Caffeine IVPOSTED APR 5, 2011

Writing a novel is a ton of work. Among this work is reading it back to yourself dozens of times (is it worded right? where are the typos? how can this be stronger?), so that by the end of a year+ the words are a soup flying around in your head 24/7. You almost promise yourself you'll never read it again... but then you do. (oh no... missed typos!)

I recently gave my book its first cover-to-cover read in over a year. I still feel it has great potential. Fortunately, so did Grace Bridges from Splashdown Books, who I signed with over the weekend. Lord willing, Caffeine will go into print sometime this fall.

Between myself and the publisher, Caffeine will now see some edits. The story will not fundamentally change, but there are little things that could be rewritten... a sentence here... a paragraph there. Now, with the help of other writers, the fourth version (IV) of my manuscript can be made stronger. (The 2009 e-book is based on the third version, for which I was the only editor.)

My own plans (subject to change) include a new cover and bonus material for the commercial version, such as a glossary for what "statick" and "wheeled" mean anyway (darned kids and their 22nd century slang! *shakes hover-cane*). The non-commercial version will be re-released to reflect changes in the story and tell readers how to buy a print copy, if they want to. Existing e-books, posted on other websites under the Creative Commons license, will not be effected.

If you haven't read Caffeine, you can download it now . And please let me know what you think. I've started a Facebook Page for this project: "Caffeine IV" . By liking this page, you can receive updates about Caffeine's print debut and help me improve the final, definitive version of Caffeine.

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