Welcome!

I've been working really hard (and fast) this past week to get my FB page, my website, and my blog up and running. I made a split second decision last weekend and decided to self-publish my very first novel. I had just hit "send" on an e-mail to a literary agent and kind of freaked out.  The timeline of traditional publishing scared me.  I wanted anyone who wanted to read my stuff to be able to read it when I wanted them to read it. Not three years from now. Yeah the timeline has shrunk with the advent of e-publishing, but... I'm impatient. Plus if it's a big success (ha!), I can get an agent later. Supposedly.

So... The Program! It's essentially good conquers evil with magic and teenagers. Wildfire is the first in either 3 or 4 books (not sure yet). The cover is my first attempt with photoshop.  Totally humbled by that experience, BTW. A graphic designer I am not!

The website (www.andreairvingbooks.com) is a work in progress. I'm using godaddy's web builder, so it's going to be very basic. Same with this blog.  Blogger is great, but not fancy.  I can't do fancy.  Not one of my many talents.

I do have the beginnings of a FB page. It's @andreairvingauthor and will eventually have links to this blog. The website has a link on there. I'm still not sure if I'll be entering the twitterverse.  I don't have a personal twitter account, so... I just dunno. If there's ever a demand, perhaps.  I'm a little overwhelmed at the moment.

So that's my welcome to you all. I'll probably have some kind of "about me" post once I get Wildfire uploaded, and that will hopefully be in the next few days. Wish me luck!

TTYL!
Andrea.