Dear Diary: Alec's Dream Revised

Hi all.

I found out that if you let the reader set the price for your book on Smashwords, Amazon will cut it's price to zero.

I didn't realize this until my Amazon sales report showed over 400 downloads in a week. At first I thought it was an error, but after realizing Alec's Dream was free, it made it much more interesting to readers (I've consistently been in the top 100 of the sci-fi adventure category) and over the past month I've gotten close to 700 downloads.

Not bad. Even though I'm not making any money, I like it. I like it so much that I decided to not try getting an agent or publisher for my revised edition. It is now free on Amazon, free on Smashwords and as soon as Smashwords distributes it (B&N, Sony, Apple...), it'll be free everywhere.

As a first time writer (I won't consider myself an author until I actually make money at this), its all about the readership. The more downloads I get, the more I'm encouraged to continue writing.

So download it if you can and read it if you want.