I am stoked! I now have a finished manuscript.
I received the manuscript for my first novel back from the proofreader late yesterday. Now, I begin the publishing process, which involves much more than I expected.
I am meeting with a friend from my writer’s group next week. Hopefully, she can give me some insights into the process. She published her first book, At the Boundary Between Daylight and Shadow, earlier this year and will soon publish her second. She can help me determine in what order to complete the tasks before releasing my book.
If you have not followed my blog, Family Traditions and Book Update, I finished the first draft of this novel, which I started in 2014, last year. I have gone through a series of edits and rewrites to get the manuscript ready. I still must complete a cover design, copyright registration, an author bio, and a blurb that describes the book and entices people to buy it. All of those need to be completed before I can upload the book to Kindle Direct Publishing.
I must decide on whether to create a publishing business, buy ISBNs, and what price to ask for each version of the book. The one task I completed this week was to have a professional headshot taken. (Sally Sue Dunn Design & Photography) The pictures are splendid, but I look like an old man. Can you imagine that? The pictures below represent my favorites for the picture to be used with the author bio on print books. Leave a comment and let me know which one I should use.
In other writing news, I have finished the first draft of another novel and will begin going through the editing process. Based on the previous book, it could take six months and $2,000.00 to get it ready to publish. Fortunately, I don’t have to give up my day job.
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