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Book Descriptions Are Fun to Write, but Consuming

9/6/2018

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I just spent like 30 minutes working on a few hundred words of my story descriptions.  I read through some of them online, got the general gist, and word vomited. 

This writing has been something I want to work on because my friend Yankee is going to Kindle my books.  I hope I didn't annoy him by trying to do some of the work.  I sent him "The Long Walk" and "Paranoia" to Kindle as a set.  I added a table of contents and acknowledgements and a copy-rite section.  I skipped the author section.  You'll see those soon after Monday.  "The Long Walk" is a test publication for me, before putting out "La Bruja del Barrio Loco".  You can sample some of them in Antojitos.

I also fooled around with a free software called Calibre which is pretty easy to use.  The only thing is I am not sure why my table of contents font is bigger than the rest of the font.  It's quite odd.  I made a *.mobi and Amazon file (forgot the file type), and looked at them in my e-reader.  I guess I will have to pick Eric's brain about why that happened.  Like my mom says, "Tiene su chiste."  Kindling books has its nuances.  Like, should I add page numbers?  I supposed if they get printed, yes. 

Anyway, in real life, breakfast took longer than I had planned.  Then, I decided to wash dishes before fooling around with software and reading manuals on Smash Words about formatting files and what-not.  Now, I am going to try to break the 300 page barrier in The Harvest.  If not, I'm going to look over old stories.  I tell you, I really am becoming an early morning writer.  

Actually, I think it's time to revise.  Let's see what pops out, crying for attention. 

Honor your writing process, even post-crepes-from-scratch energy.  #Resist

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    MARIA J. ESTRADA is an English college professor of Composition, Literature, and her favorite, Creative Writing. She grew up in the desert outside of Yuma, Arizona in the real Barrio de Los Locos, a barrio comprised of new Mexican immigrants and first-generation Chicanos. Drawing from this setting and experiences, she writes like a loca every minute she can—all while magically balancing her work and family obligations. She lives in Chicago’s south side with her wonderfully supportive husband, two remarkable children, and a menagerie of animals.

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  • Home
  • Mi Biografía
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    • Eric Allen Yankee
    • Mehreen Ahmed
    • Steve Carr
    • Martin Eastland
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