The Loneliness of the Long Distance Author

This is just a short post to highlight the highs and lows that an author goes through.  These last couple of weeks have had the highs outweighing the lows, which is never a bad thing - maybe I can make a half decent career out of this writing lark - it certainly beats working for a living...

High number 1: seeing my book hit the Amazon overall bestseller list.  I peaked at #33 overall and 2nd in category behind the new Dan Brown novel, Inferno.  To see your name up there amongst greats like Lee Child, Jeffrey Deaver, Patricia Cornwell is pretty awesome.

High number 2: seeing the sales tick upwards like crazy.  Hitting four figures sold in just over 24 hours was a good moment.

High number 3: getting five star reviews.  At the moment, Hell's Garden has seven reviews on amazon.co.uk.  All of them are five star.  That means a lot to me (people have enjoyed my book enough to let me and others know).  That makes it worthwhile far more than the sales - although the sales are very nice and will make a big difference to my family.

Low number 1: watching the book slip back down the rankings after those crazy few days.  Not really a problem, I've got more than enough motivation to keep me going on book 2.  Deadline for publication is mid July 2013 for anyone interested.

And that is about the only downside.  I'm planning to do the next few blogs on how I came up with the various characters and the plot, but I want to nail the last bits of 'To Pay the Devil' first - it is shaping up nicely and I don't want to lose momentum.

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