Welcome, Joe! Great to have you here!
You say your book is "written"... what comes next for you? Editing? Proofreading? Beta-reading? Or are you ready to publish?
We'd love to hear more about your book, i.e. plot, genre, etc.
Happy to give (and get) any advice necessary!
I should've been more specific, haha. My book is published now via Smashwords and Amazon. It's been distributed to the MANY places the Smashwords premium catalogue distributes to (which for those of you who are considering it, I would highly recommend Smashwords).
I did most of the editing, proofreading and the like myself. I had a few beta-readers, but found that a large portion became unreliable or too busy (which I completely understand, they are definitely doing me a favour with any help they give), so I did the best I could with what feedback I had.
I actually am quite happy though with how it has all turned out.
The book is fantasy but kind of stretches across into the mystery/paranormal genres a little too. I really hate to explain the plot, but let's say that it is based on my own experiences of attempting to sleep and how crazy my dreams can get with the medication I am on. Sometimes I wonder if I'm not still sleeping.
Anyway, the book (which is around 19000 words) touches on the life of an every day man who ticks all the right boxes in his life, he's starting to climb the career ladder and has the family to boot. It all starts getting a little bit crazy when he finds himself frequently waking up in a dream land, to the point where he struggles to tell the difference between when he is sleeping and awake.
I don't want to say much more as there might be people who'd like a look at it without having too many spoilers. The link is in the sig for those interested.
As for next steps? I'm not too sure at this stage. I definitely want to try the High-fantasy book series, a sci-fi series, maybe even some Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas style childrens books.
Who knows? For now, the old saying of the sky being the limit is very prominent in my mind. I'm just enjoying my writing and trying to give people something to enjoy reading. We'll see!
