Hello everyone! Or the two of you. Actually, I have no idea how many people read this. In any case, I wanted to let you know that a GoodReads Q&A Group is now live and there you can ask all those burning questions about the Grace & Witherbloom series, the individual books or (should you for some reason be interested) me.
Right now it's very funny as I'm the only member. I'm not TOTALLY sure how many people will actually have any questions at this point, but hey it's there for future use if nothing else.
Things have gone very well in the Witherbloomiverse (remind me not to use that word again) the last few days. The third book was released and some very nice reviews are coming in from Amazon for the first and second books. There are some very nice ratings on GoodReads as well. Sales-wise things are going well (thank you for your support!) and seem to be fairly steady. It's exciting that there are already sales of book 3 considering a lot of people may not have gotten to the first book yet. I know how it is with some readers. I'm one of them.
Funnily enough, writing this book has really got me wanting to read some of the books I've got sitting around (either in real life or in my Kindle) and I think I may have to start cracking them open in between doing final read-throughs on future books. I find it strange sort of side-effect, but writing these books has made me realize I don't read nearly as often as I used to or would like to.
Also, I really want to play Skyrim. But I am afraid to until all the books are done and launched. I hear Skyrim will steal away your life if you are not careful. And, I have Mass Effect 3 pre-ordered... so...
The lesson is, there really should be more non-working hours in the day so I can read and play video games.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
On Beginnings...
There really is no substitute for experience.
For instance, if I were to go back and do it again, I might have rethought the way "The Village That Sleeps" begins. Then again, I might have decided that the way the book opens was the best option, dramatically. And this is my chief concern.
However, Amazon chooses a chunk of a book to show for its "Look Inside" feature and I always check them after the appear (the author has no control over it) to see how much of a preview someone is given. The first two books start off right into the action. There's strange scientific experiments and dangerous mountain climbing to be found there. But, the third book starts with... making porridge. And serving porridge. And a bit of very chaste flirting. Part of me wonders if that's not quite as "hooky" as previous books. They don't even get to the bit of business with Helen and the porridge which I think is sort of fun from a character standpoint. Oh well.
Then again, some people might really like porridge making and flirting. It could be a whole new audience.
For instance, if I were to go back and do it again, I might have rethought the way "The Village That Sleeps" begins. Then again, I might have decided that the way the book opens was the best option, dramatically. And this is my chief concern.
However, Amazon chooses a chunk of a book to show for its "Look Inside" feature and I always check them after the appear (the author has no control over it) to see how much of a preview someone is given. The first two books start off right into the action. There's strange scientific experiments and dangerous mountain climbing to be found there. But, the third book starts with... making porridge. And serving porridge. And a bit of very chaste flirting. Part of me wonders if that's not quite as "hooky" as previous books. They don't even get to the bit of business with Helen and the porridge which I think is sort of fun from a character standpoint. Oh well.
Then again, some people might really like porridge making and flirting. It could be a whole new audience.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Author! Author?
The other day someone who had read my book mentioned me in a tweet. But rather than indicating my Grace & Witherbloom account (@gandwbooks) he sent the message to my personal account. Which, made sense as it's not as if it was difficult to find and I thought it was a lot of fun to hear back from someone who head read my book. He also kindly left a review on Amazon. Which reminds me - if you've read the book, if you can review it on Amazon and/or GoodReads that would be amazing!
But anyway, I digress. I looked at my personal twitter account and realized it was very much "branded" with my role as a graphic designer. And under my picture the description read "Graphic Designer, Illustrator and a few other things besides." I realized that I was missing something there. So I changed it to read "Author, Graphic Designer, Illustrator and a few other things besides." Which seems fairly straightforward, I suppose.
But here's the thing. It was the first time I'd really thought of myself as an author. Or at least, it was the first time I'd ever actually stated I was an author. Oh sure, I'd filled in little blanks on Amazon, Good Reads or elsewhere that were labeled "Author" with my name when I was uploading the books or starting up an author profile page. But this was something different. It was an odd feeling. And I wondered why I hadn't really thought of myself that way before. What did I think being an author was, anyway if part of me didn't quite believe I was now?
