Yes, I’m still alive, and despite the disappointments of being one of the many thousands millions of self-published authors out there in the universe who are currently pitching their book. I’m completely and humbly grateful for the less then dozen sales that I’ve made. Yes, I priced my 300-page length ebook at $1, but only seven of you have been tempted to read it, and I know who most of those people are. Thanks Mom! So is there a way to break-out and earn any money writing fiction? Sadly, this day and age I have to say not a chance. There is just a huge over-flow of books, “print on demand” has made it so that any book can be printed whenever, so all those dusty manuscripts that previously hid in the closets, and never saw the light of day, are right next to your book (with a nice cover and book description). Which makes selling your book impossible, there is just a flood of supply, which overwhelmed the little demand there is with readers. I’m overcome by the numbers, when I go to look for something to read, it is hard to pick good verses bad books. Anymore I just head to my library, rather than download anything to my kindle. If I return it on time, then I don’t even have to pay a late fine. Despite the failure of creating sales, I still enjoy the process of writing. And the wrapping myself up in a story that I become so invested in makes life a lot more interesting. So after launching my book, and having that empty time that I no longer invest into writing left me a little depressed. I wrote a few short stories, and have been trying to get them published in any format, rejections are standard, and I don’t really care to keep submitting them. Isn’t there something better I could do with these stories? ……

I might need to return with something much more amazing…