Pre-order Leaving the Tribe yet? It's $2.99 until release day, when it will revert to my normal e-book price, $4.99
https://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Tribe-Peg-Herring-ebook/dp/B0DLH8MW3Y
:) Does it look more exciting as a real link? ;)
Pre-orders are rolling in, which means there's reader interest in Leaving the Tribe. I think most of us wonder where we're going as a nation, and my imaged adventure is only one of many possibilities. I don't want to believe that life will be horrible in 20 years, so the book isn't really dystopian. No Mad Max. No Handmaids. Still, I can't help but think it will be very different from what we know now.
Today begins the final pass-through for me. When all the readers and editors are finished, I like to listen to the book, read aloud by my trusty computer. (In "olden times," my mother and I used to read my stuff aloud to each other, taking turns. It always helps to hear the words spoken, to hear the cadences and pick out repetition or awkward phrasing.)
In this last read-through, my goal is to NOT change anything. Authors will tell you we can ALWAYS think of a better way to express some thoughts AFTER we're done. That's one reason I never liked reading my work aloud to audiences. I'd think, "Why did I use that word?" or "I could rearrange that sentence and make it clearer." There has to come a point where a book is done, so this last listen is only to catch a last wrong pronoun or stray comma. Otherwise, it's HANDS OFF, PEG!
In other news, we're still getting snow in northern Michigan, but, dreamers that we are, we bought tomato seeds and potting soil yesterday. It's getting closer to indoor planting time, though outdoor planting is still a long way off.
We put in a much larger garden than two people need, but we both enjoy pottering around in it. Hubby likes to can food as well, so our last year's veggies are only now starting to run out. I made vegetable soup last week with all home-grown ingredients: tomatoes, potatoes, corn, broccoli, green beans, onions, and carrots. My secret ingredient is a jar of home-made salsa for flavoring, along with chicken bouillon. Just as I do with the garden, I always start thinking it will be small, but in the end I have a full Dutch oven. It's okay, because I like it enough to eat it every day for a while.