ROW80: Off the Radar, Preparing

It has been a strange week when I look back on it.

My editor returned Highway to Hell to me, I checked through it, made a few last minor adjustments and then I stepped into the world of a published author. Yes you heard it here… Highway to Hell is now available for download via Smashwords.com

Now, you may ask why am I not shouting this form the roof and trying to drum up sales? Well the answer is one I thought long and hard about. I want to do this right. I want a careful and well thought out sales approach. My main aim now is to get the smashwords 'Premium Status approval' and the paperback version up and published. That way I can attack the market from all angles.

Also, I am busy laying the groundwork behind the scenes, creating accounts and profiles at Facebook, Twitter, Goodreads, Wattpad, and Authors.com so that I have even more social media points of contact. Sadly, all the ground work means my actual presence on these sites has decreased the las few days, but I am almost there now to at least get back to my old level of contact and I hope to start working in some more promotion as of tomorrow.

Just to give you all a heads-up, you can read the first character introduction from Highway to Hell here on my site and the first 20% is available for download at Smashwords.

Following from another recent series of conversations that I have had and witnessed over the last few weeks, I came into the market with a price of $2.99 and will use the $.99 figure as a promotional tool etc.

For the rest, I haven't done much other writing in the second half of this week. I have managed something most days, but that too will start again from tomorrow.

Well, that is about it for this check-in my friends. As always I thank you for reading, and for sticking with me on my journey.