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We've all heard about all the closings due to the government shutdown this past month and a half. But what I found out, and very likely not many people know this, is that the Library of Congress also shut down. What does the LOC shutting down have to do with an author and how would it affect me publishing and printing my book, you might ask?
Well, since I include a Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN) in all of my books, because I want my books available for library cataloging and distribution (not a requirement if you do not want libraries to purchase and carry your book), I need to get a LCCN. My goal is to make it as easy as possible for anyone and everyone to purchase any of my books.
So, after waiting more than a month for the government to open, I hope our wait is almost over now. I imagine they have a back log of work to do. And as soon as they get to my book, I will be able to order print copies of my latest book, "Ten Storied Buildings".
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We are in the final stages of editing book #10, Ten Storied Buildings. The next step is to put it into book format (we have a template that we use that we created for my books) and add the extra pieces, such as, copyright page, other books that I've written, a short description of the other books I've written, acknowledgement page, my bio, text to go on back cover, and a couple of other miscellaneous pages that are all part of a complete book.
The cover is the next big hurdle although we have discussed it - typically, I tell my publisher what I want and he puts it together. He's done a great job so far and I've been happy with all the results. So hoping that by this weekend, the cover will be mostly done. When it is, I will feature it along with the Useful Pieces cover - two books that will be ready before Christmas. And yes, it is coming in 64 days! Start your shopping now! And thanks for your support.
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So now the book is done, galley copies handed out, feedback received, and changes are being made. We have to make a final run through of the novel and then we can have the copies printed and ready for sale. But there is one more part to this story that I will share and it is a question every author is asked, at least once. Where did the idea for the story come from?
And yes, every story has a beginning that comes to the author, often, through unexpected ways. Or through a combination of incidents. For this novel, I thought about my own home, where it is located, and how I am up a hill, with another house down front of where my home is. That was the visual I wanted to recreate in the novel. And then I just elaborated on the picture, adding the young couple in the home down front (which there is) and my husband and I in the house up on the hill (not as old as the couple in the novel, but still....), and of course you have to have some chaos thrown in, which I did, more than enough, I think. And then the mystery of it all, what is going on, why are so many things going wrong and who is doing it? Somehow keeping interest until the very end when, hopefully, some of the questions are answered. I do like to keep things a bit open and you can come to your own conclusion. Maybe it will be what I had in mind, maybe not.
Any more questions, well, I guess you'll just have to read the book!
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For every story there is...well, a story. My latest novel, "Useful Pieces", due out this summer, began in November, 2019. As some of you may know, November is NaNoWriMo month - National Novel Writing Month. I like a challenge so I did it. For the entire month. The goal was to write over 50,000 words in November and at the end, you would have a novel. Certainly a novel that would need editing but at least a novel. Good way to confirm to ourselves that we can complete something in that short of a time. If you calculated it out, you would have to write more than 1000 words a day, or more precisely, 1,667 words a day. And I did it. It felt great to complete a novel in that time. And no, I would not do it again!
So, you may be wondering, where is it? That was 2019. Why did it take so long to complete, meaning editing it and getting it published? What I did with it was, I put it on the back burner. When I was looking at all the books I've started writing this one jumped out at me. As I make progress on the many books I have started, I also write down the number of words. This novel was far ahead of all the others. So, sometime in late 2023, I dusted off the cobwebs and re-read the entire novel, making changes along the way. One of the reasons I put it aside was I was considering completely changing the ending which would have meant changing the entire story and would involve a lot of changes. Almost like writing an entirely new novel. But when I re-read it, I liked it and decided to go with it. I put the book in my publisher's file for his changes in February 2024, and waited. And waited. Then 2024 was over and it was one year later, February 2025 and the book still had not been edited. Finally, after much harrassing (from me) my publisher and I sat down and we began the editing process in May, 2025. Now we are getting close to the end of the editing with the next step sending for galley copies. After that, with another complete read through, it will be available for purchase. And, of course, a celebration!
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