This is me wishing all of you a Happy and Safe New Year's Eve Celebration. May 2009 bring significant advances in all of our projects.
Remember the novel I was going to write in a month? (http://www.nanowrimo.org/) I finished it in 18 days. To be truthful, I had a lot of research on my hard drive already, so there wasn't a lot of extra stuff to do, just write and refer to something already found from time to time. What began as “Unfinished Novels” was later renamed as “Deadly Research” and turned out to be an exposé.
CreateSpace made all those who finished their novels a nice offer: a free proof of their book, free ISBN and listing with their page and Amazon. The proof copy looked so good that I took them up on their offer. The result is that my book is now available. See www.jonbatson.com for the link.
Yes, I did do an edit and correct before pulling the lever. Several friends read the book as well and made some observations. The usual errors were found and corrected.
The trick for 2009 is to deal with four novels, three that are print-on-demand needing promotion and one (Nina Knows the Night) that is still seeking representation, while writing the next one. There are four started at this point and deciding which to put attention on next will be my chore for next week.
Incidentally, I am wide open for an agent. I want to pitch my books to the movie industry as well as the publishing industry. POD is one thing, but a bona-fide publisher is a good thing to have. My book made into a box-office-smash is even better.
Happy New Year! May prosperity find you in 2009 and shower you with goodness.
Jon
