Wikipedia says novellas can go from 17,500 to 40,000 words, with the most common being 30,000. My publisher, Imajin Books, picked 30,000 words max for her Qwickie line. As a comparison, novels are most commonly 80-90,000 words.
But - it will be FUN. Yes, this author of the dark suspense (Emily Taylor Mysteries and Sweet Karoline, not to mention all those short stories), has written a funny story. Well, I hope you find it funny anyhow. The plot of killing old people at a retirement residence doesn't sound funny, but my character is a spitfire. She's witty and smart and speaks her mind outrageously. A member of The Flower Pots, she's an "old hippy" who still likes to kick back with a spliff or two. Someone you might have met at Woodstock (the original).It's frugal, too, since the novella will cost you about $3.00. Trust me, selling at this price doesn't make or my publisher rich, but it's just so damn satisfying. Of course, if we end up with a million buyers, we'd be just fine, but that's not something I expect. (Luckily, neither does my publisher.)
Pretty good price for something that will make you LOL and with characters you will remember.
Written on the little laptop pictured to the left!
The launch of UP CHIT CREEK happens Saturday, May 2, 2015.
May 2 Be Up Chit Creek?
You are personally invited to dive right in. How can you do that? Let me count the ways!
You are personally invited to dive right in. How can you do that? Let me count the ways!
1.
In person. Come to a panel discussion and the
book launch at The Brantford Public Library, Main Branch, 173 Colborne St.,
Brantford, at 2 p.m. on May 2. Open House at our place afterward.
2.
Online! Download a copy of the e-novella through
any of these links. You can do this right now. You’ll get the book on May 2.
You can order on May 2 or after May 2. The Tooth will set you free.
3.
If you don’t have an ereader, download it onto
your computer and wait until you do. Tell me you downloaded it and in goes your
name for a free paperback when (if) I get one.
4.
You want an autographed copy? You can have your
ebooks authorgraphed right here: https://www.authorgraph.com
UP CHIT CREEK
No
one is surprised that “nosy Rosie” is the one who finds poor Mr. Hummel in the
garden. The surprise is the knife in his back. Nothing like this has ever
happened in Chittendom Creek, let alone at the ReVisions Retirement Residence.
When the oldies start dropping like flies, it’s Kira Callahan to the rescue.
To
solve the murder, Kira enlists the assistance of her friends, The Flower
Pots—so named due to their past and present semi-legal activity. But Kira is up
Chit Creek when a final ingenious plan to capture the killer almost ends with a
victim close to her heart.
Amazon/Kindle:
Kobo:
Google Play:
Smashwords doesn’t have pre-orders, so on or after May 2:
Other Dates for In Person Visits can be found right here: http://www.amazon.com/Catherine-Astolfo/e/B005PWZ6D4
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