So, I finally completed a thorough edit of my previously published novel, South on Pacific Coast Highway and re-released it directly through Amazon myself. Again, how embarrassing to have found my own work out there in the marketplace in such a terrible state of editing. What a relief that we live in a digital world where one can so easily remedy their own boneheaded mistakes. How satisfying to see the fruit of my efforts. With the appropriate search terms and categories applied to my novel, sales of said novel skyrocketed within two days of the re-release. Simply put, when the millions of book buyers on Amazon search in the category of murder, mystery, crime, detective novels, et al., my offering now comes up, allowing me an opportunity to become acquainted with this potential buyer. Previously, Bookbaby had me in the "Literary" category, and, hey, fougetaboutit. I'd love to think I'm a literary kind of guy here, if you know what I mean, but 'dis is your basic crime novel, so let's get real already.

In any case, time to move on. As one of my dearest friends here on Goodreads so aptly stated, writers should be writing, not trying to sell themselves, and that so aptly expresses my attitude today. I write with a sincere belief that it is now worth doing so lest what I write is still worth reading in a thousand years. Let me die a pauper, if need be, but one about whom it can be said, he was a merchant in truth...