I suppose part of this stems from the fact that when I was writing these books, I didn't actually tell a ton of people. And when it did come up, I always felt a bit weird about it. The reaction was generally something along the lines of "Oh, how nice." In my head, I felt like this was the equivalent of them saying "I'll believe it when I see it." Now, this was not a universal reaction, and close friends and family who found out were generally very supportive. And I admit, some of this was probably created in my own head. But I think there are a lot of people who say they are writing books. A lot of them write those books, and then don't do anything with them. Some write them and publish them. And a greater number simply never finish. So I didn't feel particularly special writing a book. I felt like just another of the numberless masses who starts writing a book with a head full of ideas and a bunch of good intentions. This was probably somewhat magnified by the fact that there are HUGE gaps between the times I actually was writing the book over the course of three years.
In any case, I think I got a bit stuck in that mode. There are a ton of people that I talk to every day (especially at work) that I have not told. This is partly because it doesn't come up in the natural course of a conversation, and partly because it seems like a strange thing to spring on someone. But there's also a part of me that wonders if people will see self-publishing an e-book as REALLY being an author. Maybe I've wondered the same thing myself. I have not had to go out and get an agent. I did not go from publisher to publisher trying to get a book deal. I never have even tried any of those things. I had planned to originally, but about a year ago I decided I'd give self-publishing a go. And I haven't regretted it so far. Intellectually, I really do think I'm an author. I wrote books and now people all over the world are paying to read these books. What else would it take to be an author? It's just too bad realizing something intellectually doesn't make a person truly feel it emotionally.
When an author is published through more traditional means, there is an implied legitimacy to it. A series of professionals (agents, publishers, etc.) have read this book (or part of this book) and made the determination that it is both fit for consumption by the public and also possibly desirable by that same group. There is a certain imagined "seal of quality" that comes with this. Of course, in reality terrible books are published every day. So this entire system can be meaningless.
On the other hand, the fact that anyone can upload their book up to Amazon with no financial risk at all means that there is going to be a LOT of terribly written books out there. And it's only going to get worse. And I say this fully recognizing that there are sure to be people who will lump my book into this category after they've read it. It's inevitable. So I don't blame people if they eye my books with some suspiciousness. And it's also why I celebrate the brave people who decided to give it a try anyway. Because there are a lot of good books out there. And taking away the (sometimes capricious) middle-men will likely open doors for people who might have not been able to make it by more traditional means. Not because they weren't good writers, but because the timing wasn't quite right or they weren't as good at marketing themselves as someone else might be. And then there's the other group of people (like me) who feel their work is good enough to take the more traditional publishing route but simply choose not too.
Now, whether my books really ARE good is not up to me anymore. I think they are, and they are certainly as good as I can make them. And as I read them over again for their last edits before publishing, I have to say I really do enjoy them. And I can be kind of picky. Publishing your own work for the world to see takes a measure of confidence. I really would not bother to sell these books if I did not think they were entertaining. But then there's that part of me that worries and wonders. Are you like those poor souls on American Idol who have been told by their family and friends that they are great singers, and then they get on a national stage and cant' carry a tune to save their lives?
Of course, in the end, despite all of these doubts and questions I did put "Author" in that little twitter description. And ever since then, I've noticed that more and more I'm actually starting to believe it and be more comfortable with it.
But anyway, I digress. I looked at my personal twitter account and realized it was very much "branded" with my role as a graphic designer. And under my picture the description read "Graphic Designer, Illustrator and a few other things besides." I realized that I was missing something there. So I changed it to read "Author, Graphic Designer, Illustrator and a few other things besides." Which seems fairly straightforward, I suppose.
But here's the thing. It was the first time I'd really thought of myself as an author. Or at least, it was the first time I'd ever actually stated I was an author. Oh sure, I'd filled in little blanks on Amazon, Good Reads or elsewhere that were labeled "Author" with my name when I was uploading the books or starting up an author profile page. But this was something different. It was an odd feeling. And I wondered why I hadn't really thought of myself that way before. What did I think being an author was, anyway if part of me didn't quite believe I was now?
I suppose part of this stems from the fact that when I was writing these books, I didn't actually tell a ton of people. And when it did come up, I always felt a bit weird about it. The reaction was generally something along the lines of "Oh, how nice." In my head, I felt like this was the equivalent of them saying "I'll believe it when I see it." Now, this was not a universal reaction, and close friends and family who found out were generally very supportive. And I admit, some of this was probably created in my own head. But I think there are a lot of people who say they are writing books. A lot of them write those books, and then don't do anything with them. Some write them and publish them. And a greater number simply never finish. So I didn't feel particularly special writing a book. I felt like just another of the numberless masses who starts writing a book with a head full of ideas and a bunch of good intentions. This was probably somewhat magnified by the fact that there are HUGE gaps between the times I actually was writing the book over the course of three years.
