Is your book published?

I came to Alaska two years ago with my current book, 'Some Secrets Shouldn't Die', farmed out for editing and feverishly working on a new title, 'Shadow Angel'. I had stopped telling people I was a nurse and started telling them I was a writer who made a living as a nurse. Yet I still fielded the question, "Is your book published" again and again. I had initially printed about 50 copies of my manuscript and sold them for $20 (to cover printing costs) to friends in Phoenix who couldn't wait to read my book. It was obvious I had a marketable product because the general consensus was. "Where's the next book". Unfortanatly I couldn't get any agents to see the book for what it was.

I had toyed with the idea of self publishing several times but wanted to do it right. So finally last fall I put my head together with yet to be published author Alex Clifford and decided to take the deep plunge. In late November 2008 I sent off $100 to the state of Alaska for a business license I became the owner of CogWheel Press was up and running as a publisher and owner . My first task was to do one final edit of my now thoroughly polished manuscript and start the printing process.

Now I say, "Yes it is published."

Off and Running

It is said, though I'm not sure where that if you are a writer or a small buisness owner you should have a blog. So here is mine. As an author I have published 'Some Secrets Shouldn't Die'. As a small buisness owner I run a small publishing company, CogWheel Press which is located in Southeast Alaska.

This blog will be dedicated to the endevor of writing and publishing. I have started the third in the series that follow 'Some Secrets Shouldn't Die' and the sequel 'Old Secrets Never Die' that is due out this fall.

So mark this page, become a fan or simply check out some of my Youtube videos.

Keep writing.