Starting Out

I figured I should start blogging before I launch my book so that I know what I’m doing when the time comes.

Here’s where I am: Within the next week or so, I should be able to launch my first novel, All for Good, through Kindle Direct Publishing on Amazon. I’ll produce an e-book and a print-on-demand version. It sounds fairly simple, but this “prepublishing” stage has been the hardest part of creating a book. I’ve been writing and editing marketing communications my whole career, so the writing and editing part was fun. The rest of it has been, well, scary.

My new friend Lee has been working on formatting my book for both digital and print. She does an amazing job, and you should check out her book, At Last, on Amazon. However, there are so many tiny things to consider, and to my coworkers who are quality-control proofreaders, my hat goes off to you. My old friend Joe has been working on my cover. I’m mortified that I’ve had so many tweaks along the way. On the bright side, we are closing in on the perfect cover.

So in some ways, I’m at the point where I can’t wait. In other ways, I’m still nervous as can be.

I’m hoping that the next time you hear from me, I’ll have a link to my book on Amazon!