In any case, I think I got a bit stuck in that mode. There are a ton of people that I talk to every day (especially at work) that I have not told. This is partly because it doesn't come up in the natural course of a conversation, and partly because it seems like a strange thing to spring on someone. But there's also a part of me that wonders if people will see self-publishing an e-book as REALLY being an author. Maybe I've wondered the same thing myself. I have not had to go out and get an agent. I did not go from publisher to publisher trying to get a book deal. I never have even tried any of those things. I had planned to originally, but about a year ago I decided I'd give self-publishing a go. And I haven't regretted it so far. Intellectually, I really do think I'm an author. I wrote books and now people all over the world are paying to read these books. What else would it take to be an author? It's just too bad realizing something intellectually doesn't make a person truly feel it emotionally.
When an author is published through more traditional means, there is an implied legitimacy to it. A series of professionals (agents, publishers, etc.) have read this book (or part of this book) and made the determination that it is both fit for consumption by the public and also possibly desirable by that same group. There is a certain imagined "seal of quality" that comes with this. Of course, in reality terrible books are published every day. So this entire system can be meaningless.
On the other hand, the fact that anyone can upload their book up to Amazon with no financial risk at all means that there is going to be a LOT of terribly written books out there. And it's only going to get worse. And I say this fully recognizing that there are sure to be people who will lump my book into this category after they've read it. It's inevitable. So I don't blame people if they eye my books with some suspiciousness. And it's also why I celebrate the brave people who decided to give it a try anyway. Because there are a lot of good books out there. And taking away the (sometimes capricious) middle-men will likely open doors for people who might have not been able to make it by more traditional means. Not because they weren't good writers, but because the timing wasn't quite right or they weren't as good at marketing themselves as someone else might be. And then there's the other group of people (like me) who feel their work is good enough to take the more traditional publishing route but simply choose not too.
Now, whether my books really ARE good is not up to me anymore. I think they are, and they are certainly as good as I can make them. And as I read them over again for their last edits before publishing, I have to say I really do enjoy them. And I can be kind of picky. Publishing your own work for the world to see takes a measure of confidence. I really would not bother to sell these books if I did not think they were entertaining. But then there's that part of me that worries and wonders. Are you like those poor souls on American Idol who have been told by their family and friends that they are great singers, and then they get on a national stage and cant' carry a tune to save their lives?
Of course, in the end, despite all of these doubts and questions I did put "Author" in that little twitter description. And ever since then, I've noticed that more and more I'm actually starting to believe it and be more comfortable with it.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Don't Watch The Scale or The Psychology of A Sales Ranking
So, today I reached another milestone in my venture into self-publishing. My books are no longer free. Both Books 1 & 2 in the Grace & Witherbloom series—The Girl Who Died Backwards and The Flood Lily—will now set people back a whopping $.99 each (or the equivalent in other countries.)
Now, I was fully aware of what was coming next. After a surge of downloads of well over a thousand books for the first story and hundreds and hundreds of downloads for the second book, things would slow down. Also, the books would go from being listed in Amazon's free book rankings (where they sat comfortably around #1,000 of all the millions of Kindle books and occupied the top 10 and top 20 of their subgenres, reaching #1 a couple of times) to being listed in the paid section. In the paid section, all of those downloads would no longer be counted.
What I wasn't quite ready for was the psychological effect of going from about #1,000 or so to #280,000 in the rankings. Kindle provides this little graph of your sales rank, and there was a VERY long red line indicating the plummet in rank of the books. It felt as if Amazon had cast my books out into a deep and dark pit.
I had been obsessively checking the downloads, reveling in shock at the huge number of people snapping them up. Now, things have gone quite a bit slower. But I realized something. When you are trying to lose weight they tell you to not check the scale every day. With weight, this is because your weight can fluctuate a lot from day to day due to water weight. It's better to only check your weight once and week so some of these fluctuations are smoothed out and you can concentrate on the accomplishment of the full week. I realized that by checking the sales of the book constantly I was really only driving myself crazy in the same way as someone jumping on a scale every day. And I was letting the heady (and artificially inflated) rush of free book downloads get in the way of enjoying my REAL accomplishment.
As of today, about 12 or so copies of my book have sold for money. Now, that's small potatoes compared to the numbers I was getting, but they are no less special and important than the hundreds and hundreds of downloads that came before. They mean that someone saw the description and perhaps read the sample on Amazon and decided they were worth spending real, hard-earned money on them. And that's an amazing feeling.
