Saturn as seen from Titan, painting by Chesley Bonestell

Saturn as seen from Titan, painting by Chesley Bonestell
Favorite astronomical painting

Saturday, August 1, 2020

Saving Clay novel

This is the front cover of my new novel I have been calling my rescue novel but have changed the title to Saving Clay.  It is in the final stages in the KDP submission process.  It will be 360 pages in a 6 x 9 format.  The cover artist has already done the back cover and will add my blurb on it.  After that the template will be added for the cover and it will be finalized via KDP.  LDM Graphics has done the cover and she is very good and reasonable.  I will post the cover and info on Facebook and I plan to take out an expensive full page ad in RWR magazine, a publication of RWA of which I am a member.  This is a monster length nearly 92,000 words.  I will only give a brief description at this time.  Julianne saves Clay from certain death several times in their early years.  The prophetess, Lana tells Julianne when and where to be to save Clay's life.  The reason I will give in a later post.

News from the science fiction story I submitted

My science fiction story I resurrected was given a quick read by an editor and he had many things he did not like about the story, saying it had problems after the first few chapters.  He felt from that point on it was not good.  I have since withdrawn that submission and will publish it via KDP.  I spent  a lot of time on it and will not stand for it to be changed and deletions made.  So I will eventually get it through the hoops via KDP and see it in print after I come up with a cover.  I hasten to add the head lady at Champagne Books wants to have me revise an old story with them called Higher Mission.
I have agreed to do that since Cassie, the head lady at Champagne says it will only take a month and they will give me a new cover and it will come out in print as well as digital.  I'm all for that.