Bootstraps and International Strangers

Well, it is time to pull myself up by my bootstraps and get crackin. I may be the patron saint of over extending myself, but I am so damn close to having a print edition of this book, it is time to pull out the stops. As anybody who is going it alone knows, with work, family, projects, and holidays, the first thing to go on the shelf is the luxury of writing.
I am not sure if I am going squeeze in a trip to the east coast, but at the very least, I think I can arrange another reading here locally, for the print release. I paid the create space team for a final sweep from a professional editor and I have been sitting on the word doc for almost two months. The next steps are going through the manuscript to review changes, then format the manuscript to the create space print format. I will be using InDesign for the formatting.
Of course, I will release a 1.1 version of the ebook, with the changes and this fall, continue working on the audiobook, with the help of Mr. Sexytime (My vocal talent alter-ego). I also think I can send the book out to a few espresso book machine sites. The closet thing to Omaha is Kansas City. I think this is a groovy model though, and I am looking forward to figuring out how to get my book into those lovely indie book stores across America.
So yeah, independent publishing is officially a very low paying part time job. I am still selling a few ebooks a month, but things are petering off, to say the least. Time to re-engage and breathe some life into this project. My goal has been to achieve as much as I can in the first 12 months of publication. Best case scenario is securing a strong backlist position on Amazon.
Gotta believe and keep the momentum alive. Very grateful for my patron Abby, who works for Facebook and has been funding advertising for the FB page. So if you are a stranger out in the UK or Canada who is reading this blog for the first time, then welcome aboard:) There is a sample avialable for my novel. If you like sex and self-cannibilization, hallucinations and meditation, this might just be something you'll enjoy!
More soon. Perhaps naughty vignette? -Thom