Jennifer L. Davidson's Blog, page 20
October 17, 2011
Writing again
I finally got up this morning to work on the second novel in the Kody Burkoff series. It felt so good! I've spent the last several months rewriting, editing, researching, and formatting for Missing Maggie, so writing some new material was absolutely exhilerating. I'm hoping for a very productive winter.
Random Thought: I love that it's the little things that can make a child smile.
Random Thought: I love that it's the little things that can make a child smile.
October 13, 2011
Struggling with Smashwords
Struggling right now with the Smashwords conversion...ugh. When it's all done though, I'll have my book available in many other formats. As a positive, I received my 30 copies of my book so now I can get them to my close friends and family. I might even have a few left to solicit some local reviews.
Random Thought: It totally stinks that the people closest to you are also usually the most irritating!
Random Thought: It totally stinks that the people closest to you are also usually the most irritating!
October 12, 2011
Self-publishing "Missing Maggie"
After hemming and hawing for a few years about what to do with the novel I wrote, I decided self-publishing was the way to go. It's been a great experience so far and I'm very happy with the outcome.
Here's what went down last week:
10/3 - Nook and Kindle versions went live.10/4 - Recieved paperback proof in mail and it was exactly what I was hoping for. I pressed "Submit" in CreateSpace and waited for the book to appear on Amazon.10/5 - Sent out email to friends and family, published new facebook page, ordered 30 copies of my book to pass out, and published my website, jenniferldavidsonwriter.com.10/6 - Responded to emails saying "Congratulations." This was sooooo fun to do!10/10 - Saw that someone wrote the first review of "Missing Maggie" and gave it five stars! What's next? Promote, promote, promote! I also need to get working on the second book in the Kody Burkoff series.
Random Thought: Why is it that the flies all seem to disappear when I finally find the fly swatter? UGH!
Here's what went down last week:
10/3 - Nook and Kindle versions went live.10/4 - Recieved paperback proof in mail and it was exactly what I was hoping for. I pressed "Submit" in CreateSpace and waited for the book to appear on Amazon.10/5 - Sent out email to friends and family, published new facebook page, ordered 30 copies of my book to pass out, and published my website, jenniferldavidsonwriter.com.10/6 - Responded to emails saying "Congratulations." This was sooooo fun to do!10/10 - Saw that someone wrote the first review of "Missing Maggie" and gave it five stars! What's next? Promote, promote, promote! I also need to get working on the second book in the Kody Burkoff series.
Random Thought: Why is it that the flies all seem to disappear when I finally find the fly swatter? UGH!
