My short-story collection The Gunman in Black, 5 stories of crime, is now live. It took me two weeks to proofread, edit, copyright, and upload. I'm happy with the result. There are only one or two formatting mistakes and they are minor. Because the two weeks of editing was more work than I had imagined, I was unable to write a new short story a week. So, my goal of writing fifty stories this year might not be do-able, unless I hit a strong writing streak. But, I'll be happy if I can finish forty or so stories. I have some ideas, and now I can get back to writing.
The cover image fonts had to be reset over and over again, because the words on the cover were not readable as a thumbnail. The present cover seems to be the best.
A new cover can be added at any time, but I'm happy with this one for now.
The biggest challenge was in converting the .docx to Web Page, filtered. It's necessary to make this change in order to insert hyperlinks to allow a reader to go from the index directly to the story she wants to read without scrolling through each page to get there. Actually, switching to Web Page was relatively easy. What confounded me was going back in new files to .docx. I spent hours trying to figure that one out. I finally joined Microsoft Community, explained my problem, and within a few minutes someone gave me the answer. I was so relieved, you can't imagine. There is so much help out there if you just look and ask.
If you get a chance to read the stories, I hope you enjoy them. And, please send me a comment via e-mail, or on this blog, or a review on Amazon.com about the stories. I'd like to know what you think.
Discussions about creativity, growing old, growing young, self-publishing, freedom, the craft of writing, art, and many other topics. Part confessional, part thinking out loud, I write what interests me at the moment. BTW, I write my books under the pen name R. Patrick Hughes.
Saturday, February 16, 2013
The Gunman in Black is now self-published on Amazon.com
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27 comments:
I love that cover Richard.
Congratulations, Richard. Yes, the cover looks good. And the title is thought-provoking, for sure.
On another note, thanks for stopping by my blog. I appreciated your comment.
Congratulations! The cover looks great to me. Designing and publishing a book is a lot more difficult than it looks (I'm speaking from experience).
Congrats Richard! Can we get a hardcopy?
The reason I ask is because I have to fix the kindle in my pc. It would be easier to buy the physical book. But if this is not possible, don't worry. I will find the way to get to it.
Hi, Julia, Thank you for commenting. It's only an e-book at this time.
O.E., Jon, Elizabeth, thank you for commenting.
I'm going to buy it. I have your stories but haven't had a chance to get to them yet but I will. I promise.
Hi, Clarissa, It's okay. I was on a schedule and wanted to stay on it. I know you've been busy.
Hi again, Richard. I fixed the issue! Now I have access to your stories. I will get to them. Thanks.
Julia, Thank you.
Hey cool!!!! Can't wait to read these suckers. Big HUGS on the new release.
Tanya, Thank you. They're somewhat different than what I usually do.
Congrats, Richard! I hope it does well!
Thank you, Misha
The cover came out great Richard. Congratulations! I'll add this to my list of books to read and will hopefully get to them soon.
Elise, Thank you.
Congrats on this great achievement! Getting a book published is a daunting task...I'm so happy that you made it to the wires so that we can sample your work! Cheers to the completion!
Congrats Richard, this is super.
Btw..forgot to tell you that I just love the cover.
Thank you, Helene and Rachna.
Congratulations on getting it published! Hope you find much success with it.
Thanks, Jeff.
Awesome! I'll have to check it out. :)
Thanks, David
Congratulations, Richard. Honestly, you have my complete admiration. I wouldn't know where to start!
Over from Clarissa's. Way to go, Richard. Hope it is a great success.
Thank you, Valentina, but it's easier than you think.
Thank you, Teresa. It's a new direction in my writing.
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