#its a rough draft so its without editing for flow or grammar or anything

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I know I'm taking awhile to post the next chapter. It's probably going to be the largest of the 5 chapters and involve more character building/relationship dynamics than the others. However, I do have a little rough draft sneak peak to share :)

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“I like spending time with you, Bandana Dee!” Asserted Kirby. “Do you not like hanging out with me?”

Bandana Dee was hurried to answer. “Yes! Of course!” Quickly, he grabbed Kirby’s hand and pulled him into a hug. Without hesitation, Kirby squeezed back. Bandana Dee began to unconsciously rub small circles on Kirby’s back as he tried to straighten out his thoughts. “It’s just, well, I don’t want to take advantage of your kindness.”

This gave Kirby pause. He leaned back from the hug so he could look Bandana Dee in the eyes. “You think us hanging out together is ‘taking advantage of my kindness?’”

“I-well…” Bandana Dee stammered. “It sounds silly when you put it like that. Still, Kirby, you aren’t bored or anything are you? I’m afraid I’m not the most interesting of people.”

Immediately, Kirby shook his head. “Everyday, I get to nap until you arrive. I also get to eat your cooking everyday. Good food, good naps, the only other thing I want to do is hang out with good friends.” Softly, Kirby pulled Bandana Dee back into the hug. “You’re a good friend. I like hanging out with you. If I didn’t, I would still be napping.”

“…Thank you.” Bandana Dee was thankful for the hug. It meant Kirby couldn’t see his face and the tears that were beginning to well up. He suspected Kirby knew though. It seemed like the sort of thing he would just know. Bandana Dee waited until he knew his emotions were in control once more to let go of the embrace.

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HOW TO OUTLINE A NON FICTION BOOK

How To Write A Better Book

Before you begin writing your book, you must research your idea and see if it is in-demand with readers. Who is going to read it? To whom are you trying to appeal with your words? You must have a general idea of who your intended audience will be. Check out other books. Is there a book already published that resembles your book? What will make your book unique from theirs? If there are similar books already out there, what is going to make your book different and make people want to buy it?

When you are ready to begin your book, decide on a schedule that is best for you, one that you can stick to. Your schedule should begin before your research and carry through to the completion of the book. Make a detailed outline with the main plot, events leading to that plot, and explicit detail about the characters. An outline is also a good reference point to double-check your timelines and details.

ONE IDEA IS NOT ENOUGH

Part of the reworking process is changing direction within the writing. Many beginning writers aspire to write a book. They have an idea and a vague plan to turn the idea into book. Picture a first grader telling you she wants to write a book about horses. Although you can collect a lot of information about horses to write several books, the vague idea is not enough for an adult writer to create a marketable book. To write a book, you need to start with a topic. You may or may not be an expert on the subject. After you have the first vague ideas, you need to start asking yourself questions to focus in on a specific, marketable topic. Answering those questions will lead you to more questions, and so on. Even if your original idea is unique and leads you to write new information that the world does not yet have access to, you will need to add to that original idea to create an intriguing finished product. If you are not an expert, or you have not created any new information, it will take more time and effort to produce a unique piece of writing. Fiction is the same as non-fiction. Many stories have been told before. If you want to become a published author, you need to come up with an engaging and new journey for your readers to take.

RECYCLING OLD IDEAS

There is always room in your book for old ideas. Your readers will need a familiar starting place within your writing. As you are putting together your ideas for a complete book, you will probably publish smaller pieces of work in magazines and newspapers. It is okay, as long as you cite yourself, to reuse some of that work. In that way, you can publish as you go along while still making progress towards your end goal in book publishing. After several months or even years, you will have poured out your effort and knowledge into a completed book.

You may want to turn off your editing software for your first draft. Mesh the plot, the characters, and everything together, without using your spellchecker. You can fix your grammar, spelling, and punctuation later. Most authors don't write their books from front to back. By writing different chapters or events, it may be easier for you to come back and connect them later. Sometimes having the words on  paper makes it easier to fill in the blanks.