Now, I should point out that this doesn't mean I'm not eternally grateful for the people who downloaded the first or second book for free. Quite the opposite. They helped get the book exposure. They are reading them now. They are writing lovely reviews on Amazon and rating it highly on Goodreads.com. They are all wonderful people who saw something completely new and gave it a go. And now hopefully they'll keep wanting to read the books. And they'll tell their friends. But all of these benefits take time to sink it. It's a long game.
So it's time to step off the scale. Sales ranking be damned, I say! I want these books to be successful. I'd love to be a writer full time, and I'm committed to making it happen. So sales are important. They are critical, in fact. But I think it's good to keep them in the proper perspective and really enjoy even these early days, no matter how many red arrows and plunging graph lines Amazon might show me. Oh, and it should be pointed out that it only took a few sales and now the books have shot up to around #40,000 or so in the rankings. So a little goes a long way, and that all happened in a day.
To conclude with, I have posted the synopsis and title for Book 3, due out February 21st on Facebook. I thought I'd share it here too.
Grace & Witherbloom: The Village That Sleeps, Book 3 in the continuing series. What happened to the residents of the picturesque Welsh village of Ddubryn? And why have the authorities closed it off to the rest of the world? Josiah Witherbloom must enter the village alone to uncover its secrets, but finding answers to the mysteries of the village that sleeps will become—quite literally—a matter of life and death.
Now, I was fully aware of what was coming next. After a surge of downloads of well over a thousand books for the first story and hundreds and hundreds of downloads for the second book, things would slow down. Also, the books would go from being listed in Amazon's free book rankings (where they sat comfortably around #1,000 of all the millions of Kindle books and occupied the top 10 and top 20 of their subgenres, reaching #1 a couple of times) to being listed in the paid section. In the paid section, all of those downloads would no longer be counted.
What I wasn't quite ready for was the psychological effect of going from about #1,000 or so to #280,000 in the rankings. Kindle provides this little graph of your sales rank, and there was a VERY long red line indicating the plummet in rank of the books. It felt as if Amazon had cast my books out into a deep and dark pit.
I had been obsessively checking the downloads, reveling in shock at the huge number of people snapping them up. Now, things have gone quite a bit slower. But I realized something. When you are trying to lose weight they tell you to not check the scale every day. With weight, this is because your weight can fluctuate a lot from day to day due to water weight. It's better to only check your weight once and week so some of these fluctuations are smoothed out and you can concentrate on the accomplishment of the full week. I realized that by checking the sales of the book constantly I was really only driving myself crazy in the same way as someone jumping on a scale every day. And I was letting the heady (and artificially inflated) rush of free book downloads get in the way of enjoying my REAL accomplishment.
As of today, about 12 or so copies of my book have sold for money. Now, that's small potatoes compared to the numbers I was getting, but they are no less special and important than the hundreds and hundreds of downloads that came before. They mean that someone saw the description and perhaps read the sample on Amazon and decided they were worth spending real, hard-earned money on them. And that's an amazing feeling.
Now, I should point out that this doesn't mean I'm not eternally grateful for the people who downloaded the first or second book for free. Quite the opposite. They helped get the book exposure. They are reading them now. They are writing lovely reviews on Amazon and rating it highly on Goodreads.com. They are all wonderful people who saw something completely new and gave it a go. And now hopefully they'll keep wanting to read the books. And they'll tell their friends. But all of these benefits take time to sink it. It's a long game.
So it's time to step off the scale. Sales ranking be damned, I say! I want these books to be successful. I'd love to be a writer full time, and I'm committed to making it happen. So sales are important. They are critical, in fact. But I think it's good to keep them in the proper perspective and really enjoy even these early days, no matter how many red arrows and plunging graph lines Amazon might show me. Oh, and it should be pointed out that it only took a few sales and now the books have shot up to around #40,000 or so in the rankings. So a little goes a long way, and that all happened in a day.
To conclude with, I have posted the synopsis and title for Book 3, due out February 21st on Facebook. I thought I'd share it here too.
Grace & Witherbloom: The Village That Sleeps, Book 3 in the continuing series. What happened to the residents of the picturesque Welsh village of Ddubryn? And why have the authorities closed it off to the rest of the world? Josiah Witherbloom must enter the village alone to uncover its secrets, but finding answers to the mysteries of the village that sleeps will become—quite literally—a matter of life and death.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Schedule Change! Two Weeks is Just Too Long...
