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Welcome to the Heibel Media Newsletter
February 2014 Are you feeling those winter doldrums Michigan and other snow state readers? It's had quite an impact on me as I've not been as prolific as usual, but I'm still writing and still focused on my new year's goals.
So read on and enjoy my stories!
Edition 6
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New Short Story Baby Blues Revisited Now Available
Here is the sixth free short story available to email subscribers for free! And it comes with a bonus story! In 1990, after my first son was born, I wrote a story looking at doubts and fears from a new fathers perspective. In 2014, I wrote a new story, same narrator, 21 years later than the first story taking a look at a father's doubts and fears as his son is grown and on his own.
I included both stories, (Baby Blues is published in my book, Termination Notice), because I thought it's interesting that a new fathers perspective can be similar to a father who has raised a child into adulthood. I encourage you to email family and close friends with a link to the story and encourage them to join my email contact list.
I would love to have some feedback and reaction to the story for posting on Facebook and my website. Email me at lawrence@heibelmedia.com with your comments or leave comments on my Heibel Media Facebook PageCLICK HERE FOR ALL MY FREE STORIES AND EXCERPTS! ( Baby Blues Revisited will be here Tuesday February 4. ) If you want to read it now, click here to download it before everyone else!
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Coming in March!
Letting Go
Letting Go is March's short story release.
This first person narrative is by a middle aged, well-to-do bachelor who finds love fluctuates with the seasons, especially when finding new love means letting go of past loves.
The story will be released on Tuesday March 4.
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Get ALL my stories and books in digital form for $14.95!
I am offering a digital story subscription to people who want all my stories in digital form. For $14.95 plus sales tax, you get all my current stories and every story I publish through December 2014. So what does that cover?
Books: Overture to Rain, New Blood, Termination Notice and Reunion (coming Summer 2014), and Will You Please Listen, Please (coming in late 2014)
Stories: 30 Day Notice; Ugly People; Will You Please Listen, Please; The Bird Who Wouldn't Fly; The Woman Who Refused to Die, When Did We Get Old?, Baby Blues Revisited, Letting Go, Bed Wetting
This is an incredible bargain and will allow me to continue to self-publish and provide high quality stories to you!
To purchase a subscription follow this link to the Heibel Media Bookstore
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Every Tuesday and Friday at 10:30 a.m. I post an article about writing. It may be what I'm working on or something about stories and writing in general. It's a fun and interesting look at how a writer looks at things. I'm looking for people to read the blog, comment on the articles and follow my blog.
Please get the word out to family and friends who might be interested. You can get to the blog via the Heibel Media website or easier yet this link: heibelmedia.blogspot.com
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The Write 365 Initiative is a year-long project of mine to write at least 1 new page of fiction every single day for a year. I keep a chart that is updated weekly on the website of my progress. Follow this link to see the chart and read about the progress of all my stories: http://heibelmedia.com/asiwrite365.html
Here is an up to date (as of 1/29/14) summary of everything I've written since I started this on April 11, 2013:
Met Goal Initiative 294 of 294 Days!
Novels: 1,092 new pages total
- Reunion: 57 new pages of a complete update of my 1982 draft
- Untitled: 619 new 1st draft pages written
- The Metal Saga (Working Title): 416 new 1st draft pages written
Short Stories: 141 new pages total
- 30-Day Notice: Published
- Ugly People: Published
- Will You Please Listen, Please: Published
- The Bird Who Wouldn't Fly: Published
- The Woman Who Refused to Die: Published
- When Did We Get Old: First Draft Completed
- Baby Blues Revisited: Publishing Feb. 4
- Letting Go: First Draft and First Revision Completed
- Bed Wetting: First Draft and First Revision Completed
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Writing 500,000 Words in 2014
Total Words to Date: 100,000 Words Left to Write 472,851
Novels: 21,344 new words written total
- Untitled Contemporary Drama: 2,462 Words
- The Metal Saga (Working Title): 18,882 Words
Short Stories: 5,805 new words written total
- Letting Go: 4,365 Words
- Bed Wetting: 1,440 Words
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phone: 616-350-9210
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