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As the title says, I used to call myself the "King of Chapter One" (mostly because I could never get any further. But they were some damn fine Chapter Ones!

(Well, I did finish one thing called "When My Fire Burns Low" back in the mid-90s. There's a link to it in the sidebar, if you are interested. It was a good experience, a learning experience. But in my not so humble opinion, it's not terribly good. Mind you, it's not terribly terrible either. But it could and should be much better. Maybe I'll revisit it someday, but honestly I don't know if I can. I was a different person when I wrote it.)

Anyway...

So, I was the King of Chapter One. Until last year, when something funny happened. I finished what I was writing! And then something even funnier happened. Calderwood Books decided they'd like to publish it! Weird, huh?

I'm hoping it will be out sometime this year. But then, I've never done this before, so I don't know. When it is finally ready to go, maybe I'll get a real website instead of just a blog. But in the meantime, I thought it might be fun to blog through the process.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Bio & Cover

Well, my bio is up on the Calderwood website. I have to admit, I'm not very good at selling myself. One of the reasons I like reading and writing fiction is, well, real life is so boring. As my buddy Ted says, "Reality is for people who can't handle sports." So I tried to keep the bio whimsical, without getting too corny.

The cover is also up. Jennifer Macaire really did a fine job capturing the vision. Only took two revisions. It was a little too dark at first, especially for electronic reading. And the font was (how do I say this?) a little too, um…"girly." Lots of curlicues. I wanted something a little more "Lord of the Rings"-ish, and I think we're there now. But really, the graphic hit the nail on the head from the beginning. Thanks, Jennifer!
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