After many, many hours of work, my 1st novel, “Inheriting S.O.F.I.A.” is finally published and ready to be found by the world. It is now published on Amazon.com, iBooks, Barnes & Noble (Nook), Kobo, Playster, Tolino and Scribd. Amazon even allows me to offer a paperback version that they will print on demand, which is an awesome feature. I’d ordered the proof copy to be sure that it looked okay, and found the size to be a bit large, so I created a new, smaller version that will be up online in just a few days. I’m not sure how many people are still reading paper books, but it’s great to have that available and you know I’m going to get some extra author copies as well. Nothing beats holding your own novel in your hand. Mind blowing.
I must admit, although the world doesn’t much know my novel exists at this point, it’s amazing to me that I’ve published my novel. Being able to self-publish your book is a major boon to independent authors wishing to get their work out there. Would it be awesome to be accepted by a literary agent who would pitch and sell my novel to a traditional publisher? You bet it would be, but what was the necessary first step to getting published years ago, is not the roadblock it once was. Now authors can very easily self-publish and get their work into the hands of readers around the world. A process now possible for all authors, although with wildly varying results. Self-marketing seems to be the key to your book being discovered, so this process is now underway.
For what is a writer if no one ever reads their work? Answer,… a sad writer. Not wanting to be sad, I’m now working on getting the word out about my first novel.
Progress Report:
“Inheriting S.O.F.I.A.” Novel Progress: DONE, published!
1st Draft Novel: 78,198 words
2nd Draft Novel Rewrite: Completed 2/11/2018!
“Burt’s Bots” Novel Outline progress:
Outline: 17.816 words (Rereading outline to date now)
Novel 1st Draft: 13,367 (Went back to outlining 1st though)