Holy crap! I'm published! :)

KASR

So I had to shout it at every corner and I'm sure as hell aint forgotting my Polk-Brethren!

I finally get to mark something fairly significant off of my "Bucket-List"!
I'm a published author (self-published...but I've sold a few, so I think it counts)!
I don't know if anyone else here writes or has written, but it's amazingly gratifying to have done this.

Thanks to my friend, Aldo, for being the first to purchase Anyana Error from the Amazon/Kindla marketplace!! You can see it here:
Kindle Version:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0075DXEH6

Or the Hard Copy Version here:
https://www.createspace.com/3669283

Like I said, just something that I'm kinda proud of...now I've got to tackle: "Build a house" ....oh boy!!

dorokusai

That's great, congrats.

KASR

Thanks, brother! actually, going back over the list - I do have build tower speakers from scratch! GULP!!!

cnh

That's Great News! A wonderful accomplishment! How long did it take you to get this out?

Are you one of those authors like Hesse who pretty much punched things out in a draft or two when he was moved only, or more like his friend Mann who wrote 500 words a day religiously (every day) and edited, edited, edited, then edited more and more and more to the point of exhaustion? In either case, what is most important is that the end product "looks effortless".

Took a look on Amazon.

Really nice cover art, as well!

Enjoy!

cnh

chumlie

Great News. Follow those dreams.

cfrizz

Congratulations! And yes, selfpublishing counts!

tonyb

Congrats man, at first when you said "self published", I immediately thought ****. Nice to see I was wrong. Congrats again.

Sherardp

Major congrats. You seem hella excited. Now get that book into the movies and go big. Screw the house, build the mansion. Excellent work bro !!

Dennis Gardner

Congrats Aaron!!

It feels great to achieve dreams...

snow

Congrats. It looks like an interesting read allright.



REGARDS SNOW

headrott

I am glad to hear you checked off a "bucket list" item. You must feel very gratified. Congratulations to you.

Greg

steveinaz

Must be extremely satisfying! Congratulations!!

janmike

Congratulation. Great accomplishment.

Is a second book in the future?

gudnoyez

Aaron will you sell us polkies a Hard copy personally with your signature on it, it would almost be like going to the book store and meeting you in person, if so I would be more than happy to purchase a Hard copy from you direct.

toucanet

I thought it was very creative for you to use all 11 letters in your first & last name to create the 11-letter title of your book.

Congratulations and let's hope that it becomes a No. 1 seller.

Fongolio

Congratulations!!! That is very very cool. You deserve a bowl of this:

KASR

Thanks everyone! I'm totally exciting - even more so that immediately after releasing it, that I few of them were sold! If any of your get a chance to hit it on Amazon, hit the "LIKE" button - I think that affects ranking...even if it doesn't, it looks important! LOL

CNH: Actually, I "snowflake" a story - which is a structured/prepared way of plotting everything out from characters, to storyline to scenes/acts, etc., and then I write. I don't try to hit a word count, but I try to knock out a chapter at a time. Thanks for the compliments - I did the cover art as well.

Tonyb: ****!! LMAO! That's my "other" sales channel!! buwahahaha

Sherardp: God knows I'd love that!! Let's see if I can get 1 million people to download it, then we'll talk!

Gudnoyez: Heck yea! I'll sign any and all. If you buy a hardcopy, hit me up in PM and I'll pay the shipping to and back from your location so I put my chicken-scratch on the inside cover!

toucanet: Good catch, man! Yes, the title is an anagram as well as the three major characters of the story (actually, the entire store is a symbolic metaphor) Very cool that you picked that up!

Fong: LMAO! (munching on "Holy Crap" cereal as we speak!!!)

polkfarmboy

Who did the cool art on the hard copy ?

KASR

polkfarmboy wrote: »

Who did the cool art on the hard copy ?

That would be me! However, the source material for the art design is from the digital imaging photo of the super-massive black-hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy.

jwhitakr

Very cool - congrats! I will download the Kindle version.

Have you thought about adding a few pages / chapters available to freely preview on Amazon? That might help pull people in and convince them to buy ... just a thought.

zingo

Awesome!

gudnoyez

I will take one PM sent.

Steve

KASR

You can download a SAMPLE of the story from the Amazon Kindle page - it gives you the first chapter and the first two pages of chapter two...check out!

jwhitakr wrote: »

Very cool - congrats! I will download the Kindle version.

Have you thought about adding a few pages / chapters available to freely preview on Amazon? That might help pull people in and convince them to buy ... just a thought.

KASR

Oh! And if you do read the sample and you like, leave a review/rate on the Kindle page for me, please...I'm convinced it does something good! LOL!

KASR wrote: »

You can download a SAMPLE of the story from the Amazon Kindle page - it gives you the first chapter and the first two pages of chapter two...check out!

jflail2

Congrats!! That's a big accomplishment man. I've had some writing "published" for work, but they're all just 1 page articles, and all pretty boring... Writing my grandfather's WW2 account is high on my bucket list, so I can imagine the excitement when you finished.

KASR

jflail2 wrote: »

Congrats!! That's a big accomplishment man. I've had some writing "published" for work, but they're all just 1 page articles, and all pretty boring... Writing my grandfather's WW2 account is high on my bucket list, so I can imagine the excitement when you finished.

Oh man - let us know if you get that story kicked out - would love to read it!