So, I had a realization today. Two weeks is just too long between book releases. There are a couple factors involved in this, but part of it is the way that Amazon handles the Kindle releases. I'm fast approaching 1000 downloads for the first book (which is great!) but I found out that once that book switches over to a paid book, all of those sales just disappear ranking-wise. So the visibility of the book will drop down again from the heights it reached when it was free. Of course, the free promo is still great to get readers to try the book, but I think two weeks is just too long to go for a new book series just starting out. So... I'm changing the schedule!
The new schedule is:
Book 2: Tomorrow, February 14! Just in time for Valentines. You know what your loved one might like? An e-book, of course. (Hey, you can't blame me for trying.)
Book 3: February 21
Book 4: February 28
Book 5: March 3
Book 6: March 13
Book 7: March 20
So now the books will be coming out weekly and available on Tuesdays! Thanks for everyone who has supported the book so far... and I can't wait for you to read the rest.
The new schedule is:
Book 2: Tomorrow, February 14! Just in time for Valentines. You know what your loved one might like? An e-book, of course. (Hey, you can't blame me for trying.)
Book 3: February 21
Book 4: February 28
Book 5: March 3
Book 6: March 13
Book 7: March 20
So now the books will be coming out weekly and available on Tuesdays! Thanks for everyone who has supported the book so far... and I can't wait for you to read the rest.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
855 and Counting...
855... that's the number of book downloads of The Girl Who Died Backward that have occurred so far at the moment I write this. The free promo period for the first book has been a big hit so far. The bulk of those were on Friday and Saturday. Sunday seems to have slowed down a bit but that only seems natural. There are two more days to go, but I have to say I'm already excited. The book placed in the top 10 of the two sub-genres it's listed in (even making it to #1 on the chart for a while) in the US, UK and Germany. I'm intrigued to see what happens once it's no longer free and starts to sell at the list price of $.99 (or the equivalent in non-US countries) and I'm also interested to see if people will start reviewing it.
There has been a lot of talk about free (or even $.99) Kindle books and whether people actually read them or just end up collecting them, despite their intention to read them eventually. It's an interesting question, and one I probably won't be able to answer in terms of my own experience for a while yet. I think with this sort of thing it's a marathon and not a sprint. Most people have a big reading list piled up (I know I do!) and a new book by an untested author might not jump to the top of the pile. So I'll have to be patient. But I have to say—at the end of the day—I'm delighted that 855 people (so far) could potentially be reading my book. I would love to make a living at writing and hope people will buy this book and the future installments... but I've got to admit, just getting the book out there is really exciting for me.
I just "locked down" Book 2. If you've got Book 1 you already know the title, but I'll announce it on the website (along with the synopsis) on February 17. Having read it several times again in the last couple of days while making final edits, I realized that although I think Book 1 is a great introduction to the characters, Book 2 actually feels a bit more representative of the series in both its tone and execution. I'm really happy with the way it turned out because writing Book 2 ended up being the hardest of all of them, with the possible exception of Book 7. But I'm exceptionally happy with the way it turned out and can't wait to share it with everyone February 24.
Now, I'm off to watch the return of The Walking Dead... I hope they get off that farm soon!
There has been a lot of talk about free (or even $.99) Kindle books and whether people actually read them or just end up collecting them, despite their intention to read them eventually. It's an interesting question, and one I probably won't be able to answer in terms of my own experience for a while yet. I think with this sort of thing it's a marathon and not a sprint. Most people have a big reading list piled up (I know I do!) and a new book by an untested author might not jump to the top of the pile. So I'll have to be patient. But I have to say—at the end of the day—I'm delighted that 855 people (so far) could potentially be reading my book. I would love to make a living at writing and hope people will buy this book and the future installments... but I've got to admit, just getting the book out there is really exciting for me.
I just "locked down" Book 2. If you've got Book 1 you already know the title, but I'll announce it on the website (along with the synopsis) on February 17. Having read it several times again in the last couple of days while making final edits, I realized that although I think Book 1 is a great introduction to the characters, Book 2 actually feels a bit more representative of the series in both its tone and execution. I'm really happy with the way it turned out because writing Book 2 ended up being the hardest of all of them, with the possible exception of Book 7. But I'm exceptionally happy with the way it turned out and can't wait to share it with everyone February 24.
Now, I'm off to watch the return of The Walking Dead... I hope they get off that farm soon!
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Girl Who Died Backwards is out... and FREE!
