I've waited a long time to be able to post here! I just got an offer yesterday for a publishing contract!

I'll add more details as soon as I get them, including my name of course...but I just wanted to share the exciting news!

Jealousy triggered...

Congratulations. Truthfully, congratulations.

Still jealous tho...

Hey everyone. "No More Devils", Book Two in the Superstition Bay Visits, is live on Amazon and free to read if you have Kindle Unlimited. I'd love to get some feedback, so anyone who wants to check it out is welcome!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07M9PP764

"Swim Like Hell: A Visit to Superstition Bay", the first novel I've decided to publish, is now live on Amazon. It's the first in a planned series (the second is finished, and after I've hammered out some formatting details I'll have that one ready to go, too). It's an urban fantasy story set in a small Louisiana town whose population is, well, unusual. I'd be honored if anyone felt like checking it out. Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07F12T9CN

Royalties? Professional author?

*starts humming "Somewhere" from West Side Story.

That'd be a dream come true for me. Like many Dresdenites, I do urban fantasy.

Here's a question for all... why do I feel so shy about my writing?

Of everyone I know, a total of three know that I'm an amateur novelist with dreams of getting published. Granted, most of them aren't extremely literary, but still. Practically nobody knows this side of me and I find that I can't really share it (which makes finding beta readers difficult as hell). I don't know why I balk at telling people what I do. In one of his books Stephen King said that writing was almost masturbatory. Is that the stigma? Does anyone else feel the need to keep their writing side secret?

OK, so... this is me.

More than 10 years ago I wrote a novel-length horror manuscript. It sucked. I went back and did two rewrites before realizing the truism about polishing a turd, and moved on. I did a second novel, a paranormal mystery, and wasn't happy with it so I went and did a prequel to it (I loved the characters). I tried to hook an agent with it and came darn close (had a lot of exchanges with one who ultimately decided to pass because it "wasn't quite good enough" - words that have more or less become branded on my soul). Broken, I filed them all away and tried to forget about them for the last six years.

Late last year, upon urging from a friend, I gave the manuscript to him to review. I took his notes, did a quick edit, and gave it back for perusal. When I get it back I'm going to try to get it going again, hopefully with better results. In the meantime, I've dusted off an old idea and am about to embark on yet another round of tribulations. I don't know if my heart can take it, though, but a dream never chased is a dream never caught.

Thanks for hearing me out. I kinda DO feel like I've been to an AA meeting.

I'm sure this was brought up before, but can someone please refresh me... did we get to see what happened to Bob following his fight with the Anti-Bob? For the life of me I can't seem to recall any mention of him after Harry escapes the Nevernever.