Self-Published and my accident

I am still seeking for a publisher for my rescue novel.  I've decided to name the novel Rescuing Clay.  I never can come up with clever titles that many  authors give their novels.  The rescue novel numbers 91,000 words.  If I can't rope a publisher I will self-publish and plan to take out an expensive ad in RWR magazine, a publication of RWA of which I am a member.  RWR stands for Romance Writers Report and RWA stands for Romance Writers of America.  RWR has a circulation of over 10,000 writers, romance readers, agents, editors and publishers.  This novel may be the last one I write for the reason I will list in the next paragraph.
On June 11 I was hit by a car while jogging.  The car was stopped at an intersection waiting for traffic to clear and didn't see me as I crossed the intersection in front of the car.  The driver pulled out, hit me and I went down and was dragged a short distance before the vehicle stopped.  I was very lucky to survive as the front right wheel was just inches from my head when it stopped.  I spent 13 days in the hospital from multiple cuts, bruises and scrapes all over my body.  My right hand was cut deeply down to the tendon between my little finger and ring finger on the top of my hand.  Cellulitis set in and infection.  I finally had surgery and now closing in on four months it is infection free and will heal by end of October.  My fingers are still swollen and my little finger is sore and I can't type or write very well. I certainly can't hit the "p" key while typing.  Therefore I can't pursue any writing.  No broken bones but ligaments in my shoulders are awry.  I have some non accident problems such as needing a pacemaker and kidney tumors, one large in my right kidney which must be removed and the small one in my left kidney is a low grade cancer.  I have a large hematoma  on my right leg near the groin which must be drained too.  So that is my story of non related writing.

Rescue novel query out there

I have been terribly remiss about posting.  Probably why I don't get any comments.  My Rescue novel which is entitled A Reason for Rescue is out there in query form at Soul Mate Publishing.  They say a reply of some sort will be coming in four weeks.  I like that as others usually take a year if not at all.  At my age I can't afford to wait that long for a reply.  Four weeks is around the corner.  If it is negative then I'll likely go self-publishing route again.  Agents and publishers take too long to respond, at least most of them.
This story is clean romance with a lot of adventure in it.  Also, there is an old prophetess who tells Julianne when and where Clay will need saving.  The reason is for Clay to travel the world healing people with extracts from flowers and plants from the local areas.  Julianne is an international ambassador bringing world wide peace with her silver tongue.  Clay's degree is in  biochemistry and Julianne's degree is in international relations.  Details of Clay's trips are given for Alaska, Pakistan, Australia and Nikumororo Island (formerly Gardner Island) where Amelia Earhart may have crash landed in 1937.  Brief mention is made of China and Ural Mountains in Russia as well.  This novel is 89,000 words long.  It will probably be my last one as none of my efforts have netted many sales.

My new novella will be live within 72 hours on Amazon.  I published it via KDP both in print and ebook.  The beautiful cover is by LDM Graphics pictured below. 
The Forever Bond is about Buddy Wilson who loved one woman, Nina, but was destined to realize it was Sally who loved him throughout school and college years.  A gold pocket watch was found by Buddy near a shed and in the middle of foundation blocks that seemed to be from another shed.  The watch contained a photo of a redhead which turned out to be of Nina when she was an adult.  The inscription on the back of the watch read, "To Buddy, I will love you forever, Nina."  After many unusual happenings the inscription changed and Nina's words and photo were replaced by Sally's.  Even later the inscription disappeared altogether.  No one remembered the inscriptions but Buddy.  Buddy learned it wasn't his imagination later.

Motorcycle Woman available on Amazon

My novella, Motorcycle Woman is now available on Amazon on my page.  Just type in my name, Larry Hammersley and it will bring up all my books including the front cover of Motorcycle Woman shown above, the right hand image.  I've ordered copies and hope to land an interview soon by one of my lady author friends.  I'm not sure if the Kindle version has loaded yet.  I've not checked.  It was very slow at downloading.

Motorcycle Woman final front and back cover

This is my final cover, front and back, for my Motorcycle Woman story.  It will be available soon for purchase as soon as I go to Create Space and finish the final steps.

Motorcycle Woman only needs cover constructed

I have gone through all the steps on Create Space with my story Motorcycle Woman with the exception of cover construction.  I am having a local copying outfit formatting that for my front and back covers.  The six by nine format requires a PDF file for the photos.  The front cover is shown above.  The back cover will be a photo I snapped in 1971 of a dealership in Black River Falls, Wisconsin.  I have their permission to use their name in the story.  The cover should be done end of next week.  I am looking forward to that since I've not had a new story on the streets since last year.  My last two novels don't have a home now as the publisher has closed their doors.  I tried to get a home for both the shed novel and the dart novel but was rejected.  I have a suggestion from a nice lady author friend to seek promotion from motorcycle folks for this novella.

Motorcycle Woman legal aspects

My lawyer isn't versed in the question I had concerning using the name of an actual person from my past.  Jug was an excellent motorcycle mechanic and ran his own shop in Bloomington, Indiana.  I tried to contact him to get verbal approval of using his name.  I speak very complimentary of him in the story.  I learned he had died in 2012.  I was saddened by that news as he was a fine fellow.  My lawyer still didn't know if I should use his name.  He recommended I contact a lawyer with a background on this sort of thing.  I've decided instead of doing that I will change Jug's name to Jeb.  I believe that will be safe to do.  It cost me a lot to get my rights back on this story so I was reluctant to spend more.  I will probably have to spend more money to get the cover into the right format.  I am dedicating the story to the same three editors that helped me on the short version.  I don't suppose they will ever know I did that because I have no contact info on them anymore.  Likewise, I'm including the Harley shop in Black River Falls, Wisconsin who graciously allowed me to include their name in the story.  I also speak very favorably of them too.  I am close to being ready to start the process with Create Space.  I do wish someone would drop a comment even it is to say "Boo!"
I am also working on an old short story, 33,000 words entitled The Forever Bond which is a sweet romance with a strange twist involving a gold pocket watch.