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Sunday, December 22, 2024
So within the next few days, the book should be ready for sale. I'm just hammering out the last details!
Saturday, December 21, 2024
At this point I'm my ”career" of being an #author I feel as if I could give a #tedtalk on how to #publish a book and being on a #fixedincome or #lowincome 

Thankfully, I'm fairly resourceful and tech savvy, and have been using the Internet since 1995, and I'm pretty advanced when it comes to searching for things on the net. So the most I've spent it of pocket for the entire creation of my book has been less than $1000 spread out over the course of 2024.

I spent $20 on a used laptop that I found at a thrift store. Got a new to me printer that was given to me with ink, and I bought new ink on eBay for less than $25. I bought a .com which was $10.99. I paid for 6 coffee meetings at we'll say a total of $30.00 and the 2 biggest purchases was my ISBN Number at $125 and my final editor which would have cost $120. And about $60 on random things here and there as gift bag prizes. And a $25 promotional poster. The biggest cost so far has been ordering my author copies to the tune of about $482.
Most things were either given to me or donated to me. Which really saved me money too! And my PR team has been amazing and I know without them I may not have had half the hype about my book that I have had. 

I still need to order more books, because unfortunately I can not sell them directly on Amazon due to my income restrictions.
But it has been a very bumpy, stressful, journey. One I thought that I'd never survive. And not to be overly dramatic, but it's aged me and fried my nerves!

In all I'm still not done with my journey. I've got speaking engagements that are being planned, plus a few other things. All I do know is that I'm pretty happy with how things are turning out.


Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Well, I have my first round of books that I need to deliver today. And this is both a moment of excitement and a moment of sadness. I am excited because this is what I've worked so hard to do. But reserved in the fact that, these are my children that I am sending off into the world. So, it is bittersweet.

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.

 

Friday, December 6, 2024

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.