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This summer has been
a 50th anniversary for the Summer of Love but it’s also
been a summer of the loving dead. The latter began with my work on
the “Circa Sixty Years Dead” paperback edition and it has continued with this weekend’s Zombie Walk here in
Sacramento.
Sacramento Zombie Walk and Carnival of the Dead
Today was the 17th
annual Zombie Walk for Sacramento. But I only attended the pre-Zombie
Walk Carnival of the Dead, yet hardly even that. There were a lot of
neat games and booths there, not to mention costumes of the living
dead. However, it was so damn hot on this 104-degree fahrenheit
Saturday afternoon/early evening that I didn’t stay for much more
than an hour. I’m surprised the heat didn’t do a further job on
the zombies’ already rotted skin and flesh! But the event was a
knock-out and, though I wasn’t there for it, the actual walk really
turned out to be a knock-out! The undead really gave it to the
alt-right and they didn’t even have to be in San Francisco to do
it. Check out the video coverage on it at Sacramento Zombie Walk’sFacebook page. It's the post that reads "Oh no protesters at the Zombie Walk!"
Summer of ‘Circa Sixty Years Dead’
All summer I’ve
been working on the paperback edition of my short horror story,
“Circa Sixty Years Dead” and finally, just last week, I got the
final version of it out. As I said last time, I improved the book cover but now I’ve seen the proof of that
improvement with my “proof” copy that came in the mail earlier
this week. So, it’s now confirmed that the excessive pixelation of
the title’s lettering and of the goddess statue are gone, and that
nasty line that ran along the left edge is also out.
Like I said, for
much of the summer I’ve been working on the paperback edition and
it’s seemed to be a process of trial and error but one that has
paid off. The process included writing the back cover summary, trying
different file formats for the manuscript, releasing the book only to
find out the cover was greatly flawed, and re-releasing it with the
corrected cover. It’s been a long, trying process but also a
worthwhile learning experience. That’s what self-publishing is all
about, trying different things to see what works and what doesn’t.
Kind of like writing itself, isn’t it?
Well, because I had
goofed on the book cover the first time and only found out this past week
with hardcopy proof that the second shot at it worked, I am still
offering the paperback version for the low price of $3.89. In this way I will celebrate both the
paperback release of “Circa” and this Summer of the Loving Dead
all the way through the end of the month. So if you haven’t bought
your copy yet then do it now because the end is almost here!
Next week: more
about my imprint logo and maybe more writing tips and a mini book
review.
Until next time . .
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