The Future is Now

I was going to write an end of the year post, but lost interest in doing the usual "this happened" and "that happened" stuff. But I can't help but look back and be amazed at the changes that have taken place in only the past year.

For my own part, my debut novel IDENTITY CRISIS became the #1 hardboiled mystery on Amazon for several weeks last summer and I sold my 10,000th download in September. When I first uploaded the book, I couldn't have imagined selling this many downloads so soon. And this number is small compared to other indie authors I could name.

There's Zoe Winters. And Scott Nicholson. And Karen Cantwell. There's L.J. Sellers (who's making enough money from her ebooks to turn down freelance work -- yippee!). And Joe Konrath. (BTW, thanks Joe for picking up the baton and becoming the poster boy for self-publishing. :)) There's also the jaw-dropping amazing stories of Karen McQuestion and Amanda Hocking.

These are just a few names. Other authors are out there doing quite well as indie authors. Some of them are first-timers like myself, others formerly published by traditional presses.

So ... who wants to do a retrospective on the old year? I'm really looking forward to seeing what the next one brings. Especially now that my sequel LEAST WANTED has been published and is available on Amazon, BN.com and Smashwords. Yippee!

And happy new year!