148.8 First Book Editor Credit

My first credit as book editor shows up just inside Craig Halloran's novella, Zombie Day Care, available at Amazon.com. You can see my editor credit by just clicking to look inside and sampling the book. The Kindle version of the book is only $1.99, if you want to read the whole story. He is a good storyteller! You can download a free Kindle app for your computer, your smart phone, or pretty much anything that has a screen.

If you do read the whole story and like it, then please post a favorable review at Amazon.com. Favorable reviews help my client sell more books. The more books he sells, the more projects he can afford to hire me to do! Actually, I am currently editing his novel, The Darkslayer. The Darkslayer 2 had already been edited when we met, but I will also be editing The Darkslayer 3 and all the rest of the Darkslayer novels he plans to write, as well as two sequels to Zombie Day Care. Woo hoo!

I lost .4 pounds yesterday. We walked the dogs a mile in the park. I did lots of housework, which counts as exercise, too, especially climbing up and down the basement stairs to do the laundry! Here is what I ate:

Small bowl of Special K and organic soy milk
El Monterey beef and bean burrito with salsa
Sliced Fuji apple candied with 4 tablespoons chunky peanut butter and 36 dark chocolate chips
6 mini York peppermint patties
2 slices of Costco combo pizza (Yes, Mom, that has veggies on it!)
Sliced Fuji apple candied with 4 tablespoons chunky peanut butter and 36 dark chocolate chips
2 mini York peppermint patties

148.8 Zero Gain Day

Here I am with Scott, walking our dogs in the park yesterday. We walked enough laps to claim three miles! I am sure that longer walk is most of the reason I had a zero gain day yesterday. Here is what I ate:

Fuji apple with 4 tablespoons chunky peanut butter and 36 dark chocolate chips

Half a can of Cattle Drive chili with two slices of American cheese melted in it and a sauteed red bell pepper diced up for topping -- all eaten as dip with two cups of corn tortilla chips

Bean and cheese burrito with salsa

Seven Oreo cookies

But I have big news! I have been commissioned to edit two novels for publication! I have been paid for the first one already, so now I am officially a book editor! And gosh, it is the perfect job for me. Who would ever have guessed I could be paid to read books? These are self-published books whose author is smart enough to know they will sell better if he gets them professionally edited. Self publishing is huge right now, so I am quite hopeful that this will lead to more clients and perhaps even a full-time freelance book editing business for me! Woo Hoo! I have posted more details here, if you are curious.