Hi All,

Last month, I mentioned Reedsy’s Discovery and how they were “launching” my book on October 21. That didn’t happen. Because the reviewer I requested did not follow through, and since no one else has volunteered to review it, they have pushed me off to November 20 for the launch. I remain unreviewed, which means I don’t have a rating. I rather despair of that happening at this point.

Don’t get me wrong, Reedsy is a great site, full of useful information and instruction. I still plan to use it when I launch my next book. A Vacant Throne was not properly launched. Actually, not launched at all, simply published on Amazon. A proper launch takes months to plan, involving advance readers (ARC’s), email lists, etc. That will be my next learning curve.

For a quick overview of how to do a book launch, check this article from Fiverr, another site not to be overlooked.

Another thought, before I go, about the synopsis. When we submit to agents for representation, most will want a synopsis of the story. Creating a synopsis after you have written the book, whittling it down to a page or two, is drudgery.  There is a solution. Write the synopsis concurrently with writing your book. There is a huge bonus in doing this. You now have a running summary of your book, which you can look at, objectively, and say, “Gees, nothing happened in these last four chapters. What am I doing?” It can serve as a guidepost to your writing creativity.

OK, the synopsis you will create will be much longer than the synopsis you will eventually submit, but now you have something to work with. I am doing this with my current work, The Three Spheres (working title). I am at 4500 words, and the synopsis is 200 words. So it goes.

Thanks so much for reading my ramblings.

Charles K.