We Pause for Station Identification

I started this blog to promote my novels. I’ve never made any suggestions otherwise. I try not to inundate everyone with constant whining about buying my books. Blogging became something more than an advertising platform, and I’d keep blogging today without a story to market.

Still, every once in a while, I reserve the right to market my novels. And today is that day. I got a really good review for Arson. Arson is the most recent story, and hasn’t gotten a ton of action so far. Today I got a wonderful four star review. Hopefully, it’s the first of many. (Thanks Lorraine.)

Rather than quote from the review, you can read about it here. I’m doing this, because after you read this wonderful review you might want to buy your own copy. Right after the review went up, someone borrowed it. I can’t tell whether it’s from the lending library or the Kindle Unlimited program. This is my cue to remind you that you can read the book for free on these programs.

We now return to your regularly scheduled blog.

My goal for 2014 was to get four of my older novels published. If I can get The Cock of the South published, this goal will be complete. That gets me to thinking about what’s next.

Will ‘O the Wisp will be the first newer story. I really like this one, and it should get some kind of push effort.

I’ve never done much promotion on my novels. As my next group of stories come out, I may have to grow up a little bit as an author. I may have to explore these blog tours I see everyone partaking in. I should probably arrange some advance reviews. I may need to look into some of the paid promotional services too.

I’m also thinking about revamping this blog. I would like to find a theme that allows me to post cover images and links without the huge sidebar. As much as I love the Pilcrow theme, maybe there’s something better available. Maybe I need a separate book page, but I have my doubts whether anyone would look at it.

These are internal thoughts for right now. The first project is to get The Cock of the South live on Amazon. After that I’ll probably experiment with a few things. I reserve the right to ask my regulars for their opinions too, of course anyone can chime in when I’m ready.

I suppose my idea for tonight is that it’s time for a writerly metamorphosis. As one goal is met, it’s time for a new one.