I got myself a Nook this year and I have to tell you, it is the most singularly marvelous device I've ever had the pleasure to own. I'd fought purchasing an e-reader for a long time as I felt it a betrayal of the teetering towers of books that dominate my room. Unbeknownst to me, e-readers seem to facilitate speed-reading and reduce time spent flipping pages and driving to the book store to stock up. Consequently I've become a devourer of digital pages and that is why my reading list is so atrociously long.
Over the years, I've come up with various stories that I eventually wanted to publish, but the publishing world is ruthless and unless you snag the most amazing agent around, you'll never break in. I realized, after reading a few e-books that I could self publish through Smashwords...and though I dream of landing that big, tasty, thrilling contract with a large publishing house, I figure that self publishing is a great start! I've read H.P. Mallory [I love her books] book on self publishing and I'm currently in the process of getting a story finished to e-publish through Smashwords for the Nook and Kindle, maybe even for the Apple market!
The story I'm currently working on I've been posting the completed chapters on Wattpad for feedback before I finalize the book for e-printing. The book is called The Welkinbane and it's a Steampunk adventure novel. I've had the pleasure and great luck of working on this project with Ehren Jameson and Zoey Gomes and I've found a great cover artist named K.C. Smith to get my cover looking snazzy. I'm keeping my fingers crossed on the project and just doing it for fun.
The Welkinbane is going to be the first in at least a three book series called The Orichalcum Spur.
