New Year’s resolutions - write that book you’ve always been talking about

In the past year, I have published 5 books (most based on history)on Kindle to record the contributions of Irish-Americans and Irish-Born to their adopted country. You can reach me on 236sulis@gmail.com for a free email attachment containing excerpts plus factual short stories including Kennedy's Assassination. Or purchase it on Kindle as "Western Civilization" for 99 cents. That's right, 99 cents. James Francis Smith - Author

Wow, densonone, please lighten up. Yes, writing is hard work, but it's made even harder when one fails to read humor into other people's words. Copy editing isn't easy, either, and for a published article, one should always strive for perfection. I wish you good luck on your rewrite, and future publication, for real.

I think the tacky little comments about copy editing and the writer's last name are totally uncalled for and, well, small minded. Writing is hard work. I know because I'm a recently retired print journalist. Mr. Farragher's post came at just the right time for me. I have a novel that was rejected a lifetime ago (it went to severl committees but didn't make the final cut), and it's been my new year's resolution since that time to rewrite - and resubmit it. Mike, thanks for just the right amount of push for this to be the year that happens.

You can also self publish at ClickBank.com, I have done it through their simple set up. This includes having your own sales page that you can revise as you see results - mine is ginsuman.com and I can do promotion internally or outside this publisher.

Do you need a copy editor, Mr. Farragher? It's Hemingway, with one M. And the correct phrasing is "in the blink of an eye" not "in a blink...", it just reads better. Plus, you've got a couple of run-on sentences in there. LOL...my brain is a compulsory red pen for writers, mea cupla. Write on, indeed.

HOW CAN I WRITE A BOOK WHEN I CAN'T EVEN SAY YOUR LAST NAME? WELL ONCE OPEN A TIME THERE WAS A ODD FELLO BY THE NAME OF MIKE. I HEAR? WHAT WOULD THAT SHELF SAY IF IT COULD SPEAK. GO ON WITH YOU.

Writing your first book is significant.You have achieved something!Mine is on my book shelf next to Triniy and Lion of Ireland.I still look at that shelf and marvel.Very liberating.