One of the first stories I published was called Miriam – Breaking Free. It is about a woman that hears deafeningly loud voices. She is put into a sanitarium because she cannot function in normal society.

Miriam was action/adventure/mystery/suspense/paranormal altogether in one tale. It had a number of plot threads, but since the story was from Miriam’s perspective, I intended to flesh things out as she discovered more information.

I ended the tale with a massive cliff hanger and had ideas for several immediate follow on stories.

The story didn’t sell at all. Then I made it free (everywhere except Amazon of course). After a few days one story was downloaded. After a while I quit checking on it and resigned  Miriam to the scrap heap of good ideas no one was interested in.

Imagine my surprise when I discovered Miriam has eight reviews on B&N. Almost all of those are 4 and 5 star reviews.

I was blown away. All were demanding a sequel and chastising me for the cliff hanger ending.

That’s AWESOME. Thank you folks! Nothing pleases an author like praise and demands for more. And thank you for the constructive criticism, those of you that provided it.

There will be a sequel to Miriam. Even though it probably won’t sell either, I will fit it into my schedule somehow. If nothing else, I want to please my eight reviewers.

Thanks again folks! I love Miriam and want things to work out for her too.

Seriously, you guys have made my day!

Ken