll be doing another round of edits on my manuscript before turning it over to the publisher.
Most of the US is going to be bitterly cold this weekend. My location is not immune to the lower temperatures. Even so, I’m still planning on getting out tomorrow to attend a workshop at the local library. This is the same library I go to for my critic group. The group enjoyed chapter three of my new novel. I’m having a ball with my new story. I hope you enjoy it when it comes out.
Next week is the Friday before Christmas. The following week is the Friday before New Years. I still plan on posting to my blog on those days, even though on one of them I’ll be over 350 miles away from home. In 2017 I plan on highlighting more characters from Bill’s Cajun House of Pleasure. Hopefully, this will peak your interest in my novel and turn into a sale.
Speaking of sales, I read this week in Iceland; the entire country has a tradition of giving books to their family and friends on December 24. The recipient then stays up all night reading the new book. Iceland is one of the most literate countries on the planet. Do you think they would enjoy a romp through the swamps of Louisiana to a bordello with a touch of voodoo thrown into the mix?
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What I’m Reading – Many readers I know like to inquire what their favorite author is reading. At the end of each blog post, I’ll let you know what I’m reading. I may not be a published author yet, but I hope my choice of reading material inspires you to read. I’m up to Solitude and Subjectivity of section 2 of chapter 1 of part 1 of Man and Woman He Created Them: A Theology of the Body by St. Pope John Paul II. I’ll be reading this probably for the next two months. I’ve previous read Theology of the Body Explained by Christopher West, but now I get to experience the actual words of the great Pope. I encourage you to read a variety of topics.