FIRST DRAFT

You have finished your first draft. Now is the time to read it. Reading the rough draft allows you to zero in on the timeline, link the plot with the characters, and ensure everything makes sense and flows together. Once you have accomplished these tasks, use your editing software. It is time to fix your grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes. Two widely used grammar programs for authors include WhiteSmoke Software (www.WhiteSmokeSoftware.com), and a book formatting software called WizardsForWord (www.WizardsForWord.com).

Now put you book aside. Let it sit for 7-10 days or so before you pick it up again. This will give your mind time to clear. Now read the book again. Does it still flow and make sense? Do you need to add something or change it? Now is the time.

Choose someone to proofread your book for you. If possible, hire a professional editor to do this or someone with a writing or English background. Besides editing your manuscript, a professional copyeditor can also offer you unbiased opinion and advice.

Lastly, create the final draft. The final draft should be error free. This is your last chance to change anything before it goes to the publisher. Now is when all that time you spent writing a book comes together to make its trip to publication.

Unlike other areas of expertise, book writing is a different process for everyone. As you set out to write a book, you can follow some basic guidelines, but getting your ideas from your head to the page is an invention of your own. Not only will you have to get the information onto the page, but also you will have to write in a way that thousands or even millions of readers can relate to and understand.

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HOW TO OUTLINE A NON FICTION BOOK

How To Write A Better Book

Before you begin writing your book, you must research your idea and see if it is in-demand with readers. Who is going to read it? To whom are you trying to appeal with your words? You must have a general idea of who your intended audience will be. Check out other books. Is there a book already published that resembles your book? What will make your book unique from theirs? If there are similar books already out there, what is going to make your book different and make people want to buy it?

When you are ready to begin your book, decide on a schedule that is best for you, one that you can stick to. Your schedule should begin before your research and carry through to the completion of the book. Make a detailed outline with the main plot, events leading to that plot, and explicit detail about the characters. An outline is also a good reference point to double-check your timelines and details.

ONE IDEA IS NOT ENOUGH

Part of the reworking process is changing direction within the writing. Many beginning writers aspire to write a book. They have an idea and a vague plan to turn the idea into book. Picture a first grader telling you she wants to write a book about horses. Although you can collect a lot of information about horses to write several books, the vague idea is not enough for an adult writer to create a marketable book. To write a book, you need to start with a topic. You may or may not be an expert on the subject. After you have the first vague ideas, you need to start asking yourself questions to focus in on a specific, marketable topic. Answering those questions will lead you to more questions, and so on. Even if your original idea is unique and leads you to write new information that the world does not yet have access to, you will need to add to that original idea to create an intriguing finished product. If you are not an expert, or you have not created any new information, it will take more time and effort to produce a unique piece of writing. Fiction is the same as non-fiction. Many stories have been told before. If you want to become a published author, you need to come up with an engaging and new journey for your readers to take.

RECYCLING OLD IDEAS

There is always room in your book for old ideas. Your readers will need a familiar starting place within your writing. As you are putting together your ideas for a complete book, you will probably publish smaller pieces of work in magazines and newspapers. It is okay, as long as you cite yourself, to reuse some of that work. In that way, you can publish as you go along while still making progress towards your end goal in book publishing. After several months or even years, you will have poured out your effort and knowledge into a completed book.

You may want to turn off your editing software for your first draft. Mesh the plot, the characters, and everything together, without using your spellchecker. You can fix your grammar, spelling, and punctuation later. Most authors don't write their books from front to back. By writing different chapters or events, it may be easier for you to come back and connect them later. Sometimes having the words on  paper makes it easier to fill in the blanks.

FIRST DRAFT

You have finished your first draft. Now is the time to read it. Reading the rough draft allows you to zero in on the timeline, link the plot with the characters, and ensure everything makes sense and flows together. Once you have accomplished these tasks, use your editing software. It is time to fix your grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes. Two widely used grammar programs for authors include WhiteSmoke Software (www.WhiteSmokeSoftware.com), and a book formatting software called WizardsForWord (www.WizardsForWord.com).

Now put you book aside. Let it sit for 7-10 days or so before you pick it up again. This will give your mind time to clear. Now read the book again. Does it still flow and make sense? Do you need to add something or change it? Now is the time.

Choose someone to proofread your book for you. If possible, hire a professional editor to do this or someone with a writing or English background. Besides editing your manuscript, a professional copyeditor can also offer you unbiased opinion and advice.

