Saturday, March 26, 2011

My novel and four more

After my 'forever' singing gig, I decided to devote my September hours to my teenage passion, writing.
So after publishing stories in local and national magazines and getting a scholarship to SF State in creative writing which landed me my teaching position, I purchased a split personality and went off and worked in radio as a jazz host, got a few doctorates, two Master's degrees, opened a private practice, metal detected beaches, sold metal detectors, began a literary agent and sold over forty five books to major publishers like Random House, and continued teaching, etc, I decided to go forward and commit to writing each day for the rest of my days. As a result, I have finished first drafts of three novels and have started a fourth. An earlier novel, ITCH, has been published and you can get it on Amazon.com. I am pleased at the robust response but I am not where I want to be as a novelist. Oh, I forgot, while performing my split personality in day to day activities, I published two other books, one under the name of Sydney Harriet and the other under the name of Syd Harriet. Who am I? You tell me.
Anyway, I hope to share with you what I learned from this journey I have started and tell you all that I am learning about the paradigm shift in publishing. It ain't like it used to be. It's going digital. Filmmakers who had to depend on Hollywood to have a shot at getting their film distributed, no longer need do that, thanks to software and computers. So too with authors who can publish and compete with the big companies and not be shut out from getting published. It's exciting and it will allow so many unsung heroes to tell their stories like the one I told in ITCH. Lost love, lost friends, lost everything and yet the protagonist, Luck, can still see the joke of it all. Want to give it a shot? Here: http://www.amazon.com/ITCH-A-Novel-ebook/dp/B004HW6E8E.
Let me know what you think and let me know if you have any questions. Ask me something and I'll answer with a question and then another. It's the 'oxymoron' in me. Soon more. Much more. All that you wanted to know about my core. When I find out, I shall reveal..........

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