"Doing Time on Planet Earth" is Now Available on Create Space E-Store

https://www.createspace.com/5401326?ref=1147694&utm_id=6026



Here's a brief description:

Doing Time on Planet Earth is a character-driven dark comedy/off-beat mystery that’s filled with snarky satire, dry wit, and absurd situations as three very different individuals find their lives intertwining in the strangest of ways.

Caddy Thompson is the most “normal” of the three, even though she’s severely depressed because she can’t find a job and has no real friends outside her online TV series fan discussion boards.

The opening of the book finds Caddy on a mission to do herself in. But a man on the subway notices her nervousness. It’s his business to notice things, being a private detective, and he follows Caddy after she exits the subway to prevent her from doing herself harm, which he succeeds at—for the most part.

This apparently British man goes by the name Fiske, and he has been pursuing an identity thief named Faith who embezzled millions from his family’s casino and hotel chain in Las Vegas.

So, several days later, when Fiske runs into Caddy at the concert he has tracked his suspect to and Caddy’s companion “Hope,” a fellow fan of the hit TV show Spywitch, suddenly ducks out, well, things start to get very interesting!

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The book will be available on:

Amazon.com: 3-5 Business Days
Amazon Europe: 3-5 Business Days
Expanded Distribution channels: 6-8 Weeks

Kindle Conversion is in process, but should be soon.

Whew! Hope people like it. It's 286 pages. And approximately 89,970 words. Read it and laugh?

Doing Time on Planet Earth is Now Available on Create Space E-Store

Published a book - available here: https://www.createspace.com/5401326?ref=1147694&utm_id=6026

Will be available within the next two weeks on Amazon.com and Amazon Europe. Coming soon to other retail outlets, and to Kindle.




Doing Time on Planet Earth is a character-driven dark comedy/off-beat mystery that’s filled with snarky satire, dry wit, and absurd situations as three very different individuals find their lives intertwining in the strangest of ways.

Caddy Thompson is the most “normal” of the three, even though she’s severely depressed because she can’t find a job and has no real friends outside her online TV series fan discussion boards.

The opening of the book finds Caddy on a mission to do herself in. But a man on the subway notices her nervousness. It’s his business to notice things, being a private detective, and he follows Caddy after she exits the subway to prevent her from doing herself harm, which he succeeds at—for the most part.

This apparently British man goes by the name Fiske, and he has been pursuing an identity thief named Faith who embezzled millions from his family’s casino and hotel chain in Las Vegas.

So, several days later, when Fiske runs into Caddy at the concert he has tracked his suspect to and Caddy’s companion “Hope,” a fellow fan of the hit TV show Spywitch, suddenly ducks out, well, things start to get very interesting!


(Here's the description on the back cover:


Unable to find work, romantically challenged, and with only her “net buds,” the anonymous members of her TV series fan discussion boards to turn to, Caddy is ready to call it quits. She has the gun her father gave her for protection, but there’s one small problem: she has no idea how to use it.

Fiske, a private investigator who changed his identity from Hispanic to Londoner, complete with a fake British accent, notices Caddy’s nervousness on the subway and confronts her as she’s attempting to end her life.

Hope, an identity thief and embezzler who collects Loony Tunes action figures, is one of Caddy’s net buds, a fellow obsessed fan of the wildly popular TV show Spywitch. She’s also the subject of Fiske’s current investigation.

Dark humor, cynical satire, and quirky characters drive this ultimately uplifting tale reminding us to make the most of our time here on earth.)

Self-Publishing Your Novel Update

Okay, novel update or how to self-publish your novel on Create-Space without worrying yourself into a tizzy.

1. Approved the Proof. (It actually arrived in 3 days. They stated 7. Create Space is FAST). And it was perfect. Just as advertised. Once I did - the book was automatically published to the Create Space E-Store. It will be available on the other distribution channels within 6-8 days (Amazon) and 6-8 weeks (other retail outlets).

2. Set up Good Reads Author Profile - which was not easy. You have to send them info, and they'll contact you once they approve it. Then you can edit your page, etc. Also they assign books to you that you did not write. Dang it. I sent information stating, no wrote this book but NOT a book on Linking Learning Education which is by someone named Jeanie Kay. (I am not Jeanie Kay, that's not even my name. Nothing close.)

It's impossible to upload a photo, I'm guessing until you get access to the author page.
Was able to put up information on it though.

3. Tweeted it - to what amounts to four followers. Which, seems silly but oh well. I should put it on Tumblr too. (Just did.) Also posted on Dreamwidth and Livejournal (I think I just outed myself on both, although people probably already know anyhow.) And on Facebook. Also set up a Facebook page for the book. But I can't figure out how to post the cover on it. So the cover is currently a thumbnail photograph. I adore the cover.
Love it to pieces. It's so perfect.

4. Set up tax information, account information, pricing ($12.50 US, they won't let you go below 10.33), royalty information, channels. Ended up setting up the taxes three times, no make that four times. Twice on Create Space and twice on KDP (The Kindle Publishing Platform).

5. Set up Kindle Conversion. Sent Kindle email address to createspace folks so they could download the conversion.

Now comes the tough part - promoting and selling the thing. I hate that part. I'm not a sales person. It grates on my nerves when other people do it. Apparently I should set up a book blog. But I like the blog I'm on - livejournal. Which actually has readers.
Wondering if I can just use this blog? Or the Dreamwidth one? Do I actually have to set up yet another blog? Seriously, who has the time? I have full time day job - which is exhausting. And no access to personal blogs from the day job. Also who is going to read the book blog?

Who am I kidding, I have enough troubles keeping track of the social media that I'm already on. Don't need to add more.

Suppose I could just do a book blog on Good Reads? Am tempted to do Word Press. I tried Blogger ages ago, but lost track of it. Also had My Space for a bit, but it didn't work for me (or anyone else apparently, since it's defunct now.)

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In other news, besides the Proof of my novel, I got the new Kindle Paperwhite. It's a lot smaller than my previous Kindle, although the screen is actually the same size.
Which is odd. Instead of the keyboard, it has a touch screen similar to the Ipad.
Actually it reminds me of a tiny Ipad, sans the glare and all the distractions. Charged really fast - much faster than the previous Kindle did. And was much easier to set up.

So today was a stellar day for books. My novel was launched on Cinco De Mayo, the same date that my friend's baby was born. I lit a candle in my window for her. We have a candle lighting chain. People in the chain call one another to ensure that we all are lighting a candle for the new baby in solidarity. I got three phone calls today informing me that the little one was on the way. It was so wonderful and exciting.
Welcome to the world, Madeline. So happy to see you here.