Tuesday, April 24, 2007

testing the waters

It's with some hesitation that I've started this blog. I'm not sure who will read this but I decided I should do something to promote myself as a writer. Alright, an unpublished writer. But that will change soon; more on that later.

The second reason for this blog is to give those who would like to be a writer a few hints on how to get there. I stumbled around looking for a way to get my material published and I would like to help a few would be writers to navigate to their goal by telling them what worked for me.

So far I am not published but a publisher has sent me a contract and I will have a book out next year (these things take time). The book is a science fiction /fantasy and it took a lot of work to be able to send it to a publisher. I'm sure there will be more work to do when the editor puts her eye to it. I'll let you know about that process later.

It's time for me to burn something for dinner; my lovely wife is out of town. So if you see black smoke rising don't panic, it's only me in front of the stove.