Kindle gets Gone (a novel by Sam Proof)

Hey Folks,

So the day has arrived! over the weekend I uploaded my file to amazon’s kindle store and now, today it’s finally been processed.

Yes folks, you can now purchase and read my first Novel length publication, Gone!

The print edition will follow shortly, in the next week or so. I still have to go over the formatting choices, then actually take the time to format it. Do a new cover and a few other things.

I hope to get this version up by this coming weekend.

It’s a pretty busy week for me, with an improv show tonight, and hosting/getting things ready for a concert on Thursday (Both free events to people in LA)

BTW – if you Don’t have a kindle, and don’t want to wait for the Print version – well guess what, there’s a free Kindle App for nearly every platform out there! (Click here)

The Print version is coming, hopefully I’ll get it done and up this weekend (takes a lot more reformatting then the kindle version). I gotta tell you, I’m stupid excited right now.

Dust Off That Book Shelf, I’m back

I’ve gotta keep on myself to update things. I often let some website/project/etc fall to the waist side as something else over takes my life. In this case it was pretty much just life itself. Well Work life, social life, etc.

yes I like saying etc. today.

The Path to Publications videos are coming back

Recently a few people have contacted me asking about them, talking about them in general, etc (see). So you guys got it back in my head. I need to make those videos. I’m going to try cranking them out on my original schedule of every other Sunday. Starting this coming Sunday.

It really helps motivate me when you guys are talking about something.

So please leave comments, email me or…. (you though I was gonna say etc didn’t you?)

Join up to the new Path to Publication group I started on http://samproof.ning.com

http://samproof.ning.com/group/Ptop

You’ll need to sign up, create an account and then join the PtoP group. But it’s all free. if you’re unfamiliar with ning, it’s a niche oriented version of myspace. A myspace builder if you will, so I did. So please come on by create an account join the PtoP group and start meeting your fellow writers. Share links, stories, etc. (yay I did it again).

Future blog entries and episodes of the video series I want to start reviewing more websites, services and things you want to know about. Much like the video I did about POD (Path to Publication : Print on Demand (POD)).

So go to the ‘Path to Publication‘ thread and drop any links to things you’d like me to review on the PtoP

Drop links to your own websites, writings, etc on the ‘Your Links’ Your Links

Or Add a new Discussion

So get in there and start talking to other writers, ask me questions, and etc your little hearts out!

and a new PtoP video coming Sunday!

Stay Strong

-Sam

Fade In

So Script Frenzy is coming in 2 hours, well even less than that. I’ve made a point to not actually write a single thing. I know people have been already outlining things, writing character descriptions things like that. but I really want to see what can be done in a month. In All honesty I’m counting on a somewhat quick then stalled start.

I’m going to start with writing a rough concept. My first day will not even be a page of work. I’m planning on 3 sentences to sum up the story. I haven’t even begun to think about them. I know the movie I want to write, don’t get me wrong. I’ve been thinking about it for a while and thankfully the video watching community was on the same track as me with the Sci-Fi genre closely followed by action/adventure.

And so it goes come midnight I’ll be writing a concept my friend Zack and I came up with Lobster Wars. well, Lobster Vaws! cause everything is better in a German accent. That and there’s some show about lobster fishers with the same name. But seriously… what do you want to see people opening lobster cages or Giant Fucking Robotic Lobsters fighting Mutant Lobsters!

I think we all know the right choice.

Seriously.

Oh yea I started a blog devoted to the concept at http://lobstervaws.wordpress.com
There’s a bunch more pictures and more to come. I’ll be talking about the creation process here and then posting things like chunks of text and pictures in that blog. So anyone not so interested in the writing side of things, can just go watch that section for awesome lobster action!

anyway back to the plan of attack for Script Frenzy. So with the goal of 100 pages, 25 pages a week, 3.33 pages a day… or something. Here’s my plan of attack for the first week.

Week 1

• Step 1 – three sentences to explain the beginning, climax and end of the story
• Step 2 – write a short 2 to 3 pages story in normal prose to explore the story further, following loosely the hero’s journey concept.
• Step 3- break previous writing in to scenes and format in Final Draft

and that’s basically it. I’m sort of not counting on getting a lot of writing done until this weekend, and then just Friday night and primarily Saturday where I’ll be hosting a write out at Solar de Cahuenga in Hollywood from 3 to 6pm for anyone local.

So that’s phase one of my script Frenzy plan of attack.

Duck, Duck, Duck, Goose

I’ve finally gotten off my ass and started sending out query letters again, about 16 so far and it’s been a lot and a lot of this:

Sorry, I’m not the right agent for this one. Thanks for asking, though, and good luck publishing your work.

and

Dear Author:

Thank you so much for sending the Nelson Literary Agency your query.

We’d like to apologize for the impersonal nature of this standard rejection letter. Rest assured that we do read every query letter carefully and, unfortunately, this project is not right for us.

Because this business is so subjective and opinions vary widely, we recommend that you pursue other agents. After all, it just takes one “yes” to find the right match.

Good luck with all your publishing endeavors.

But then sometimes, a door opens. (sigh of slight relief).

Dear Mr. Proof,

Thank you for thinking of me. I’d be happy to see your first severeal
chapters. Would you please send by regular mail? I look forward to the
read.

So this weekend I’ll be sending out the first several chapters of my novel. Any guess as to how many chapters several is I don’t know. But since my chapters tend to run short, I’m thinking the first 50 some pages give or take.