Friday is here again and it is time to celebrate the week. If you read my stuff you know I am knee-deep in a blog tour helped by wonderful bloggers around the world. Since My GRL has been published a retrospective of thought brought me to a truism of writing which I have often read about, but never experienced. The truism goes something like this: THE EASY PART OF WRITING A NOVEL IS WRITING A NOVEL. I could not imagine this to be true working alone in my garret with no one to test ideas on but a cat. I have to say at this point it seems to be true. To recap:
You write . . . (check)
You edit . . . (check)
You submit and query . . . (check, check, check, check how many queries?)
You edit some more . . . (check)
You pick out art . . . (check)
You wait with bated breath . . . (check)
You watch your book go live . . . (check)
You die as something is delayed on the e-version . . . (check)
You die as the image on the e-version refuses to download properly . . . (check)
You pray for good reviews . . . (check)
Now the real work begins, selling the damn thing wonderful story to the reading public.
I wrote a little Haiku with the spirit of the situation in mind. I hope you like it
The Book – Haiku by John W. Howell ©2014
Write a book alone,
Finally see it published…
Selling is hard work.
Have a good weekend.
Fiction Favorites 
TGIF indeed! 🙂
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Indeed, selling is hard work, but sell you must and sell you will 😉
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Aw come on. Do I have to? *scuff shoe*
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🙂
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Writing is really the easy part. They never warn you about that.
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I saw the signs, but was too involved to understand.
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Here’s to sales, John.
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“You die as something is delayed…” lol
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Thank you. Love to hear er …see you laugh
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😆
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And then, when you have to revise and edit again, you go through the whole damn process over again….:) But when the good reviews start coming in you comeback to life, smile and put your hand to your heart and take a deep breath 🙂
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All very true. Thanks for the reminder.
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You have got your work out there well done, it will sell. I enjoy your blog updates too. Don’t die too much, this is just the warm up for your next book.
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Thank you Jill. Yu gave me a boost today.
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TGIF indeed John. And I know you can sell My GRL. You were built for it!
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Thank you.
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