Leaving Cleveland ©2022 a fictional memoir

Change in the Weather, Change in the Title…

New cover, What do you think?

As you can see it has been almost a year since I announced the completion of my fictional memoir ” Leaving Cleveland.” What am I up to? Well, as one literary agent expressed ” You are a good writer and this is a good story and we would be interested in representing you BUT……you are not famous, yet.” He was absolutely right. Not to be deterred, I decided to go the self-publishing route. I am have researching the best way and have learned a lot about self-publishing and publishing on demand. The more I have learned the clearer it became that for this book it is the best way. I have been in contact with BookBaby and have gotten all their info and costs. I will be also applying for a grant through the college I teach photography , Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. They award grants to help their faculty complete projects they are working on. If I do receive the grant, the wheels will be in motion and I hope to have this book out by early fall, just in time for the holiday season.

If you have been following my posts you will also notice that I have changed the title to Leaving Cleveland. When you follow the upcoming posts and read the book will make more sense. So please sign up for notices of new posts and tell your friends. If you are new to this blog , you can read some of the entries, although I will be submitting more entries in each new post as I keep you up to date with my experience of self publishing. I have also made a slight change to the cover, let me know what you think and if you have any suggestions. See if you can guess what the story is about by the cover….My goal is to post once a week and as things start to getting closer to publishing date even more.

What is Kickstarter and why am I putting myself through all this stress? 25 Days to Go….

the young photographer

Kickstarter is a platform that allows creatives the financial means to launch their project.

Rules:

The creator sets an amount and has 30 days to raise the capitol. If the goal is not met, NO MONEY will be exchanged. The creator has to turn else where to raise the funds. It is that simple.

One person asked me ” why don’t you just find a publisher?” If that person only knew how difficult it is to find one, especially if you are not famous ( I am ok with that) So I feel this book #Leaving Cleveland (click on the name to find out more), that I worked on for the last 10 years would have a better chance to be out in the world if I self-publish ( I am a bit of control freak). If I get funded I will be working with BookBook Baby to publish the book as a hardback; softbound and digital.

I truly believe in this book, and this will answer a lot of questions I have gotten through my career and life in a fun and exciting way in an Epic Adventure.

So please take a look at my KICKSTARTER CAMPAIGN AND DONATE TODAY SO I CAN GET SOME SLEEP.

CLICK ON THIS LINK : LEAVING CLEVELAND

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