New novel "Troubleshooter" is getting there.

Troubleshooter will be my next book, a thriller placed in the world of corporate finance and espionage. I still aim for a late 2013 publishing date. Right now I am in the middle of my last review round. That means finding logical errors, grammar/typos and adding touches/removing fat. Right after that step, I will give the manuscript to my editor. That usually takes two weeks, which give me time to define layout and create cover and jacket graphics for eBook and print.

New cover graphics for "A Brilliant Plan"

The quasi-democratic process in my family favored the black-diamond cover for my first book "A Brilliant Plan". However, the more I looked at it, I liked the "jewelry thief" graphic pink cover better. For the next book of the series, I will improve the tone of the book content with the positive playful cover.

Smashwords - the next channel is online

After it took me some time to go through their longer instructions-manual how to format "The Brilliant Plan" for Smashword publication, I had it uploaded late last week.  Again, I am too lazy to follow up whether the eBook actually appears in the Apple store or at Barnes & Nobles.  But it appears that I sold my first one, so my statistics says.
In order to sell a second one:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/322967

Writing wisdom: time flies when you are having fun

I read an article online somewhere on the pros and cons of self publishing - don't recall the link, and I am too lazy to Google for it. However, it was along the lines of: the more time you spent on self publishing and self-advertising the more time you lose on writing your stories.

I understand completely, especially today. I am longing to continue to write my second English novel "Troubleshooter", but I am writing blogposts instead.

A long and winding road...

A week ago my first English written book "A Brilliant" plan showed up on Amazon's Kindle and Createspace marketplaces, of course so far with about zero sales. To be expected. Today I started laying the basics for some promotion.
Starting an author blog - check (after I save this message and add links to my books)
Starting a Facebook page - check (though I never understand when to use FB and when the blog)
Started registrations as the author of "A Brilliant Plan" on Goodreads.com and Shelfari.com - check
The last splurge of the day will then be a mass submission to various promotion sites for cheap eBooks.

Outstanding for another day is the Smashword submission.
Go, author, go.