The process of converting a screenplay originally titled the Singing Volcano into a novella allowed me to come up with more ideas to insert into the text and become more objective about what to cut. While writing the book, other ideas to improve the screenplay emerged. The process of changing format provided another way to break out of a creative rut.
The text to speech option in Windows 8.1 provided help in editing the book. Hearing the text gave me a better perspective on the naturalness of the dialogue. It also helped to have several people read and edit the book.
Before publishing the book on Amazon I read Self-Publish Your Novel made Easy
by Richard Williams and James Blissett. The authors provided helpful information on publishing and marketing a digital and paper book.
I took the photo for the digital cover on August of 2002 in a shopping center parking lot. The light represents truth or knowledge just beyond our reach and comprehension. Unfortunately, the low resolution image could not be used for the paperback version. Book cover images for print need a minimum of 300 dpi.
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| Final cropped version of image for the book cover. |
The book The Smell of Truthiness: The future never looked this cool or felt this hot
is available at Amazon in both Kindle and paperback.
