Welcome to the Heibel Media Newsletter 
October 2014   


It's definitely fall with the colors on the trees and cold nip in the air.  But that's not why I'm shivering.  We're less than a month away from the launch of Reunion on November 4.  I'm taking pre-orders so I know how many books to get for the initial printing.  The book will be available as an ebook, softcover and hardcover print editions.  I'm so excited to see this book come to fruition.  I'm also nervous to see how it's received.  

I received one response to a call for a Writers/Readers Group and this month I'm putting a call out to fellow writers with at least one self-published book.  Having trouble marketing?  I'm putting together a marketing group of authors who want to market their books.  I have some ideas that may work.  A start up meeting will be held Wednesday October 22 at 2 p.m. at WorkShoots.  Call or email me for details.

September closed out with Reunion finished and When Love Breaks Down, a two year project finished a first draft.  The new pages have slowed down considerably but as of this writing I have first drafts of FIVE new short stories that will debut in Will You Please Listen, Please a collection of short stories slated for 4.14.15.

Speaking of short stories, I am dropping the free short stories on the website for the time being.  I can't produce them fast enough to keep up and I want the book Will You Please Listen, Please to have some stories no one has seen or will see outside the book.  However, this month, I'm publishing an excerpt of Reunion.

Next month is November and the the return of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo).  The goal is to write 50,000 word novel in November.  I'll start a new book Nov. 1 at 12:01 a.m.

So much more going on!  Read on!



Edition 15
In this issue
Book Launch and Signing
Digital Collection
Michigan Authors Night
Purchase Reunion
Library Collection
Write 365 Initiative Progress Report
Writing 500k Words Update
As I Write Blog Update
What's Ahead in October
Links to All Heibel Media Sites
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REUNION  BOOK LAUNCH & SIGNING OPEN HOUSE
Pre-Order Your Copy to Guarantee You Get It

Meet the Author, Pick Up Your Book and have it signed!
Tuesday November 4, 2014 
4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
@
WorkShoots, 1348 Front Ave. NW
Grand Rapids

More than 30 years ago I wrote a novel titled Stranger on the Beach.  I've since revised and updated it and called it Reunion.  

The novel tells the tale of Pam Candleson and husband Ron.  The story begins five years in the past when Pam, then Pam Mondy, leaves her abusive husband Ray to start a new life with Ron who leaves his wife and two kids behind.  After confronting her husband, he dies in a terrible manner.

Front Cover of Reunion

In present day, Steve Thorndyke is a young man who travels back and forth from the Void between life and death.  He travels there to help a boyhood friend only to be possessed by Ray Mondy's spirit.  Ray is hell bent on revenge against his wife and her lover for his death.  Ray escapes Steve and disappears.

Six months later, Ray resurfaces at Bay Haven State Park when Ron and Pam show up there for a vacation reunion with Ron's two children, now teenagers.  Steve also resurfaces there in the hopes that he can thwart the terrible vengeance Ray has in store for the unwitting Candlesons.

Ray escalates the terrorizing of the Candleson's to an unforgettable climactic ending.


Purchase the Digital Collection and you'll receive Reunion IMMEDIATELY!  Order my other books and we'll have them waiting for you at the book launch!


 
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 Get ALL my stories and books in digital form for $15!  

 
 

I am offering a digital collection of my three published works and two forthcoming works to people who want all my stories in digital form.  For $15 which includes sales tax, you get all my current unpublished short stories and FIVE BOOKS!  So what does that cover?

Books:  Overture to Rain, New Blood, Termination Notice and Reunion (coming 11.4.14), and Will You Please Listen, Please a collection of short stories (coming 4.14.15 )

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, At the Intersection, The Wind in the Wires, Wind in the Wires Revisited, When Monsters Die, When Monsters Die Revisited, The Glass Man more to be added!

This is an incredible bargain and will allow me to continue to self-publish and provide high quality stories to you!   

