I had a blog post all ready to go about two weeks ago and keep forgetting it. I’ll post it at a later time. Right now, I want to address my current publisher status. Beau Coup Publishing is dissolving on January 31, 2016. This news was extremely saddening and quite stressful when I found out second-hand. Not my preferred method, but social media tends to leak things before the important people know. I think I’m currently going through the 5 stages of grief since Donuts, Diamonds and Assorted Details was just published in October. Don’t ask me what stage I’m in. I don’t really know at the moment. It’s difficult for me since I’ve been trying for 8 years to snag a publisher, then I find one and my book is getting incredible reviews and then not even four months later there is a huge let down. I don’t blame anyone for this. Businesses disappear just as quickly as they are erected. If I could afford to create a kick ass publishing house, I totally would, but I’m really not that tech savvy.
I received a sixth 5 star review on Amazon yesterday and it pains me to know that in a few days people won’t have the opportunity to love the book as much as I do. That being said, I have tossed around the option of going full Indie and putting it up on Amazon by myself in e-book version alone. I’m really not fond of that notion, but I may end up doing it for the time being. We’ll see. I’ll post the reviews on here at the end, so you can see the glowing notes 🙂
So, since I just sent my release to BC, I’m currently publisherless. Is that a word? It is now. I choose to see this as an opportunity to move forward to bigger and better things. (Don’t tell my wine at home. We’re still hooking up later.)
To be honest, ever since publishing DDD, I’ve wanted to pull my hair out because of a typo I saw that somehow made it through and because I wanted to add another paragraph or two to the ending so it leads to a sequel. I actually have three more books in mind for these characters, so I really would like to add that tidbit. One of my colleagues knows a person involved in a much larger publishing house. Obviously, I’m not holding my breath. I’ve received my overabundance of stock reject letters from publishers, but I still find myself holding out hope. It really is about who you know.
To recap: my publisher is no more; DDD is soon to be off Amazon; I’m excited to work on DDD to include openings for a sequel; I’m anxious to begin the process of wooing a new publisher; and I’m moving forward. Staying in my current place won’t benefit my writing career, so I’m stealing Walt Disney’s quote to keep my head up during these times of uncertainty.
“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious…and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” –Walt Disney–
~Skye~
As promised, all of my Amazon 5 star reviews. Thanks to all those that took the time to review my book. It means so much <3