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Weird Week

Sorry for the late post. As you can see by the title of today's post, it's been one of those weeks. Monday I stayed home sick, Tuesday the hubby stayed home sick, Wenesday my oldest was sick and my father-in-law had hip surgery, Thursday the kids had no school because it's just too darn cold to wait outside for the bus. Today...today the bus thing again. Too cold!

Father-in-law is still in hospital. Doing okay, but not great thanks to his diabetes. Apparently it's not just his blood sugar though. It's his blood pressure as well. At the rate he's going we expect he won't be released until sometime next week.

I've finished the edits of my novel. At least, I've finished all the edits I've received from my readers. There's still one out there who says she has made notations about typos and whatnot, but I've not seen her proof yet. Soon I hope (you know who you are!).

The more I think about this novel, the more inclined I am to forego the whole agent/publisher chase. I don't know that I have the patience for it. I also don't know how marketable this book really is. It's not your traditional paranormal romance. Instead, it's a weird cross-breed between inspirational fiction and paranormal romance.

Also, I look at the publishing industry and have to wonder about the likelihood of landing a deal of any sort. It's not pretty out there.

So...that brings you up to date.

Later!
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  1. Matt S12:15 AM

    Yeah, the publishing industry seems to be even more of a gamble than normal. As much as I'd like to be able to say, "Yeah, I got me some published," I'm wondering if the internet doesn't just make it more practical to write good stories and let word of mouth sell books. Who knows...

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  2. Anonymous12:28 PM

    Krista, this book is amazing! I have told you that from day one and I am not normally a romance novel type guy. I think that you should at least attempt it. You are not the kind of person that can be discouraged that easily. The worst case scenerio is that they say no. Best case is that there will be a widespread phenomenon and there will be a movie. You don't do yourself or the time and sweat that you put into this work justice if you just quit. ;)

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  3. Chrissy1:16 PM

    Yes, get it published. And I'm almost done with reading it, you know inbetween James' hours upon hours of time on the computer. Great reading so for.

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  4. Jeffrey Hite10:24 AM

    Since I am not a publish Author I can't say one way or the other, but You might want to consider podcasting it. Put it out on Podibooks.com and get it a little face time. There are a lot of other authors of over there. Anyway that is my two cents.

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