Carpe Diem Scroto The Book blog

 It would seem that all is quite on the front lines now that the book is published. At the time of writing this I have sold about 30 copies of the book. Not a huge amount but still an impressive amount for myself. I am about to collaborate with a collogue of mine and revise the book and have a version 2 of the book hopefully ready by October. 

In the meantime, I have begun working, albeit slowly, on the next book which will be a companion to Carpe Diem Scroto called Carpe Diem Vita. CDV will be looking more into the mental health aspects of depression, grief, and daily struggles. It's going to be a bit "heavier" than what CDS is.

I also have a compendium of short stories that I am working on, that are just creative stories, that are to short to be full novels. I have tried fleshing out some of them, but I feel they are more impactful as a series of short stories.

I am still in the process of recovering from the passing of my mother on March 20th, 2025. And as I am working through the stages of grief, and undergoing counseling for it and other issues, I am beginning to have the strength to talk more openly about it, and it's giving me the ability to sit down and begin my work on yet another book with the working title called "The Healing Child and their Toxic Environment." This new book will focus on childhood traumas and coping mechanisms both good and bad, that we create in order to move through life one step at a time. It will also cover topics such as suicide where I will share my personal experience with it, and how I have to break the mold daily to open up and talk about my own struggles. 

So please bear with me while it is taking some time to get everything polished and worked out. Rome was not built in a day, nor was my life and the rollercoaster of its up's and down's. 

But know dear reader, that I appreciate you, and that YOU yourself are in need of kindness, love, and most of all, rest. Do not allow the weight of the world and others limit your own self-worth.

This makes it 100% complete (well until I get them to all the people who ordered 99.99%) and now the whole ordeal is behind me. I now know the process and details of self-publishing for the most part. Im sure that there are a few gaps in my knowledge and a few things that I have missed out on. But for my very first book, I am happy and content. 

Looking back over the last few years, it really does not see like that long ago but also feels like the last 3 years have been me running at max compacity. All of the work that I put into designing my cover. All of the typing, and the editing, and the back and forth with people for one reason or another. It is all surreal to think that its come to an end.

According to my PR team, they still want me to push forward and to get back out in front of people and tell my story over and over, and promote the book still and to start doing speaking engagements, and getting my book into the hands of some local book shops and even into the library system. I've got to come up with more money to get more copies made too. But all of that in good time.

Well as I sit here at my computer finishing up the last of my speech and making games to act as time fillers, I know that I am 98% done with my book and the journey it has taken me on. 99% will be having the book launch party this coming Sunday, and 100% will be me hand delivering the books to those who've ordered.

Im nervous, yet so beyond ready to just get it out there into the world and let people have access to it. I have still not released the URL as to where to purchase it and until I get some things finalized, I don't know that I will. As there are still so many things that I need to complete once the launch has come and gone.

But for now, all I can say is that regardless of if it's going to be well received or not. Carpe Diem Scroto is complete.

Well, there has come a point where new setbacks have occurred. It now looks like I may not be able to offer an eBook like I originally thought I would at this point in the books journey to publication. I may also be selling the book privately for a short time. What this means, is that book orders will most likely take up to 3 weeks to get to the customer due to shipping arrangements and the like. I am hoping that this is not going to be the case for very long if that is the option I have to choose, however, I am uncertain. 

This is not what I had planned and not how I wanted to conduct the release of my book. But when you have so many variables to deal with, it is hard to account for all of the hiccups that come along the way. Such is life, am I right?

What I can confirm is that things are at this moment still on track for the December 8th Book Launch Party, which may now be an intimate gathering of friends and family and well-wishers. I still have to confer with my PR Team as to how they wish to handle this.

So I will keep you all updated as things continue to unfold. Thank you all for your support and understanding.