The Greatest Feeling

I never expected to feel this way. I have had a handful of people tell me how much they enjoyed Creole Escape and each one gives me such a high!

The whole process - writing the scenes, piecing them together, having the story critiqued and edited, getting the cover just right, getting the formatting and copyrighting sorted out - all of the building up was to the big climax I wasn't certain I would ever see: seeing my story in print. That was such a high!

And then the feedback. Even something that could be construed as negative is awesome! People are reading what I wrote, something that is purely from my mind! 

It is the greatest feeling!  

Happy Easter! to those of you who celebrate it. To those of you who don't: Happy Bunny Who Lays Eggs Day!

Just a little news: The advertisement is going in a local dance group's program, which will support my nieces and hopefully earn me more exposure. Excited about that!!

My Facebook website is really hot, going up 20 likes in a little more than two days earlier this week! I am sending off autographed copies of the cover like crazy - see my Facebook page for details on how to get yours! https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAmberManuel

So I've been away for a while and there's quite a bit that's happened since then! Creole Escape is now available on both Nook and Kindle! 

In other news

I have contacted Candice Bizzell, my cover art artist and she is working on the cover for my work in progress Waking Up. Set in south Louisiana (where else?) more specifically in the town of Thibodeaux, Waking Up is one woman's journey from reacting to life to taking an active part in the events unfolding around her. It is a story very close to my heart and is taking a little longer than anticipated to get just right. Sorry; no release date right now!

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I got the final version of my cover art today! I am headed over to PubIt to upload everything. Hopefully Creole Escape will be up for sale by Monday!

I've been writing nearly nonstop since I got home from work. Concentrating at work was difficult with the storyline running amok in there. I managed to jot down a few notes, but not as many as I would have liked.

I'm still waiting to hear back on my cover art. It should be done by the end of the week! I can't wait!

I'm also looking into different ebook sites to sign up for. I would like to market my novel to as many places as I can. After all, not everyone goes to the same bookstore, right?

Been writing since I got home. New characters, new story arcs, new setting, etc. It's refreshing to have multiple projects to work on at once...and stressful as well! Sometimes I work on three or more different stories in one day. Other times I can't find one that fits what's coming out of my imagination.

Like today. On the drive in to work, the fog was really heavy. My commute passes a lot of wooded areas, and I could see the mist between the trees. A scene immediately formed in my mind. I got to work and jotted a few notes down so I wouldn't forget. When I finally got around to expanding on the scene, I couldn't figure out where to put it. It doesn't really fit anything I'm writing right now! lol

But never fear! I will find a proper place for the scene, or build a story around it. It all depends upon where my muses lead me.

Been a while! Loads of stuff going on in life right now. Of course there was the holiday craziness, and, to be completely honest, I had a PEBKAC moment. (PEBKAC= problem exists between keyboard and chair). I couldn't figure out how to log back in to my blog.
Fail!
So totally laughing at myself right now about that.

Anyway, today's news is: I am officially going to take the leap of self-publishing. I have signed up for PubIt by Barnes and Noble and have a very good friend working on my cover art. I look to have Creole Escape published as an ebook by mid-January! (happy dance!!)

So! Now that I've figured out how to get back to my blog (and bookmarked the page for when I forget again lol) I'll be on more often with updates on what's coming out and stories in the works.

Hope you had a great December holiday and a very happy New Year!