As you can see in a few previous posts, I had a few false starts upon discovering my old blog was still functional. I guess I had the same experience with Slobbers story. But perseverance willed out. Three books have been published.
There is some truth to the saying people come and go from your life for a reason. I guess that's why I've been fortunate enough to meet some bona fide writers in my time. I've become good friends with a few of them
What do friends do? They talk. Especially female friends. Naturally, in discussing books, I finally let it be know that I had this "spoof" locked away and was immediately told to get it written out. Would they read it? Absolutely.
I had no clue where to begin so I just hen pecked away on the old computer, wrote a half manuscript and half outline. This was all the way back in 2018. The first friend I showed it to gave me some invaluable advice and, contrary to my nature, I actually took it. Advice like what people were and were not reading those days, whether it should be first person or third, that my characters must be diverse, etc. She also told me no one was reading spoofs of monster movies. I wasn't sure I believed that but I decided to trust her.
What's the saying? Trust but verify? So I showed it to another friend who promptly told me it would make a great kids story.
A kids story? I felt lost again. I even contacted a much younger friend who, too, was a Saint Bernard enthusiast and asked him if he'd like to collaborate. I felt he could put the kid into the kids far better than I could. We got started, but as happens, life intervened and that association was not to be.
I took a deep breath and told myself it was a good story and if I was going to have to stumble through it on my own, so be it. I sat back down at my computer and began again...
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