Things are happening at a velocity that does not seem real. I recently upgraded to a Google Phone and so started using their Calendar app to track my appointments – and it has coincided with a period where every day
Blog Dust
Fallen off on the blogging this year – I would say it’s because I’m busy but I think I’m basically always busy. What really happens, I suspect, is that in very intense periods I can find it difficult to reach
Derelict in my duties
It feels like I do more self-promotion than ever, which I’m sort of ambivalent about. I have come around to its necessity in the era of the “personal brand”; and it has actually had positive benefits to my career; although
Coordinated assault
Today may be an important one for the novel – we got two reader reviews on Amazon, both positive 4-star recommendations. One also posted on GoodReads, for additional exposure. While the editorial reviews from IndieReader and Kirkus have been tremendously
Kirkus!
Kirkus Reviews is one of the oldest still-operating review services in the country, launched in 1933. In recent years, they have branched out to allow direct-publishing authors to purchase reviews. The reviews are not guaranteed to be positive and they
The critic are raving
Great piece of news today – IndieReader.com has posted a review of Seeing by Moonlight, and it’s glowingly positive. 4.5 stars out of 5, even: SEEING BY MOONLIGHT is a thoughtful and intricate story, with enough food for thought to
On Being an Author – So Far
Barnes & Noble finally caught onto Seeing by Moonlight about a week after everyone else did. And I’ve created a GoodReads profile for the book, which led to an Author Profile for myself. And while my understanding is that I’m
Seeing by Moonlight – Sales Links
So the other sites have picked up faster than advertised as well. Going to turn this into a clearing-house page to gather links until I can organize a better place for them. My partner Mr. Thomas should be updating the
The Rollout Begins
Mr. Thomas and I have approved the final digital master file for Seeing by Moonlight, and it has now been pushed out to a dozen leading digital booksellers. Each processes at their own speed, so there won’t be an official
Process
Maybe/hopefully I will be able to share more about the e-publishing experience as I go through it for the first time. I want to learn as many lessons as I can, since the second experience (with my short story collection)