Final Decision-Fictional Memoir

Well I have decided that I am going to call it: Not Quite Black and Blue-A Fictional Memoir by Lola K. It really does sound so much better than: Not Quite Black and Blue (A Novel-Based on a True Story). I did some research and there have been people, great authors, like Ernest Hemingway, that have written novels and called them Fictional Memoirs. So if Mr. Hemingway can do it, then I can too. Here is a site that goes into more detail:

http://nonfictionresources.pbworks.com/w/page/10132476/Nonfiction%20Novels,%20Fictional%20Memoirs%20and%20Creative%20Nonfiction

New Book (First Novel?)

If I did not mention it already, I am working on a new book that I am calling, "Not Quite Black and Blue" it is a fictional novel about a girl who went through the beginning stages of an abusive relationship, why she stayed in it and how she got out. It is based on actual events. I want to call it a Fictional Memoir but from what I have read, that is a bit of an oxymoron, as the whole point of a Memoir is that it is supposed to be as close to fact as humanly possible (save for maybe changing character names). "My First Fictional Memoir" sounds much sexier than saying "My First Novel (That's Based on a True Story)" though. I mean...that's the whole point of saying fictional MEMOIR (it's based on a true story-Memoir but I adjusted some stuff for safety and because of inaccuracies due to it being in the past-Fiction). Shit if you ask me, I would venture to say that there is not ONE Memoir that doesn't have a little bit of inaccuracy in it, unless said author was keeping a diary. Anyway, they say that a novel should be at least 50,000 words...I am shooting for that but I will say it like this...I am going to use as many words as it takes to tell the story BUT what the 50,000 word count goal will do is encourage me to give a more detailed story and share more events than I would have other wise. So that's about all, it's coming along quite well, I have been working on it for about a month. It makes me laugh and cry and I am hoping it will do the same for you all. This is the first book that I am going to go H.A.M. with in regards to promotion, so wish me the best. Peace.

Bloggerdise

So there is this site that contacted me called Bloggerdise and they wanted to see if I'd be interested in joining their site. What they do is connect people with bloggers so that people can learn about your product. I guess you let people know what you want reviewed, you connect with bloggers, they review it on their blog and their fan base learns about it and hopefully they buy it...if you get a good review that is. But you know what they say...there's no such thing as bad publicity. Anyway, I will try it out and let you know what I think about them.

THIS IS A TEST #WINNING

Yeah that last link doesn't work. Here is one that works :) This is for my Author Bio Page on Amazon.com:
http://amazon.com/author/lolak

This is a test

To see if my Author Central blog link works...This is only a test. :)

OK so now it's more than a test...it's a blog :) hahaha So I am building my Author Central Bio page and I am excited about that. Here is the link:
https://authorcentral.amazon.com/gp/landing?ie=UTF8&pn=irid33539752

So far it looks pretty good. I do think I am going to have to take a new pic but in due time. I just sent Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing a contact message asking them how to go about making my books available in paperback...When I find out I will let you all know. Ok, Peace. :D

Book Posted

Well I just posted Something Like a Wife on Amazon and Smashwords. Now I am just waiting on the review and approval. I need to take some time to really study and learn about this Royalty thing. I think the 70% royalty one is more complicated and I sure don't mind making $1 off of every book :) $1 is better than no dollars and besides, I'm only selling these short stories for $3 so that sounds like good profit to me. Sometimes we have to pay more for convenience

Done Editing

I am officially done editing the book, "Something Like a Wife". I don't know what it is but I cried reading it this time. The story is so sweet. Anyway, all I have left to do is write the synopsis and figure out which part of the book I want to use for my prologue. I will be up either tomorrow or by the middle of the week. Peace.

One More Phase

I only have one more phase in the editing process of my book and that is the final out loud read. To be honest, it was a toughie editing this one for some reason, so there may be more errors than in the first one but HOPEFULLY not. It's a trip trying to edit your book yourself. Good thing I don't write novels yet LOL. Anyway I am excited. It's been a long time that I have been finishing this one. Have had some personal stuff going on that's made me not feel like doing the tedious aspects of this art. Anyway, hope you all enjoy it once it's up. After this book I think I am going to be making an appearance on 2 Raw 4 TV on blogtalkradio.com so be looking out for me :)

Excuses, excuses, I know, I know

I know I was supposed to have "Something Like a Wife" up for sale by now but I was waiting on feedback from friends (which I never got) then I started working on a project with a friend and got reading/editing overload.  Anyway, I have officially started editing "Something Like a Wife". I do have some little ideas that I want to add that hopefully, won't turn into a new chapter, resulting in putting the process off for another week. I am intending on being expeditious this week, that way I can have it up for sale by the end of the week. Thanks for your patience and I am going to go with that black book cover, since no one has given me a better idea :) Peace.

I'm still here

I just want to let you all know that I am still here and that I am working on the final edit of my book, "Something Like a Wife" this week and hopefully it will be up online by the end of this week. Peace and feel good.