In the meantime, here I am with a shiny, new author blog. It's going to evolve because I don't know where it's going right now. I want to write about writing sometimes and my other blogs aren't conducive to that. I'm a Who living on a speck and I love to write and I want someone to hear me--like Readers!
A writer without readers is like an actor without an audience. I can't entertain anyone or hone my craft by myself. I need to open myself up to criticism and praise alike so I can advance.
In December, I published my middle-grade novel, The Pet Washer. I'm almost finished with a young adult novel. I have two more in the wings (one is half-written, the other if finished but needs a major edit) and the fifth is still in the oven.
Publishing The Pet Washer is not the end for me--it's just the beginning. I hope that in two years, five years, ten years--I will have created my brand. I won't be on the edge of a shiny new blog, wondering what's going to happen next, but I will be further along with at least five published books under my belt, and still excited about what is next. There is a beginning to this but there is no end. It will continue until I return to dust.
Writing isn't an accomplishment, it's a journey. Publishing isn't an end, it's a marathon.
The Pet Washer will die if I do nothing. Every day I try to do one thing toward promoting it--either posting on facebook, researching book reviewers or making contacts with people in the industry. Promoting isn't that exciting to me and it takes away from my writing time, but I have to do it.
Book sales were good in December. I'm hoping the Pet Washer reader base grows like a snowball over time. To anyone reading this, you are more important to me than you know. Without support, I will never make it.
Thank You!
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