The New Book

Well, it's "finally" done!  Or so I hope.

Pyro-Vortex is now available as a paperback.  Here's the link:

http://www.amazon.com/Pyro-Vortex-Fire-Tornado-Scott-Murray/dp/147525430X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358618383&sr=1-1&keywords=Pyro-Vortex

Literally, it has taken about 15 years for the book to finally 'materialize'.  Yes, I had the E-book available a while back, but it's nothing like being able to hold a "real" book in your hands.  I guess I'm olde fashioned, in that I like the feel and experience of holding and reading a book that is in my hands. 

There's a glitch in the CreateSpace formatting, where the template we use to build a book doesn't convert cleanly to their PDF format.  I tried to communicate that to them, but...  Once I was able to determine what the glitch was, I was able to adapt accordingly to make things work. 

Frustrating. 

But the end justifies the means. 

And it's so cool to be able to tell people that I just ordered 25 of my books!

Now to market the book. 

I took a class this past week on Public Speaking, offered by Joe Sabah of Denver.  He's been holding these classes for over 30 years so I hope he knows what he's talking about.  So with this new information I will be able to start doing some of that.  Most places do not pay for a speaker, but we get "paid" by selling our book(s).  And of course, the more speaking you do, the better you get, and the more you are in demand.  That is, of course, if you've got a subject that interests your audience.  Time will tell. 

I'm also going to set up a Facebook account.  Pray for me.

Y'all take care and keep the rubber side down.

Writing and my books

Where does the time go? 

I was on my vacation the first part of June to Florida.  It was Great!  Having just gotten back from vacation, I didn't take my usual day off.  Then it seemed as though, no sooner had I gotten back, it was time for my son, Terence, to get married.  That weekend was used up with the festivities, et al.  The Boss made a deal with me: If he covered for me to spend time with the family during that week(end), then I was to cover for him while he took a "vacation" and went camping.  That worked for me. 

Now I used the term "vacation" because even though the Boss was gone, he was still having to dispatch the loads.  So even though he was miles away, or so I believe, he still had to put up with me every day and tell me where to go.  Busy week. 

But this week I have Monday and Tuesday nights off.  This is basically only because our day driver is quitting the end of the month (7/31) and then it will only be the Boss and I, again.  So I'm taking advantage of still having another driver to help cover the loads. 

You can't blame him for leaving, what with all the fires we've had in the High Country up by where he lives, and he does have a construction company.  So he's going to go work for himself helping to rebuild that area. 

So I get to do some blogging tonite, and work on my books.

Trucker's Tales, Semi Non-Fiction is now an E-book available on Amazon.com for Kindle, or your computer.  It has been and will continue to be available in paperback and audio CD.

The latest book, Pyro-Vortex (Fire Tornado) is an E-book available on Amazon.com for Kindle, or your computer.  I intend on getting the paperback version done these two days off.  It's a daunting task, in that I really don't know what I am doing, but having an IQ greater than that of a small soap dish does help get things done.  So by the Grace of God and a little bit of luck, I'll get it done. 

Please check out and purchase my books, and spread the word! 

I have a list of things that need to be done before I go back to work on Wednesday.  I'm going to be busy! 

Keep the rubber side down and I'll catch you next time.