I did it! For a while I wasn't sure I'd actually get there, not because of COVID-19, but I couldn't seem to get myself motivated to finish it. My writing group is not meeting right now and I've grown quite dependent upon their critiques and feedback. Yes, I did sent it out to them via email for their input, but it isn't the same.
Finally, my good friend, editor and publisher, Lorna Collins prodded me a bit and I buckled down and finished it. She's a great editor and once she went over it and I did the fixes, and ran some questions by her, the book was sent off to Amazon. (Her husband designed the cover.)
I had to make some hard decisions with this book. The big one was will it be the last? Even now I'm not sure, as I've got an idea developing for another. One of the reasons I've been thinking about whether the series should end or not is my age. I feel great--well, mostly--but it is getting harder to do the promotion part of writing. (And all the in-person events for now have been cancelled, even a book fair I usually do in October.) Though we're all hoping to see the end of this virus soon--who know how long it will be?
Life goes on despite the changes we're facing. I'm fortunate in having lots of family in my home and close by, so I'm not lonely. I do miss the ones that live afar though and will be thankful when we can all visit.
So, about the new book. The End of the Trail, is available on Amazon for Kindle and in print.
Blurb: Deputy Tempe Crabtree joins the
search for a missing hiker which results in a murder investigation, a near
death experience, an unexpected rescue, and an unhappy ghost.
https://www.amazon.com/Trail-Tempe-Crabtree-Mysteries-Book-ebook/dp/B087ZQMZ8P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=End+of+the+Trail+by+Marilyn+Meredith&qid=1588683782&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
What are you up to these days?
Marilyn
4 comments:
Ayy, congratulations on the book. Hope you and your family are doing well in these hard times!
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Thank you, Shaban. And we're managing, though I'll be glad when it's all over.
Good for you! Another book published! Yes, the promotion part is a drag. Lots of competition out there. Also, right now we can't really go many places.
Yep, Morgan, not easy these days.
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