Expendable For A Cause.

In December, we announced that we are writing a book on the case. Well, the first draft is almost done! Not bad considering I only began it about a year ago. The main chapters are complete: there will be 15 ‘parts’, and within those parts, between 2 and 8 chapter ‘sections’. It will be told chronologically, as a rolling story. It begins with the crimes, with some little interludes of background stuff.

All that’s left to do is some bits that need adding to the main chapters, so I am down to loose ends. Then it will need a full edit, followed by … probably about 10 proofreads, at which point, we will no doubt start to hate it. I’m currently doing a ‘fact check’ edit and making sure all my references are in place. In the meantime we need to sort out a cover (either artwork or a photo of Richard himself) and the maps and diagrams inside. We also need to sort out our pen names. Venning is actually my pen name for fiction, so it will be something else for nonfiction. Confusing, I know, but I’m still me! I will self-publish if I can – if Amazon KDP accepts it – but we will also look for a ‘real’ publisher. Looking for publishers is boring and somewhat soul destroying, so it’s important to just release it in the most efficient way possible.

Currently, it stands at over 144,000 words, so the print copy will be somewhat large and expensive – whichever publishing route we go down, the price will be out of our control. We will only earn a tiny amount of royalties from that too, but none of that matters. No one goes into writing for money – or they really shouldn’t, at least!

So, the book is coming, we weren’t ‘just saying it’ – it will actually be a thing! The next update will probably be when it’s released. It will be called The Appeal of the Night Stalker: The Railroading of Richard Ramirez.

-VenningB-