Maybe I wasn’t thinking ahead when I gave this blog its strapline, taken from ‘Outbreak 1917’. The zombie apocalypse already happened? Maybe it did, at that… but I’m not just a horror writer. Now I find myself looking for a way to attach a mention of my latest story to my online persona. ‘Rust and Recuperation’ has no zombies in it at all. No undead of any flavour, in fact.*

Rust and Recuperation, as I said back in this post is to be found in the somewhat niche genre of historical vehicle restoration crime fiction. Pushing it over the final hurdle (as usual, “assisted” by Amazon’s truly awful Kindle Create software) was a real learning experience but I managed to sneak out the ebook last week. It’s funny: no matter how many times you proof-read, you can still find things you’re not happy with once you read your work in its final form. I got a ‘v2’ out pretty quickly.

Now, with those final edits done, plus formatting, the first dead tree edition: it’s just been approved by Amazon and is listed for sale today. Authors selling real paperbacks only get a pittance from Amazon: the Kindle royalties on ebooks are a lot better… but there’s something really special about the thought that some people choose not only to read my stories, but to give them space on a bookshelf… or pass them on to a friend. That happy glow when you sign in to KDP and discover that a complete stranger just bought your book: it’s what it’s all about. So I hope you’ll enjoy ‘Rust’ – even if it’s just a quick look at the freebie preview, or if you read for free with Kindle Unlimited. I had fun writing it.

I suppose I’d better write something else, now. Stay well, or get well!

ND

* There is a short ghost story set in the same world that I plan to publish in time for Halloween… but… I’ll come to that.