So Julia is finished and I’m waiting to hear if an imprint of a mainstream publisher is interested. At least it’s being read, which is good. I also have another avenue and am waiting to hear from that one. With both these publishers, the books will be at a reasonable price, by which I mean about seven or eight pounds. This is a big step forward and I hope one of them goes through. I can’t believe how much my books cost with Lulu. It makes them difficult to get onto sites, although, having said that, on one search site recently I found fourteen hundred copies and am actually going to get a royalty cheque ffrom Lulu, not for that amount I hasten to add, but anything is welcome. I’m probably going to frame it. Perhaps it will act as a talisman and bring me luck.
I have mentally started on my next book, which is to say, I have got out my notes on scraps of paper and assembled them. The most important part of these notes is the bits of conversation I have scribbled down. They drive my books and I get a name in my head for a character and I make them speak. I was saying this on Professor Zeki’s blog. He was considering a well known writer’s comment that his character’s come to life at a certain stage in their development. Mine, I was adding, seem to be ‘born’ when they speak and can stand up for themselves. Do look at Professor Zeki’s site, just google him, and see how interesting it is when a noted neurobiologist comments on literature and writing.
I’ll do a press release when I’ve heard from the publishers in the NewYear. Julia is worth waiting for and if I can get the price down, then the writing project will have moved on considerably.
