Notificazation
Part 7 of *Hitch Hike* tomorrow, and — if all goes smoothly — Part 8 *and* Part 2 of *The Ballad* on Friday.
Saturday and Sunday will finish off *Hitch Hike* and leave me free and clear to concentrate on *The Ballad* and get back into the grind of novel 2nd drafting. I’ll be happy when this 2nd Draft is over. Then I can let my editorial types do what they do and just polish. I’m more than a little proud of *The Crumbler* but I really don’t like novel writing. I’m going to concentrate on short fiction until or unless the novel sells. If it does sell, I’ll probably start another because that’s where the money is, in all honesty. Hopefully, novel #2 will be a bit easier. Knowing me, though, I’ll tackle some ridiculously ambitious insanity and tie myself in knots for years.
We’ll see.
When *Hitch Hike* is done and polished, I’m going to publish an illustrated edition on lulu.com. My brother is going to do the artwork. Each chapter will have one black and white pen n’ ink illo, and the book will have painted front and back covers. I’m still investigating formats. Including the illustrations, at a standard 350 words per page, the book would only run about 55 pages which is on the way shortish side for what lulu would cost with binding fee and etc. tossed in. Their comic book format might be cheaper. I’ll keep ya’ll posted.
