NOTE: This is cross-posted on my Writing blog.
Announcing the print version of Diana's Diary, available at my Lulu.com storefront!
I've titled it My New-Found Land: A Post-Apocalyptic Journey. If you've already read Book One of the Diana's Diary blog, then you know the story. This is the much more tightly edited version, with the repetitions, inconsistencies and 3AM over-rambling edited out. What works on the web doesn't work so well in print, but one thing I've tried to keep in the book version is the "start-anywhere" quality that made Diana's travels fun. Whether you begin with the street gang, the carnival, the rich Texas ranchers, the tornado, the white sands or the riverboat ride, it's the sort of story you can pick up and read for a few minutes or an hour and have just as good a time, either way.
I included a lot of pictures in the book-- not as many as on the website, but enough to make the page count pretty high, in spite of the nearly 50,000 words I cut. (Yeah, I seriously rambled on some of those late-night posts!) Lulu charges by the page, and since it seemed silly to profit off something I'm already giving away for free online, I have made the book available at cost.
I'm thinking of doing a promo, but I first need to check on availability of the giveaways. If you want to be in the running for one of the prizes, buy the book and save a copy of your online confirmation. I'll be saying more about the promo once I've checked on a few things.
There will also be a few free copies available for persons with decent hit counts who would be willing to review the book on their site. Drop me a line if you're interested. Just because I'm not making any money off this doesn't mean I don't want people reading it! I already have a job. I write to share and it makes me happy to know people are enjoying it.
So if you read the web version and want a more permanent copy, or if web fiction doesn't appeal and you'd enjoy a good road trip story you can read in bed at night, go check out my book-- now in print!
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5 comments:
That's quite cool, bunnygirl. Good luck with it. It's really quite neat.
Dear Ann:
Big-time congrats! It's a wonderful achievement.
Child, you wear me out. You run, swim and bike, you move and unpack like it's nothing, you write like a fiend, and I know I'm leaving out about three dozen other things.
Good luck with your book, hon! Woohoo!
What Virginia Lee said!
You really are an Energizer BunnyGirl.
Good luck with it, it looks very cool!
How fun is that?! congratulations!!
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