This is the first time that I'm not writing a post at some crazy hour of the night. lol In fact, I'm actually writing this post before I start working on, hopefully finishing up, the next book in the Sunset High series . . . which is still lacking a subtitle. I usually don't decide those things until I'm done writing a book.
Even though the first promo for Sunset High is still ongoing until midnight tonight, I am happy to report that I consider it a complete success. As of right now it has had 685 downloads and has climbed the rankings of the Amazon Best Sellers list for free ebooks. It currently occupies spot #10 on the Occult Horror Best Sellers list and spot number #9 in Children's Science Fiction & Fantasy. It has also received 3 Facebook likes but unfortunately no reviews as of yet. The promotion will last until midnight tonight.
With this new found success, I have decided to spend the money on get a professional cover designed for the book. The cover that it has now, which was designed by me (mad Photoshop skills, I know), looks super unprofessional in the midst of all of the other Best Sellers. Seriously, I only saw one book cover on the first page of the Best Sellers list that looked worse than mine, and that was a default cover that Kindle provides to people who don't upload their own covers.
On any note, it would be nice to give the series a cohesive look. I know that if I continue to design the covers myself, that will not happen.
Hopefully I can complete the second book in the Sunset High series by this weekend. If I end up waiting for cover design, it might take a little bit longer to get it published and available to the public. I guess I'll have to wait and see how much I get done tonight. I have about 5 hours of work that I can do on it. That should be enough to finish it and then start fleshing it out and editing it at the same time. I feel, at the moment, that it needs quite a bit of fleshing out so that people who haven't read the first book will be able to pick up the second book without feeling too confused.
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