It's done...

A Place of Safety is complete. I got a copy of the book with the glossy dust jacket and now it is ready...as you can see from the new banner I've posted on this blog. 

The last step will be setting it up in paperback, but that is in the future. Right now, I'm basking in the beauty of knowing I not only did what I said I would, for 2024, it was for a serious book about a devastating time in a young man's life, not something rooted in erotica and movie-style events.

I know without question anyone who was actually born and raised in Derry will have issues with the books, if they ever read them. I did my best to make each one as true as possible, but I've already had people from there say there's no way I can get the true flavor of being a Derry man or woman. Usually as they say they won't read it. And that's all right. What matters is, I stayed honest to Brendan and his story.

Now comes the fun part--trying to get reviews of the book on GoodReads and Amazon. Everything I've read about selling your book swears they are extremely important. But I wonder about that, after hearing from writers I know. People can be real assholes if they don't like you or your subject matter.

I've even got a stalker on Amazon giving my books one-star reviews. It's really funny. Not one word of explanation, just the negative rating. Almost like a silent There, I showed you. Talk about silly. Nasty reviews have been written about my work so many times, anonymous cowards mean nothing to me. 

So now it's finish BDO and then...we'll see...