Lastly, create the final draft. The final draft should be error free. This is your last chance to change anything before it goes to the publisher. Now is when all that time you spent writing a book comes together to make its trip to publication.

Unlike other areas of expertise, book writing is a different process for everyone. As you set out to write a book, you can follow some basic guidelines, but getting your ideas from your head to the page is an invention of your own. Not only will you have to get the information onto the page, but also you will have to write in a way that thousands or even millions of readers can relate to and understand.

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Doug Rinaldi has an amazing sense of humor and boy can he write a story. I recently read  A Different Kind of Slumber and let me say….WOW! I highly recommend it. He Is engaged to be married and he loves to tease her. Their messages on Facebook always make me giggle. Please if you don’t know Doug yet make sure to meet him and check out his books you won’t be sorry. I promise. Also, don’t forget to leave him a review! Please welcome Doug Rinaldi to Roadie Notes…….

  1. How old were you when you first wrote your first story?

I was in the 6th or 7th grade, so that would’ve made me… Hang on. I gotta take off my shoes. And… I was thirteen. My friend Thaddeus and I wrote a couple short stories together. One was about the cafeteria lunch ladies killing and feeding other students to us for lunch, succinctly called “The Lunch Ladies.” And the other one was called “One Dark Night.” No. For real. I have no recollection of what it was about. I think we drew up book covers in our notebooks for them as well. I’d kill to get a glimpse of those “masterpieces” again.

2. How many books have you written?

Currently under my belt, I have one short story collection called Purgatory Behind These Eyes. It contains sixteen short stories that I’ve written between 1997 and 2015. I have one novelette out, a ghost story with serial killer elements called A Different Kind of Slumber. Lately, I’ve been releasing short story chapbooks, 2-3 shorts per publication. Right now I have a two-story release titled With Great Vehemence: Two Tales of Vengeance. The other, Forever, Cried the Abyss, contains three more tales.

3. Anything you won’t write about?

I have no desire to write anything political or have any overt political leanings/opinions in my stories. None of that stuff really holds any interest for me. Everything else is fair game as long as it adds to the story and I can do the idea(s) justice with my words.

4. Tell me about you. Age (if you don’t mind answering), married, kids, do you have another job etc…

I am a 42 year-old man trapped in an 82 year-old’s body. Due to multiple issues with my back, I’m always in one sort of pain or another. Makes me walk like a pimp. No kids that I know of, but I have two fur babies.

At the moment, I make a living as a cubicle jockey doing inventory management for a medical supply company. It’s very low-key but it does occasionally afford me the opportunity to positively affect someone’s life. When they have an urgent medical need, I can assist by getting them the necessary product. I’d like to think I’ve managed to help a few people stay healthy. It also affords me the opportunity to get fatter. Sitting a desk 40+ hours a week isn’t very labor intensive. I wish I got those work out endorphin rushes people brag about; I’d might actually exercise more. But I don’t, so I don’t.

I am also a divorcee and, finally, after all these years since, I’m currently working on how to ruin my current fiancé’s life. I’m playing the long game. She’s a tough one, though… she digs me for some reason.

5. What’s your favorite book you have written?

I have a soft spot for all my releases and I am very proud overall of my short story collection. But my favorite things written to date are perhaps “Sybarites or Enmity of Perverse Existence” which is in Forever, Cried the Abyss and “City Morgue Blues” which is in my collection. Another fave would have to be my hitman story gone terribly wrong, “And the Hits Just Keep on Comin’.” That particular yarn was published in Smart Rhino Press’ Insidious Assassins anthology. It’s now featured in my revenge themed chapbook With Great Vehemence.

6. Who or what inspired you to write?

I had a friend back when I lived in Connecticut. We both worked for Barnes & Noble at the time. When we found out that we both liked to write, we started bouncing ideas off of each other and even started a writing group. He was as much a mentor as he was a collaborator. And that lit the spark and the hunger to write and create.

Besides him, I believe the stories in my noggin need to be told, the ideas need life. I write to free those ideas and to hopefully elicit emotions and responses from the reader. If the reader enjoys what I put down on paper, that’s great. But additionally it’s the catharsis of making the worlds and situations my characters experience become a reality.

