First Novel Published!

After much toil and trouble (more toil, I have to admit!) my first book How the Wolf Lost Her Heart is out on Amazon. There will be paperback editions in the next week, but I'm proud to announce the Kindle edition is up and running.

It's true that it's a huge challenge self-publishing and I've had some brilliant help from people in the self-publishing section who have shared their expertise, so big thanks to those people! After the mountain of rejections, I decided this was the road I wanted to take and I'm very pleased I did. There's still a long way to go of course, but I'm hopeful that this will be the stepping stone towards bigger and brighter things.

Here's the front cover; I was very pleased the first time I saw it.



So yes - first book published! I'm ecstatic - I achieved the goal I'd set myself 12 years ago, to be published before the age of 30, albeit not quite as I'd expected, but I'm thrilled nonetheless and very optimistic about what the future holds.

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate your words of congrats!

Thanks Jassack and Phaeal!

Thanks, J.B!

Hi Robertt - do you mean just this book or getting my name out as a writer aswell, e.g, creating websites? If it's the book alone, I've spent about $25 (£15) so far. $15 went to a promotional company who will feature the book on their website; they have a lot of readers so I'm hoping this one will boost sales. A further $10 went towards ordering the proof on Createspace.

I'm lucky in the sense I'm connected to proof-readers, editors and book cover designers; as a freelance writer, rather than pay upfront, general payment includes me using my freelancing abilities to return the favour. Also, in terms of promotion/creating a website/marketing myself, it's something I feel I can do on my own with the assistance of a few helpful friends. It will be some time before I'll be able to tell if my strategy works, but I've got my fingers crossed!