There comes a point when you have to stop revising. I have hit that point. I’ve decided on a release date, designed to be long enough away to allow me to complete any line-edits that crop up, but close enough to give me a serious sense of foreboding.

After months of editing, revising, brilliant beta readers, and much self doubt, the time has come for me to start getting it out there. To that end, Never the Sinner is now available for sampling on Smashwords ahead of the June 27th release date. I have an interview live here if you are interested: http://is.gd/O88Jk9

I chose Smashwords initially because they have a pre-order service that allows people who find the novel on sites such as Barnes & Noble to download a sample and, if they like it, buy it straight away so it arrives on their device on release day. NOTE: it is not available on the retailers' sites just yet. I'll announce excitedly when it is. The pre-order, once available, is a great service for indie publishers, especially those like me who are not as disciplined as we should be. Amazon’s Kindle and Createspace editions don’t allow pre-orders, but it will be available on the same day there too – I just have to press “Go” on their websites.

I could spend the next couple of months polishing every paragraph, but I’ve done that twice now. I’ve beta-tested the heck out of the plot so I'm reasonably sure the story and characters are in good shape, and it will be with a line-editor for a final going-over prior to the full release date, which means that’s all I have left to do.

Wow. Letting go is hard. I feel both deflated and elated. How odd.

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