Take your opprotunities while you can

When it comes to being a writer, and self publishing, you need to grab every opportunity that comes your way. Keep a book with you and talk about it to anyone that will listen to you. Send information to your local paper, and try to donate it to your local libraries (not all libraries will accept any books without reviewing them first.)

My first book signing (small scale)

So, just a few days after moving back to New York, I went to a family reunion, and it turned into a book signing. I only had 3 books, and they were all allocated for specific family members. I still need to get one for my grandma though.

It was a fun to have a group of people that wanted my book. Selling the books was nice too since I haven't made much money yet as a writer.

After the success of that endeavor, I made a contact at the coffee shop down the road. I got an email to talk to someone about doing a book signing there in the future. Maybe that will become something too. We'll have to wait and see.

Win a free copy of Cherry Wood

My news isn't as exciting as it was going to be because I got a better suggestion for later this month, but I do have something for everyone.

I'll be doing a give away of a free copy of Cherry Wood this week. How do you enter? It's very simple:

Sign up for my mailing list by sending a message to lockheed40book@gmail.com.
Wait and see who wins.

It's a simple as that. The winner will receive an email requesting mailing information.

Promotion is hard when you don't like to put yourself out there.

Having written a book feels great, I can't deny that. I'm glad that I decided to take the self publishing route because I don't want to deal with all the submissions and waiting. I'm more than happy to have Cherry Wood out there for people to see and read. (I'm also looking forward to getting Young Mutants in Love ready to go.)

The hardest part for me so far has been self promotion. I want people to read my book, and hopefully love it, but I don't want to tell people to read it. It's a complicated conundrum. I'm not sure if I have what it takes to make this work, but I'm going to work on it.

Read my book, it's awesome.

Hopefully that helps.

My first free day!

So yesterday was the first of my five free days with Kindle, and 313 people took a chance on my book for free. Hopefully they will read it and give me some feed back. It's a bit of a gamble, but hopefully it will pay off.

IAN (Independent Author Network)

While looking for opportunities to promote my upcoming book, Cherry Wood, I happened across the Independent Author Network. For a starting fee, and nothing else over time, they will create an author page for you to help you promote your book.

They made me one, and since it just went up, I don't know just how much it has help yet, but I'm excited about working with them in the future. Check out the page they put together for me.