I am truly humbled by A.J.'s (lunarhunk) review of my manuscript and I commend him for struggling through the typos. Fortunately, I paid for a professional proofreader to correct the errors before final publication.

I must admit that I know nothing about marketing a book. Heck, I have been painting now for six years and never figured out how to successfully market my artwork, so what makes me think I am going to figure out how to market a book in a few short weeks? I did a quicky book trailer and posted it to YouTube.com but I am going to have to re-do that too!

How to get a manuscript/book reviewed? Beats me! I scoured the internet only to discover that newspaper book reviewers and others want galley proofs- well ahead of the publication date. That is not likely as I will not have copies to send until after publication. What a conundrum! I even checked out the Oprah book reviews just in case... hopeless...sigh! No unsolicited submissions accepted. Oprah just gets too many, and many of the other reviewers charge reading fees. Wish I had an agent. That would simplify things.

Well, I need to start the cover art. That cover was temporay- intended just for the manuscript, although I really like that painting. Still, it does not convey the feel of the Appalachians and I want the reader to 'feel' the location as soon as they see the cover.

So much to think about. So much to do.

Please read lunarhunk's review of my book.