Well, the moment is finally here! Book I: The Girl Who Died Backwards is out worldwide and it's totally free for five days until 2.14.12. So, it's really real at last. I woke up very early today. Which was good because I needed to update the website, post to Facebook, post to Twitter, update the relevant message board posts I'd made and so on and so forth! Now that all of that is done, I'm finally exhaling and enjoying the moment.
Eleven people have already gotten the book as I write this, and I find this utterly amazing. I'm not sure how many of those were before or after the book was free as Amazon doesn't seem to break that down. But I don't care either way, of course. I'm just so happy people are reading it. To me it is amazing that eleven people were interested enough to give it a go. And most of my close friends are still asleep at this early in the morning so I know it wasn't all them. So far people in the US, the UK and Germany have all downloaded the book. As I said... utterly amazing.
There is a huge sense of relief with the release of the first book, of course. And a bit of trepidation. You see, I really want to know what people think. Whether it's good or bad, I want to hear all of it. Of course anyone on a creative endeavor hopes people think it's good and I really hope people will come back for parts 2-7. One of the things I really like about the book is that just seems to ramp up more and more with each book and gets wider in scope.
Thanks to everyone who has supported me so far and thanks in advance to all the people who give my book a shot. It really does mean a lot.
Eleven people have already gotten the book as I write this, and I find this utterly amazing. I'm not sure how many of those were before or after the book was free as Amazon doesn't seem to break that down. But I don't care either way, of course. I'm just so happy people are reading it. To me it is amazing that eleven people were interested enough to give it a go. And most of my close friends are still asleep at this early in the morning so I know it wasn't all them. So far people in the US, the UK and Germany have all downloaded the book. As I said... utterly amazing.
There is a huge sense of relief with the release of the first book, of course. And a bit of trepidation. You see, I really want to know what people think. Whether it's good or bad, I want to hear all of it. Of course anyone on a creative endeavor hopes people think it's good and I really hope people will come back for parts 2-7. One of the things I really like about the book is that just seems to ramp up more and more with each book and gets wider in scope.
Thanks to everyone who has supported me so far and thanks in advance to all the people who give my book a shot. It really does mean a lot.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
Who Was the Idiot That Set This Release Date?
Seriously, why did Book I—The Girl Who Died Backwards—have to come out on February 10 instead of last Friday? No reason, really. It's all done and edited and uploaded. It has been for some time now. I just have to hit a button and it's all done. I guess I had this notion in my head that I wanted a week or two of buffer time. Just in case I needed to go back and change something before release. But I haven't, and I don't need to. But everything says February 10, and even though I know there are very few people who are even paying attention at this point, it would be weird to just release it on Amazon, right? Right?
I will admit I'm not always the most patient person. I used to be very patient, actually. It was probably one of my best qualities. But as I've gotten older I seem to be less patient. There's probably some reason for this but I can't say what that might be. But one of the side effects is that the past week has driven me nuts. I just want the book out there. I want people reading it! I want to see if anyone will read it! In my first post I talked about feeling like someone setting up for a party and worrying if anyone would come. Well now I feel like someone who set up that party a month early!
The fact is, there is plenty for me to be doing. I should start doing the final read through of the next book in the series, for a start. It'll be out a short two weeks after the Girl Who Died Backwards, after all. Plenty of time to get it properly formatted for Amazon and do a last series of edits before publication, but I could get started now. I think I just needed a break after the intensity of getting the site up, getting the trailer done, and doing all the final edits of Book I.
But what a gloriously intense time it's been though. I really could do this full time for a living. Maybe I will start the final read through on the next book...
I will admit I'm not always the most patient person. I used to be very patient, actually. It was probably one of my best qualities. But as I've gotten older I seem to be less patient. There's probably some reason for this but I can't say what that might be. But one of the side effects is that the past week has driven me nuts. I just want the book out there. I want people reading it! I want to see if anyone will read it! In my first post I talked about feeling like someone setting up for a party and worrying if anyone would come. Well now I feel like someone who set up that party a month early!
The fact is, there is plenty for me to be doing. I should start doing the final read through of the next book in the series, for a start. It'll be out a short two weeks after the Girl Who Died Backwards, after all. Plenty of time to get it properly formatted for Amazon and do a last series of edits before publication, but I could get started now. I think I just needed a break after the intensity of getting the site up, getting the trailer done, and doing all the final edits of Book I.
But what a gloriously intense time it's been though. I really could do this full time for a living. Maybe I will start the final read through on the next book...
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