Adam Selzer: King of the Wild Frontier - 3 fun things today

1. Started the new book. I normally try to do 1500 words every morning while I'm working on a rough draft of a novel-length project, but this afternoon it started to snow so I went back to the cafe and brought the opening day tally up to an even 3k. I like to write when it's snowing.

2. Came home and got the copyedited version of "Pirates of the Retail Wasteland" in the mail - this is where they go through with a pen and pick away at the very minute stuff - like "should sally rand be referred to as a stripper? she was more of a nude dancer" and leads me into waxing philosophical on whether "dumbass" should be called the "d word" or the "a word." It's a bit nerve wracking; you end up feeling like your book is being dissected and picked to pieces a word at a time. But it's also fun.

3. Did a "practice photo shoot." Next week or the week after I'll be running a ghost investigation that's going to be covered by - get this - National Geographic. They want a picture of the whole crew looking all nerdy with our equipment.


But this "waiting for news on a book proposal that's out on submit" business simply doesn't get any easier!