My goodness this entry is late. Last week just completely
gotten away from me. The day job has been incredibly busy. Friday was our
department graduation and there was preparation like crazy for staff to do in
order to get everything to go without a hitch. So things have been a bit
hectic.
But it's the writing news I am both excited and anxious
about. A publishing company out of California, California Times Publishing has
picked up/ signed a contract for Hollownton Homicide.
It's exciting because somebody actually reached out and said
that they wanted to publish the book, under their name because technically it
was already published, however it is kind of nerve-racking because you never
know how a wider audience will respond to it and there were a couple conditions
for picking up the book.
The first is they wanted to change the title. The current
title has the main character in the book Anthony or Tony Hollownton as part of
the title. I guess they don't like his last name so after some discussion the
title will be Rain City Homicide. So the series titles from here on out will be
Rain City…..
The second condition was they do not like the use of
initials. So they wanted me to come up with something else. I decided to be a
bit of a sassy pants and went with Essby. So I'm not exactly happy with it but
I'm trying to accept the fact that I should just calm down and not get so
worked up about the author name used. But I can't seem to help it.
The last stipulation is they did not like the current cover.
They said covers where the person on the cover is looking practically at the
reader with not a lot else going on don't sell as well for whatever reason
statistically. So they are changing the cover. I got to see the new concept art
for the publishers covers this week. That was super cool. I really like them.
I am trying to be upbeat about the publishing thing but I
can not shake the anxious nerves. Maybe it will all be better once the book is
rereleased.
I am not sure I have anything else for the moment.
Happy Reading,
Gretchen
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