Hard to Put a Book Down
@just4him (317250)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
June 12, 2018 2:34pm CST
I know some of you are readers, and when a good book grabs you, you just need to keep reading.
That's what I've been doing most of the morning, minus the two hour nap I took, and washing the kitchen floor, preparatory for tomorrow's housing inspection.
Although this book is my own. The story is darn good, if I do say so myself, while I work on the story, making it better. It too is a finished novel, approximately 17 years old, as I finished it when the towers came down. I remember working on it when I heard that news. This one is called Wilderness Challenge. It's part of a group of first five books I wrote back in the late 90's and early 2000's. It's those five books I intend to get published, now that the series is finished and published.
I'll also be working on completing several others. I've also been giving some thought to this year's NaNo project. Given I'm not working to publish at the time, that is. November is still a long ways off. Though with as fast as time flies, it could be here tomorrow.
For now, I'm taking a break from reading and editing, making lunch as my stomach is telling me I need to eat, and will interact here for a bit to see what you've been up to since I was here earlier this morning.
The weather is in the 80's I think, humid definitely, and looks like rain. It's in the forecast, but I don't know if it's actually going to rain here. We need it. The grass has patches of brown showing up.
That's what I've been up to. How about you? What's your day been like? Thanks for reading.
The picture is one I found on Pixabay and considering for the cover of the book. I'm not certain yet though.
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Jun 18
@marguicha This one is about a young woman who wants to get away from everyone and live where no one will ever hurt her again. She has a lot to learn, living almost completely in isolation, with only a ranger station nearby.
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Jun 18
@MALUSE It's about a person who wants to get away from everyone and live alone, with no one around. She almost gets her opportunity. There's a ranger station nearby. The only people she interacts with as little as possible. She has a lot to learn about living alone, and dealing with her past.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
12 Jun 18
@just4him Living isolated can be a hard lesson
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jun 18
It's been a long while since a read a book in one sitting. Usually the books I read are thick and take time. Then again, mine aren't slim, but tend to be on the thicker side, so even in the proofing and editing, it takes time to get through them.
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jun 18
@Hannihar I did once when I was a kid. I remember reading it in summer, and the theme of the book was winter. I was startled when I finished that there wasn't a blizzard going on outside. That's how into the book I was. It was July when I read it. Obviously, no snow in July, especially in Wisconsin.
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@andriaperry (117130)
• Anniston, Alabama
13 Jun 18
I love to read. I always have a book for waiting room or before bed nightly.
You must make good money will all the books you have published.
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@AlisaTR (936)
• Trinidad And Tobago
13 Jun 18
Nice! I would love to read your books 
I do know what it's like to get lost in reading though. That's when I truly admire the author... if he or she could transport into a completely new world so that I can literally walk alongside the protagonists and see and feel what he or she sees and feels.
With reference to what you said about reading your own work, I agree with @porwest, it can be exciting but it can also be difficult. I tend to want to do a LOT of editing. 
Today is a working day for me.
I do know what it's like to get lost in reading though. That's when I truly admire the author... if he or she could transport into a completely new world so that I can literally walk alongside the protagonists and see and feel what he or she sees and feels.
With reference to what you said about reading your own work, I agree with @porwest, it can be exciting but it can also be difficult. I tend to want to do a LOT of editing.
Today is a working day for me.2 people like this
@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jun 18
Thank you. Yes, writing is all about editing. At least it seems like it. Getting the story written is the easy part. Getting it edited and revised so you have a good story from the rough draft it was, is work, but fun work, some challenging, especially when I'm doing the research and can't find what I'm looking for, but that too is fun. I love the whole writing process. So, it's always good to hear when people love to read.
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
12 Jun 18
I love to read but it has to be online ones for english as there are far and few books in English at hand over in this side of the country.
Hey I am really glad that you are going to get it all published then.
Please let us know about all that too.
They sound exciting to read as well.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
13 Jun 18
@just4him
Its a case of I do that or nothing.
The most decent place for books is miles away and they are not novels they are student´s books really.
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jun 18
@lovinangelsinstead21 They're still books.
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Jun 18
Thank you. I have four books published - a series. The book mentioned here, I'm going to try to publish next year. I'm working on another right now, that I just got back from a friend who was proofing it, that I hope to publish this summer.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
13 Jun 18
Can you believe I had a shock when you wrote "17 years old,... when the towers came down.". I did not realize that it happened so long ago. I have read below a little more about the content of your book and it is a very good interesting plot.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
13 Jun 18
the house in the picture is so typical of a house in a forest. good Wednesday, morning, my time.
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@porwest (92404)
• United States
13 Jun 18
It is a lot of fun sometimes to go back and read something you have written several years ago. It can be difficult though as well, so I applaud you for enjoying it so much. I tend to want to edit and I might be very self critical of my writing even when it is good.
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
13 Jun 18
The hard part of going back and looking at what I wrote 17 years ago, is what was technologically current at the time. With so much progress in those 17 years, I tend to want to update the technology as well. Sometimes it works, but not always.
Thank you. Yes, I am my own worst critic when it comes to editing, which is why I go through an edit so many times before I'm satisfied with it and it's ready for the publishing route.
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@just4him (317250)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
15 Jun 18
@porwest The first stories I wrote were historical. I love historical fiction, and am thinking about doing another historical one for the upcoming NaNoWriMo in November. Though, at this point I don't know if I'm going to participate in the contest this year. I'm working at getting two books published this year, and that takes time.
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@porwest (92404)
• United States
15 Jun 18
@just4him Still, I like stories set in older periods. I think in many ways it serves as a reminder of simpler times. Even 17 years ago was much more complicated than 17 years before it, it was much simpler than today. If that makes sense.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
12 Jun 18
Hi Valerie. Books just melt my heart. Until now I am awake. But I had a great Tuesday doing some shopping with my husband.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
13 Jun 18
@just4him Thank you, Valerie. It was refreshing to go outside and enjoy the day. Yes, those books are my chance to imagine and be free. 
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@lovebuglena (44713)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jun 18
There have been times in the past where I've read a book in one sitting. Doesn't happen these days but it took only a few days to read some books, which is great. The less time it takes to read a book the more books I can read before the end of the year.
If you can't put your own book down that is a good sign. Hopefully, readers feel the same way.
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@lovebuglena (44713)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Jun 18
@just4him That's great. Definitely, what you want to hear.
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@aninditasen (16505)
• Raurkela, India
13 Jun 18
I like reading too but presently I am on a holiday or religious trip to Bhubaneswar & Puri.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
13 Jun 18
I love reading also but I don't read so often , I don't have much time to do it now..
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
13 Jun 18
@just4him yes, I sometimes read Bible also
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