I’ve decided not to submit Red Sky to agents or traditional publishers because even if the manuscript is accepted it won’t be out for a long time. Red Sky is a doomsday type book and would relate well to the end of the world date of December 21, 2012. 

For that reason I’m getting Red Sky ready to send to the online publisher, Eat Your Serial. They need a synopsis and sample chapters. Here’s what they say:

Eat Your Serial is a brand new website featuring up and coming writers and their stories in all genres, both fiction and nonfiction.   The idea is simple -  Monday through Friday there will be five unique stories.  Come back the following week, and you get a new chapter, and so on and so forth.  All stories can be read on mobile devices (and coming soon to your e-reader).  Also, through our commenting system we encourage all readers to engage with the stories and their authors.

I chose Eat Your Serial because writers are assigned an editor. And while they only help with grammar, copy, and scheduling, it is nice to have another set of eyes look at the manuscript. 

If Eat Your Serial does accept Red Sky, you can read it for free on their site. There’s also the option to purchase the ebook. They apparently are working on book sales and mobile subscriptions. 

Red Sky Title Page

I printed out my novel Red Sky! It is so cool to actually hold the hard-copy in my hands!

Today was one of those writing days that when I sat down to write the first thing that I thought of was, “What am I going to make for supper?” Good advice is to push on through and write no matter what. Guess I’ll take today off

I have about 25 pages left to edit for this draft then I will have to decide what I want to do with this book. I was thinking of self-publishing but I may send it to an agent instead.

I had to figure out a way for my characters to get around the security fence at the nuclear plant that wasn’t too easy. My current way of getting them into the facility didn’t seem realistic enough. One of my sons gave me the idea using a carpet to lay over the top of an electric fence. I think he saw it in a movie, maybe it was “Fight Club.” Anyway, I have to go back and work it in.

I’ve been fairly close to the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant by walking along the Lake Michigan shore. The Van Buren State Park is right next door and it’s amazing how easy it is to get close to it.