Back To Writing

 

While I've been introducing and marketing the new novel, I haven't had the time or inclination to blog about writing.  I'm still trying to keep

The Steam Locomotive Murders

out there before the general public, so please excuse this brief lapse into self-promotion.

Promoting your own work is frustrating, not the least bit because I've been thinking up new ideas for the next Charlie Komensky novel.  I've even put a few paragraphs in place for a tentative suspenseful beginning.  I have also done a lot of thinking about how Charlie should evolve as a character, where he should be two or even three adventures down the road, and what his relationship with his current (as of the end of the second novel) fiancee should be that far ahead.
If any readers on Goodreads or otherwise want to put in their two cents.  Please use the EASY CONTACT page on my website or email me at caturek@paginationbooks.com.  If you have other comment, I'd also like to hear.  But if you want to do a review, please post your review both on Goodreads and Amazon.  
Anyway, I was about to write about the difficulty in both writing and promoting your own work at the same time.  I would guess that even represented authors with publishing contracts have this conflict, as there are not going to be bookstore sales without book signings and etc.
In the interim, I have also succeeded in moving forward with a lot of words in the processor on my non-fiction humorous tome about insurance and insurance adjusting.  Don't laugh.  After working in that industry for over 40 years, I have to get it out of my system.  Maybe you will all like it.  I'm targeting February 1, 2014, for completion of the manuscript at the very, very least.