7. What do you like to do for fun?

Generally, I’m a boring person to the naked eye. I call it being low-key… or lazy. I enjoy watching movies, listening to music, going to horror conventions, lounging with my cats. Every once in a while, my fiancé and I pretend Kung Fu fight with each other. More times than not, it ends with me getting hurt. So that’s always a fun way to pass the time. Other than that, I’m a big fan of sleeping and beer.

8. Any traditions you do when you finish a book?

I’ll have to get back to you on this one after I finish my actual novel. When I finished my first screenplay, I think I may have wept a few tears of joy. So, I can’t rightly imagine at this point how I’ll react once I finish the stupid thing.

9. Where do you write? Quite or music?

I tend to write mostly in my office at home. I prefer my desktop to a laptop. On the 3rd floor, it’s nice and quiet—except when Hicks won’t stop meowing. Other times, I’ll try to punch out a hundred words or so during lulls at work or on breaks. When at home though, sometimes I’ll listen to the silence (or Hicks), but mostly I prefer dark ambient music—stuff that just sounds like soundtracks to dreams. Not only is it soothing, there are no pesky lyrics to steal my attention away from the writing.

10. Anything you would change about your writing?

Perhaps the biggest change I would make is taking writing more seriously sooner. I had a rough time hurdling the basic grammar issues that I had failed to retain from school. I went to an art college, so there were no extra English classes for this guy. If I had started this journey earlier with a point to make it a profession, I might’ve been further along in that career… and more confident and disciplined.

11. What is your dream? Famous writer?

I’d be fine with making a modest living writing full-time. Or even if I was just supplementing my current income with word-monies, I’d be happy—happier than I am now for sure. I’ve always had a dream of seeing one of my stories on the screen. TV screen or Silver Screen, it doesn’t matter. It would just be an amazing feeling (as long as I stay off of the IMDb message boards). Another daydream of mine is owning and operating my own movie theater. Very expensive daydream…

12. Where do you live?

I live in an interesting little city north of Boston, on the border of Salem, NH. We just bought our first home together. There was just a huge Fentanyl bust here a few weeks ago. Very classy.

13. Pets?

I adopted two sibling kittens in 2010 and I love their stupid faces off. Ripley is a calico and sounds like a velociraptor when she purrs. And Hicks is a mutt who meows all the time for no reason. It’s nerve-racking, really. But I couldn’t see my life without them. When they die, I’m having them stuffed. Or have their skin boiled off and keep them as poseable skeletons.

14. What’s your favorite thing about writing?

The sense of not being alone even when you are. I may be sitting there by my lonesome (or with the mutant kitties), but my characters and plots are on the screen in front of me keeping me company. Writing is tough. Even without anxiety or depression, it’s an arduous, solitary, and sometimes thankless craft. But when the words flow from page to page and create a grand picture of what I see in my head and how I see it, it can’t be beat. After all the first and second drafts, after the edits and the beta readers, when you’ve sculpted the story down to its most straightforward, yet poetic and engaging, form, that’s where the joy lies for me. Regardless if I’m able to sell it or publish it somewhere, if I end up happy with it then that’s all that matters in the long run.

15. What is coming next for you?

Grim Death, probably…

But in all seriousness, I am working on finishing my first full-length novel. Tentatively titled White Island, it’s in the middle of its second draft. I’m hoping to get it done by summer the latest, then find it a good home.

Aside from that, I’m working on a short story for an anthology invite and I just had one short, “End Game,” accepted for the third book in an anthology series with a very reputable small press publisher. I’m hoping to make 2017 bend to my will on all fronts.

  You can connect with Doug Rinaldi here:

Website http://dougrinaldi.com

Amazon amazon.com/author/dougrinaldi

Facebook facebook.com/deviatedtruths

Blog dougrinaldiwriter.wordpress.com

Deviant Art Page goat-head.deviantart.com

  Some of Doug Rinaldi’s books:

Getting personal with Doug Rinaldi Doug Rinaldi has an amazing sense of humor and boy can he write a story. I recently read  A Different Kind of Slumber and let me say....WOW!