I’ve written two books. So I got thinking, which is dangerous for me. Why not a few statistics to chew on? Just for the paperback versions, though. Here goes.

Note to Self: Stream of Consciousness

• 5.25 x 8 inches
• Nonfiction – travel memoir
• 181 pages
• 15 chapters
• 52,439 words
• 286,512 characters
• 1st word of Chapter 1 is: All
• Last word of Chapter 15 is: tell
• The book covers a 2 week period of time I spent in Atlanta
• Before this trip, I had last been to Atlanta in 1996
• There is no Trailer
• There is no Senior-Editor-In-Chief
• There is no Reference section
• 7 people are listed in the Acknowledgements
• The cover was designed by Sorin Radulescu, a freelancer from Romania
• I bought the caveman drawing from a Canadian artist via Shutterstock
• This is also a stand alone book
• I got the idea for using Stream of Consciousness as the subtitle from a lawyer who headed the writers group in Cypress, Texas, a Northwest suburb 35 miles from Downtown Houston
• The writers group meeting I attended was held at Lone Star College
• I read out loud the 1st 7 pages of my book to this group, along with a printed copy for each, and they gave me feedback
• That was my 3rd time in Texas within the last year
• I left Texas 2 weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit
• On that trip to Texas I played doubles in Tennis 20 out of 21 days
• I improved my one-handed backhand there thanks to lessons by J.R.
• I bought a Solumbra UV protection hat there thanks to Todd of Lost Forest
• I still hate the freeway system in Houston – Mad Max everyday
• Chloe the cat is listed in the Author Bio, but has since departed this earth
• While brainstorming cover concepts with Ms. Wiener we devoured 2 personal pan pizza’s from Davanni’s…Italian sausage, green peppers, onions, and pineapple…yum
• I have yet to taste Mr. McCoy’s ribs

Curveballs: Sweet & Smokey Down the Barbeque Trail

• 5.25 x 8 inches
• Nonfiction – travel memoir
• 233 pages
• 21 Chapters
• 65,380 words
• 362,40 characters
• 1st word of Chapter 1 is : As
• Last word of Chapter 21 is: Operation
• The book covers a series of trips from the Midwest to California in my search for the perfect barbeque
• There is a Trailer and it is 687 words or 3,635 characters
• The Fever is my Senior-Editor-In-Chief
• The Reference section has 9 references
• 8 people are listed in the Acknowledgments
• The cover was designed by eBookLaunch.com
• The cover art concept was sketched on a napkin by the art teacher at school
• I originally billed the book as the 1st in a Trilogy, but have since canceled the Trilogy idea, so it is a stand alone book
• Milo the dog is listed in the Author Bio, but has since departed this earth
• I have yet to taste Mr. McCoy’s ribs