The Process of Writing Can't Always Be Explained

I have always enjoyed writing and English was definitely my favorite class in school. Reading thrilled me, and the books I read inspired me. We always had books around the house because both my parents enjoyed reading.

I never imagined I would ever write a book because I always thought of authors as strange and magical people. This was  after I had learned authors were actually real people. Before that, I never noticed the names and pictures on the covers, and hurried to the story inside.

As I got older and my English teachers started mentioning authors, and assigned particular books and authors for us to read, the whole concept that real people sat down one day and wrote the stories I was reading, finally sunk in. Even then it never occurred to me that one day I could be one of those authors.

It may seem strange to readers of this blog but I bet most of my classmates had similar ideas. We just weren't very sophisticated, especially about things that happened outside our small town or maybe even outside our state. We lived in a more innocent world than children do now, and we were lucky to be able to maintain that innocence for more years than children of today can.

Published Book 1

My book is now live on Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle eBook.

I've been surprised at how easy the process turned out to be. Amazon also provides help and tips for promoting my books. I am already working on my second book in the series, Deanes Island Mysteries.

               
                     A Short Description

On Deanes Island where peace and quiet reign, the residents do not expect murder, but suddenly, they’re right in the middle of one and find themselves surrounded by evil. A neighbor has been brutally murdered, and no one knows how or why. The Island’s young, handsome Police Chief, Noah Drinkwater and Isaac Sanders, his Deputy, are finding that Love, Hate, Fear and Envy, the strongest of human emotions, all exist on their small Island in Maine. Rumors are spreading quickly throughout town and no one knows what will happen next. Everything strange and different becomes suspect and the only certainty in town is the fear that time is against them, and the Police won’t be able to prevent another murder.

 Mystery readers of all ages will love this book describing heinous death in the middle of quiet family lives. It’s murder on an emotional roller-coaster, in a town with romance and carnage existing side-by-side. The author lets you see into the thoughts of the murderer. Then, You, the reader, rides along as the Police Chief fights Evil for control of his town.

Noah Drinkwater is probably the youngest Police Chief in Maine, but his soul is ancient. If you love watching a strong, close-mouthed investigator ravage people’s lives as he searches desperately for the truth, you will love this book.

A Short Description of my new book: Murder Is Always Evil

Publication date is getting closer. Here is a short description of my book:

MURDER IS ALWAYS EVIL

On Deanes Island where peace and quiet reign, the residents do not expect murder, but suddenly they're right in the middle of one and find themselves surrounded by evil. A neighbor has been brutally murdered, and no one knows how or why. The Island's young, handsome Police Chief, Noah Drinkwater and Isaac Sanders, his Deputy, are finding that Love, Hate, Fear, and Envy, the strongest of human emotions, all exist on their small Island in Maine. Rumors are spreading quickly throughout town and no one knows what will happen next. Everything strange and different becomes suspect and the only certainty in town is the fear that time is against them, and the Police won't be able to prevent another murder.

Mystery readers of all ages will love this book describing heinous death in the middle of quiet family life. It's murder on an emotional roller-coaster, in a town with romance and carnage existing side-by-side. The author lets you see into the thoughts of the murderer. Then you the reader rides along as the Police Chief fights Evil for the control of his town.

Noah Drinkwater is probably the youngest Police Chief in Maine, but his soul is ancient. If you love watching a strong, closed-mouthed investigator ravage people's lives as he searches desperately for the truth, you will love this book.

       

                               Coast of Maine           (credit: Cathy)

  

The Perils of Typing Even on New-fangled Laptops

I'm finally at the last stage of readying my book, Murder Is Always Evil, the first book in the Deane Island Mysteries Series, for publishing with Kindle Direct Publishing. That stage, unfortunately, is searching for typos and other errors in the manuscript. Microsoft Word is extremely helpful in this, especially compared to the reports I used to write for school using carbon paper in my portable typewriter, bought just for that purpose.

I've never been able to type well and I've always blamed it on my short, stubby fingers. Now, it seems, those same fingers perform even worse on my laptop. Every time I look at the results of my half page of laptop typing, I should cry, but the gibberish I come up with is too funny. Luckily, I know my book so well by this time I can usually figure out most of the words, except for the few times when I see a word that looks like this: "dartgiwf".

Me. Still using my old portable for my personal writing in the 1970's, with the help of my cat Ginger.

 Who would know the word I was supposed to type was: "startle?

I will eventually overcome and finish with a manuscript ready to publish. In the meantime, I'm enjoying most minutes of it, and hope to have the first couple of pages published right here on my blog, first. Stay tuned.