Stumblingstone has been finished for a while and I made the decision to go ahead and self-publish on Amazon. The one thing that I didn't like about the process is the cover options. My daughter is an artist so I asked her to read the book and create a cover. She came up with a concept that matched exactly what I had in mind, with one exception: she thought the portal would look better orange-red rather than the original blue-purple. Her thought was that it would look better on the cover. And she was absolutely correct. The cover pops! I love the way it turned out.
It took a few days to get it all set up. Finally, yesterday, I got the book with the awesome cover uploaded. The site said that it would take a bit of time for it to appear on Amazon. This evening the sales report shows that not only is it available for sale, I sold one! I can't believe it! Somebody has purchased and will read my book! It probably helps that it's only $0.99. Either way, I'm thrilled. The book is out there and someone found it. This makes me feel like a real author. Now I need to get the second one done and out there.
