Blah, Blah and more BLAH!!!

I am coming to you from my living room, I have NCIS on mute because I'd like some quiet but I don't really want to be alone. I just thought I would give a few musings about my first two weeks as a (self)published author.

I guess the first musing is amusing. It's amusing that I thought I would have more success than I am having. I've sold 20 books so far, which is amazing, don't get me wrong but I'm 99.93% positive that those copies are all sold to family and friends. The title is intriguing, the cover is amazing and I'm really proud of the book. I've posted and responded to a handful of posts on the kindle boards but that hasn't garnered me anything. So I've tried to find book bloggers who will review my book. Most will not review self published work. To be honest, I can't really blame them. I'm sure a lot of the stuff that gets self published isn't worth reading. I did email three book bloggers and sent them my book but I haven't heard back from any of them. It's possible that they will/are reading it and I'll find a Christmas present of a review in the near future but I'm not going to hold my breath.

I've done a lot of reading and a lot of studying about self publishing and the number one thing people say is that the best publicity is to write a second book. I'm doing that, I'm happy with the direction but my question is, if nobody is finding the first book, what makes you think they will find the second book? That sounds like a fair question. I think my next course of action is going to be to try and find out about getting my book listed at goodreads.

I guess I will keep plugging away. I keep thinking if I can find that magical blogger to read my book and review it I might gain a little momentum. It's not that the brass ring is just out of my reach, it's that I don't know where it's located.

So if anybody is reading this and my best guess says there isn't I hope you have read or will read my book. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. I'm going to keep plugging away. Right now, I'm that tree falling in the forest and I don't seem to making a sound. Hopefully someday soon, somebody will hear me.

The Trinity Murders

I have just uploaded my first novel to both Amazon and Barnes & Noble. There's no telling what will happen now! I'm very proud of how it turned out and I've already started working on the second novel with a hopeful publish date in October. The name of the second novel is Sun, Surf, Suicide. Anyway, I'm too jazzed to think right now so I'm going to go. Not to mention I'm off to go golfing in half an hour. Anyone who reads this, thanks for checking out my page. I promise to strive and make each book better than the last one.