Silver Linings!

When clouds loom overhead to obscure an Indie author’s visibility and credibility as a writer—I look for silver linings to offset sluggish sales or stagnant reviews.

This week I received my first royalty check representing eBook sales for September 2016. Since the Kindle Edition of my Contemporary Women’s Fiction novel, priced at $3.95, was launched on Sept. 20th, a stipend exceeding twenty bucks for a span of ten days is none too shabby!

I submitted the answers for a set of author interview questions to the Indie View which should go live in 4-8 weeks. My PDF file is in the queue for a review. http://www.theindieview.com/

I entered my book in two long-shot contests:

01/ 17/ 2017: AUTHORS TALK ABOUT IT - 2017 ATAI Book Award Contest in the category of General Fiction. Even if my book doesn’t win, it’s guaranteed a review/critique, promotion, and badge should it earn 4-5 stars.

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01/24/2017: IPPY (Independent Publishers Book Awards) in the category of Best Regional Fiction—North-East USA.

http://www.independentpublisher.com/

A BOOK REVIEW for ‘An Enlightening Quiche’ from “The Empty Pages” (Sushant Sawant) earned 4.5 out of 5 stars!

http://the-empty-pages.blogspot.in/20...

And, a silver lining on the home front:

Even though no one showed up for my author event at Pawtucket Public Library on Feb. 6th, which the director attributed to poor parking amenities, she informed me the autographed copy I gifted, plus the 7 copies that were ordered, have all been signed out!

If the weather holds out, I’ll be at B&N in Smithfield, Rhode Island on Saturday, Feb. 11 from 1 – 3 PM, along with 9 other local authors scattered throughout the store.

Whatever happens, I’ll look for a silver lining in storm clouds overhead.