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The Day Has Arrived!

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It’s finally happened!

My thriller, The Sussex Deal is ready.

 

After much writing and much more writing and then tons of editing and re-editing, and then doing research on marketing etc., my book has finally made it to the eBook publishing stage.

book_icon4I’m excited, and although I know it takes time to promote the book and generate sales, the road to getting here and now travelling the path to publishing it, I’ve come to realize that it’s the whole process that I’m obsessed with. Every step has brought its fair share of challenges to overcome, but I’ve enjoyed it every step of the way.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had my days where I thought, why am I doing this or why did I have to re-write this twelve times before I got it right.  In the end, my drive to succeed and my enormous love of the craft is what makes it all worthwhile.

My first love lies in writing fantasy, so writing a contemporary thriller was a whole new experience for me.  The language was the biggest challenge to overcome. I found myself often slipping back into writing in the style of my fantasy novels. The thriller genre did give me a taste of something new. The one thing it did have in common with my fantasy genre is that I felt passionate about all my characters. I think it’s this passion that forces me to tell their story regardless of the genre.

The Sussex Deal was initially to become my first “chapter story”—a story for my readers where I put out one chapter at a time—but we decided to use it as my first step into eBook publishing.

monitor_1Now, the task begins to market the book. Will it be a success? Time will tell. For me, the euphoria comes in writing the book and bringing it to its completion. I hope to give my readers that same euphoria when reading it. I’m already working on my next book and loving it.small_star

Alandra CL

Daily Post – Don’t Burn Your Books . . .

 

My Interests That May Interest You!

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Don’t Burn Your Books-Print Is Here to Stay – By Nicholas Carr – The Wall Street Journal – http://goo.gl/fberJ

Nine Practices to Help you Say No – By Peter Bregman – HBR – http://goo.gl/xLclP

Keep Dreaming . . . Even When They Think You’re Nuts – By Jenny Price – For Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/a7fNf

Book Design Quick Tips for Self-Publishers – By Joel Friedlander – http://goo.gl/SvxW6

globe2Parts of Earth Are Missing Gravity – By Kris Sanchez – For UberFacts – http://goo.gl/UTQtI

Yes, We Do Judge . . .

 

My Interests That May Interest You

 

Yes, We Do Judge a Book By Its Cover – By Jeremy Gardiner – for Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/AOpuy

 

 

Learn to be Charismatic – by Scott Edinger – for Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/wQg0d

 

Oscar-winner Michael Arndt To Pen “Star Wars Episode VII” – By Dominic Patten – for deadline – http://goo.gl/BcG8v

 

Mustering the Courage to Turn Down a Publishing Contract – By Kfir Luzzatto – for Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/8jOfm

 

 

 

 

Coming Up Soon . . .

My Interests That May Interest You:

Coming up soon – National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) – http://goo.gl/J05l

How to Respond to Negativity – By Peter Bregman – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/vfX3Y

How to Become a Writer – By writetodone – http://goo.gl/Uk5YE

How to Become an Exceptional Writer – By Demian Farnworth – copyblogger – http://goo.gl/YK8wS

How Amazon Squeezes Writers to Make You Richer – By Nathan Alderman – http://goo.gl/zSJnj

Less-Confident People Are More Successful – by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic – Harvard Business Review – http://goo.gl/j7F9W

Rights vs. Copyright – By Victoria Strauss – Writer Beware – http://goo.gl/yb3dz

Your E-Book Is Reading You – By Alexandra Alter – The Wall Street Journal – http://goo.gl/m8Yg2

4 Quick Tips for Authors to Get Website Traffic Fast! – By Lynnette Phillips – For The Book Designer – http://goo.gl/jnYqN

Unleash Your Writing With This Trick From the Movies – By Write to Done – http://goo.gl/MiSrp

The Essential Guide to (Not) Responding to Critics – By Jeff Goins – http://goo.gl/cfguL

Are the Rules of Engagement for Serious Novels Changing?  By Warren Adler – Huffington Post – http://goo.gl/lFkCS

Quote(s) of the Day:

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” – Mark Twain