Ep. 344: Will She Like It?

Bookbinding I made the spine different from the front and back covers. Before last week, it had been about five years or more since I did a quarter binding. For some reason, it was quite stressful.   The front cover also has the title. Adjusting the printer, book cloth, and position was an added stress, so the entire book seemed to be a stress-festival. But I accomplished it and felt good about that (finishing it, not the stress). Fiction In fiction, The Madrid Mariposa Murder Mystery continues to be available for your (short) reading pleasure. It comes in at about 60 pages and is full of suspense, conspiracy, and redemption (plus, spoiler alert: some domestic, physical, and fatal violence). Having finished and published The Madrid Mariposa Murder Mystery, (available here), I’ve been writing on Dmitry the Scavenger. Avoiding, bribing, and using his charm, he dealt with soldiers on both sides of the war and has arrived in Odessa. He must now seek his ‘friend’ who will arrange a ship to take him to Sicily. He wants to go to a town on the southeast coast of Sicily called Noto, famous for its baroque architecture and wine. Dmitry wants to work in the wine industry, perhaps starting his own brand (?) Talkies / Flicks This week we have the partial making of the book I mentioned in the Bookbinding section of this blog. It is only partial because, as in last week’s video, I was more nervous and stressed out about making sure the book was cased in properly than filming it.  There’s a full narration about what I’m doing and sometimes why I’m doing it for your listening pleasure. I try to explain the stress of getting the title on the cover. I used about six pages of computer paper adjusting and testing fonts. Fortunately, the printer didn’t eat the book cloth when it printed it out.  Books The newest of my novels available for purchase at Apple, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo is The Madrid Mariposa Murder Mystery. Domestic violence is met with violence, a conspiracy, and escape.  Joe and Carmen Marsh set out to defend one of Carmen’s brother’s employees who is accused of murder. Her defense? Her husband was a domestic abuser, hitting her often, and drinking too much. What Joe and Carmen discover shakes everyone’s lives.   Apple Barnes & Noble Kobo