{"id":902,"date":"2016-03-01T11:24:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rolledscroll.com\/news\/?p=902"},"modified":"2016-03-01T11:50:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T18:50:01","slug":"wet-thaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rolledscroll.com\/news\/archives\/902","title":{"rendered":"WET THAW"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WET<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 WET THAW<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Isn’t this a cool book cover?<\/p>\n

The art issues from the paintbrush of talented Lorenda Harder<\/a> and is meant to entice readers, of course. But my\u00a0little, two-story ebook is\u00a0so cheap (under a buck U.S.)\u00a0that I wonder if it will just melt into the massive pool of other cool-looking books.<\/p>\n

I had to put a price on it for Amazon browsers wanting a quick taste of my style. But my real intent in publishing\u00a0this very brief book was as a free gift<\/strong><\/em> I can send those interested in subscribing to my email newsletter<\/a>.\u00a0This short email\u00a0will appear quarterly or so–just a catch-up to let interested friends know what’s going on in my writing life and to offer other\u00a0fun, free\u00a0things<\/em> that I dream up (mailable art or antique hankies–something surprising).<\/p>\n

I’m quite proud about\u00a0getting through the Kindle publishing process, as I don’t consider myself technologically savvy. (I hear my children snorting at this understatement.) It certainly challenged the little grey cells and offered all the potential for a real flop. I had to design and upload the cover, ensure the stories were worthy, decide on a publication date to coincide with my first newsletter (that was a whole other<\/em>\u00a0challenge!), convert the document\u00a0into a couple of different formats, and preview, edit, tinker . . . It took a while.<\/p>\n

In the story “Wet”<\/strong> Beth faces a life-changing decision when she returns to the rainy island of the childhood home she abandoned as a troubled teen. In “Thaw”<\/strong> two touring girlfriends from radically different traditions experience the haunting atmosphere of Istanbul under the rare cover of snow. Check out a few reader reviews here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I’m pleased with the result–a gift to send\u00a0interested friends. Are you interested? If so, do subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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