To purchase a digital collection click on this link : HEIBEL MEDIA BOOK STORE   
Kent District Library Presents:
Michigan Authors Night

Noir crime, faith and baseball, Czechoslovakian communism and Michigan wine. Local authors Aric Davis, Charles Honey, John Kozak and Rick Sigsby will sign, sell and read passages from their books. 

Thursday, October 16
East Grand Rapids Branch Library
746 Lakeside Dr. SE, East Grand Rapids, MI   49506
 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

And stay tuned for details on my appearance in the 
January 2015 Michigan Authors Night
 at the Cascade Branch Library
  

Purchase
Reunion, Overture to Rain and 
Termination Notice
soft cover print editions for just $30!  Save $5
Overture to Rain Front Cover


Add the 5 Book Digital Collection for $5 more!   Save $10 New Blood Front Cover

Digital Collection includes
New Blood and the 4.14.15 release of
Will You Please Listen, Please


  

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Two Books by Author Lawrence Heibel
Now Available at Kent District Library Branches!


Overture to Rain and Termination Notice are stocked by the Kent District Library system in Kent County!  The Cascade Branch Library and Kentwood Branch Libraries are carrying my two books in their Local Authors collections.  You can now check out my first two books at no cost through your Kent District Library or Lakeland Branch Library.

If you don't use the Kentwood or Cascade branches you can order the book through your library or online through Kent District Library or follow this link:  KDL Author Search Heibel
 write365

 Write 365 Initiative  2014-15 Progress Update!

 
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 9/30/14) summary of everything I've written since I started this on April 11, 2014:

Met Goal Initiative 100%:  173 Days Completed Successfully of 173 Days!


 

1,012 New Pages Written Total!


 

348,326 Words Written 


 

Novels: 954 new pages total 
  • When Love Breaks Down:  723 new 1st draft pages written and FIRST DRAFT DONE!
  • The Metal Saga (Working Title): 231 new 1st draft pages written and FIRST DRAFT DONE!


Short Stories: 58 new pages total  

 

  • Spilled Cereal 6 pgs.  Awaiting Final Edit
  • Wind in the Wires Revisited 11 pgs.  Finished
  • When Monsters Die Revisited 8 pgs.  Finished
  • Alone at Last 4 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • A Night Without Television 11 pgs.   1st Draft Completed
  • Small Talk 18 pgs.   1st Draft Completed

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 Writing 500,000 Words in 2014

As of Sept. 30

 

Total Words to Date: 348,326      Words Left to Write 151,674

 

                      Short of Goal by 25,647 words    

   

Novels: 318,249 new words written total 
  • When Love Breaks Down: 196,115 Words
  • Metal Harvest: 122,134 Words   1st Draft Finished

Short Stories: 30,077 new words written total 
  • Letting Go:  4,365 Words 
  • Bed Wetting:  1,440 Words
  • The Happiness Bug:  4.124 Words
  • At the Intersection: 1,926 Words  
  • The Glass Man:  1,575 Words
  • Spilled Cereal: 1,438 Words
  • Wind in the Wires Revisited:  2,851 Words
  • When Monsters Die Revisited:  2,040 Words
  • Alone at Last: 1,050 Words
  • A Night Without Television: 2,917 Words
  • Small Talk: 6,351 Words
     

See the Month to Month Summary of the 500K goal.  Follow this link to  www.heibelmedia.com
 blog

 As I Write:  My Blog  

 

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.

Here are the topics from August:

Click on a topic to go there.

  

You can get to the blog via the Heibel Media website or easier yet this link:   heibelmedia.blogspot.com 

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 What's Ahead in October?    

   


Short Stories:
  • Finish Spilled Cereal  
  • Write a handful more stories
     
Novels:
  • Read through Metal Harvest  and outline the story
  • Prepare Outline of Book 2 of Metal Saga

     
Write 365 Goal:  50,000 words written to bring deficit down by 7,500 words
 
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