Production for the virtual book tour continues
I've got all the pieces, and how it just remains for me to put them all together. I still have some edits to do, such as changing the names of the people in the story (to protect the innocent and the guilty) and cleaning up typos, and I'm getting antsy that I'm not done with this yet.
There's lots to do -- so very much to do -- and I'm going as fast as I can. But the holidays are upon us, I still have shopping to do, and there's the small matter of just leading my daily life, as it comes... taking care of what needs to be done... balancing out life and work and integrating them more fully.
I've been trying to figure out why I've let "Fuel" go for so long. I mean, I wrote it all down in 2000, and since then I've had ample opportunity to edit it and get it out there. I guess I thought that the story of being stranded without any gas wasn't' very relevant, unless you're into travelogues about the English countryside. And there are so many other more interesting topics to talk about...
I mean, I know that we need to explore alternative fuel sources. I know we need to wean ourselves of our dependency on gasoline. I know we only have so much petroleum left in the ground. But it seemed that nobody else was paying attention to this issue, aside from the small groups of alternative energy inventors working in under-funded research labs and garages across the nation (and in Germany).
But when Katrina and Rita hit, and we all struggled with the gas shortage (high prices) for those several weeks, the idea that this book had long-lasting relevance re-emerged. It seemed that there might actually be an audience for this story -- an audience that can relate to the narrative.
So, out came the manuscript, and up it went onto Lulu.com. It's a work in progress, to be sure, and I'll probably be updating the copy over the coming months, to include factoids and other tasty tidbits. But the bottom line (for now) is, that "Fuel" does need to see the light of day as a printed book. And so it shall.
There's lots to do -- so very much to do -- and I'm going as fast as I can. But the holidays are upon us, I still have shopping to do, and there's the small matter of just leading my daily life, as it comes... taking care of what needs to be done... balancing out life and work and integrating them more fully.
I've been trying to figure out why I've let "Fuel" go for so long. I mean, I wrote it all down in 2000, and since then I've had ample opportunity to edit it and get it out there. I guess I thought that the story of being stranded without any gas wasn't' very relevant, unless you're into travelogues about the English countryside. And there are so many other more interesting topics to talk about...
I mean, I know that we need to explore alternative fuel sources. I know we need to wean ourselves of our dependency on gasoline. I know we only have so much petroleum left in the ground. But it seemed that nobody else was paying attention to this issue, aside from the small groups of alternative energy inventors working in under-funded research labs and garages across the nation (and in Germany).
But when Katrina and Rita hit, and we all struggled with the gas shortage (high prices) for those several weeks, the idea that this book had long-lasting relevance re-emerged. It seemed that there might actually be an audience for this story -- an audience that can relate to the narrative.
So, out came the manuscript, and up it went onto Lulu.com. It's a work in progress, to be sure, and I'll probably be updating the copy over the coming months, to include factoids and other tasty tidbits. But the bottom line (for now) is, that "Fuel" does need to see the light of day as a printed book. And so it shall.
posted by Kay Stoner at 8:53 AM
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