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Welcome to the Heibel Media Newsletter

May 2015

On April 10, 2013 I reached a milestone birthday. FIFTY! The very next day I started a commitment to write a single new page of fiction every day. I have not missed a day in two years!

This year on April 10, my 52nd birthday saw the successful closure of my 2nd Annual Write 365 Initiative. The very next day I started the 3rd Annual Write 365 Initiative and the 1st ReWrite 365 Initiative. I'm 100% on both with the ReWrite goal of rewrite a single page per day off to a 100% start and over reaching my goals.

So this newsletter I'll record the final results of the 2nd Write 365 including a look at what was accomplished in that two years.

How many of you are in a book club? I have an offer you'll be interested in for book clubs so follow that story below.

Thanks for your support!

Edition 21

In this issue

Book Club Deal

New Book OUT NOW!

What's Ahead!

As I Write Blog Update

Print and Digital Collections

Links to All Heibel Media Sites

Book Club Deal!

Purchase 10 or more of the same title book for your book club and I will come to your book club and speak about the book FREE of charge! Purchases of any of my five titles qualifies for a free visit!

Travel expenses are extra for locations north of Mount Pleasant, Michigan and outside of Michigan.

This is an opportunity to learn the interesting details behind the books writing and story.

To take advantage of this special contact Lawrence at lawrence@heibelmedia.com

Write 365 Initiative 2014-15 FINISHED!

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 met the goal 100%: 365 Days Completed Successfully of 365 Days!

That is TWO YEARS of never missing a day!

Here is a summary of what I accomplished in the past initiative:

2,201 New Pages Written Total!

Novels: 2,024 new pages total

When Love Breaks Down: 723 new 1st draft pages written and FIRST DRAFT DONE!
Metal Harvest: 231 new 1st draft pages written and FIRST DRAFT DONE!
Soul Bearer Harvest: 1,040 new 1st draft pages written and FIRST DRAFT DONE!
Magi Harvest: 30 new 1st draft pages written

Short Stories: 177 new pages total

Spilled Cereal 6 pgs.
Wind in the Wires Revisited 11 pgs.
When Monsters Die Revisited 8 pgs.
Alone at Last 4 pgs.
A Night Without Television 11 pgs.
Small Talk 22 pgs.
I Want to Die 10 pgs.
When He's Away 7 pgs.
Gaps 7 pgs.
A Lonely Man 2 pgs.
Song Bird 12 pgs.
Slipping 9 pgs.
Momma's Boy 11 pgs.
If You Knew What I Knew 3 pgs.
Shit! I'm Dead ! 7 pgs.
Why Do You Hate Me? 16 pgs.
Author's Notes and Preface
to Will You Please Listen, Please 31 pgs.

THE NEW BOOK

Will You Please Listen, Please

AVAILABLE NOW!

How well do you listen? These stories are based on communication with ourselves and others-how we listen and how we don't often hear.

TWENTY EIGHT stories written over the past two years and three stories from my college years. The three returning stories are included because they were "revisited" with new stories following up on those stories.

The book's stories all have the same thread of looking at how we communicate with ourselves and others.

On the Facebook Page I've already revealed interesting tidbits about the first two

stories, The Squashing of a Toad and "Shit! I'm Dead!"

Watch the Facebook Page for updates, previews and excerpts!

Like the New Book's Facebook Page

See the title's of all the stories on the Heibel Media website. Click here

Like Short Stories? Check out: Termination Notice

Write 365 Initiative 2015-16 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://www.heibelmedia.com/365weeklyupdates.html

Here is an up to date (as of 4/30/15) summary of everything I've written since I started this on April 11, 2015:

Met Goal Initiative 100%: 20 Days Completed Successfully of 20 Days!

I wrote 80 new pages of Magi Harvest

ReWrite 365 Initiative 2015-16 Progress Update!

The ReWrite 365 Initiative is a year-long project of mine to rewrite 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://www.heibelmedia.com/365weeklyupdates.html

Here is an up to date (as of 4/30/15) summary of everything I've written since I started this on April 11, 2015:

Met Goal Initiative 100%: 20 Days Completed Successfully of 20 Days!

Novels: 188 Pages

When Love Breaks Down: 188 Pages

Short Stories: 6 Pages

Spilled Cereal 6 Pages

Writing 500,000 Words in 2015

April Total Words: 31,488

Total Words to Date: 151,979

Total Goal to Date: 166,667

Short of Goal by 14,688

Novels: 146,176 new words written total

Soul Bearer Harvest 122,310 Words 1st Draft
Magi Harvest 23,866 Words 1st Draft

Short Stories: 5,803 new words written total

Author's Notes to Will You Please Listen, Please: 4,497 Words
Preface to Will You Please Listen, Please: 1,306 Words

MY FIRST FULL LENGTH NOVEL

REUNION is Available NOW!

Front Cover of Reunion

Pam Mondy leaves her abusive husband Ray only to have him die before she leaves. Five years later, Steve Thorndyke, a naive medium returns Ray's soul to the world of the living. While Pam and her second husband Ron Candleson reunite with his children at a Michigan State Park Campground, Ray prepares to reunite with his cheating wife while Steve plans to reunite with Ray and prevent his terrible vengeance.

FROM REUNION:

The blonde looked at Steve and he knew that she knew.

"Five years. Seems like just yesterday," she whispered to him.

She followed her friend and Doug into the kitchen where they pulled on their boots at the door. Steve stared at the blonde. What could he say? No one would believe him anyway.

The three pulled their coats on. When the door opened, a strong gust reached in grabbed Steve, rushing a chill up his spine. Doug and the brunette pushed outside, but the blonde held back. She smiled at him and looked straight at him.

"Thanks for the ride. Maybe when I'm done, I'll see you on the other side."

She winked, turned and stepped out the door, pulling it shut tightly behind her. Steve stood and listened as the Ram roared to life. He turned and looked out at the swirling snow out the window. Headlights flashed in the window briefly.

How long could he possess her? Steve wondered. Ray had no life line connecting him to her body. What were the chances that Pam was still around where Ray could find her? His chances of reuniting with her were slim to none. But if he did?

The truck turned left and headed south, its red taillights glowing through the snow. Steve didn't know the girl's name and he was sure Doug didn't either. Ray was lost to him. He had to find Pam and warn her. Because if he could find her, so could Ray.

Read more from Reunion Here

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What's On Tap for May?

Short Stories:

Attending a seminar/workshop on Flash Fiction: details next month

Novels:

Continue Revision of When Love Breaks Down
Continue First Draft of Magi Harvest

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 April: