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A Metaphysical / Science-Fiction / Dreampunk novel was published on Friday, June 17th, 2022. It’s available in both paperback ( You get this shiny artwork for your bookshelf ) and Kindle formats.

If you know me, then you get the chance to discover what crazy stories are rolling around in my brain. If you don’t know me, then you get the chance to find out what crazy stories are rolling around in my head.

Either way, support your local self-published authors and take a look. If you like it, then provide a review (good or bad). One of the things about writing anything and pouring hundreds of hours into the creation of a string of letters into words into sentences into paragraphs into chapters to tell a story is that someone other than yourself might read it.

It is a potentially soul-crushing endeavor, but one that must explore to share one’s verbal art outside their little sphere of critique colleagues. You want to share it with the world and discover if anyone connects with it, or views things differently after reading it.

Self-Publication Journey

Droste Effect Press will release my second novel with Amazon on June 17th, 2022. Both paperback and eBook versions are available. This novel has stuck with me for a number of years. Tens of tens of years to be more precise. I had the seed for the novel but not the experience to compose and capture the story the way it needed to be told. It took me many years of short stories, starting and stopping several projects, and many years with my critique group. I finished Saint Jim and my third novel Audacious and came back to this one.

My Origin Story

I attempted to publish it through normal literary channels which seem biblical:
Author begets a Literary Agent
Literary Agent begets the Publisher
Publisher begets an Editor
Editor begets a Rewrite
Rewrite begets a Publication

The problem is I could never get pregnant with an agent in the literary sense. I tried several times but either the work or my experience level wasn’t literally a genetic match, so once again I am going the self-publication route. Putting myself through a rigorous editing regime, I condensed and slogged through multiple revisions. I did my best to be objective. The goal, this go around, is to get creative with my social media and work it from multiple directions.

Support Your Friendly Neighborhood Author

If you’re interested, then please support me and every other self-publishing author like me. Purchase a copy, read it, and provide a review (good or bad) on Kindle. Also, comment on any social posts you happen to come across. It will help me progress in my dream, and further the art of writing.

By the way, I feel (no I believe) it is one of the best things I’ve ever written. That doesn’t mean it will be the best thing you’ve ever read, but I hope you might enjoy it.