An Important Announcement About the Future

Hi, folks! Today, I’m writing with a heavy heart – it’s been announced that my publisher, Booktrope, is closing its doors, and so as of May 31st, my two books – No Rest for the Wicked and Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home – will no longer be available.

It’s good news and it’s bad news – there’s a lot of fallout to deal with, and the first thing that I need to think about is getting the books back out on the market. Annoyingly, the day before the announcement, I spent the day coming up with new marketing campaigns – unfortunately, without a book to promote, the campaigns are useless.

This isn’t the end – far from it. In fact, I’d self-published almost a dozen books before I was picked up by Booktrope, I just didn’t bother trying to sell them because I wasn’t happy with them. But now, I’ve learned a lot from Booktrope, and so even if I do self-publish my books in the future, I’ll at least have a decent idea of what work needs to go into it.

It’s a sad time, and it’s going to cause a lot of extra work for me, but I’m trying to stay positive about it. It’s hard – it took me six years to get my first book deal, and I’m hoping that it won’t take me another six years to get my next one. And in the meantime, I’ll be trying to get the books back online and in print.

All that said, if you want to buy a copy of one of my books then now’s the time – they’ll only be available in their current form until May 31st. Click here to check out No Rest for the Wicked, or click here to take a look at Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home. It’s been emotional.